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Topic: Ride-along passenger at NJMP 2016

i think we picked up a hitchhiker at some point, and he went for a 1.5 hr roller-coaster ride!


https://youtu.be/eHCP6s6JTbI

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Re: Ride-along passenger at NJMP 2016

Ok you have a rodent in the underside of the car - poor choice for him.

Better question, you have the wheel well/s (how many) videoed during the race?? Is that a live feed someone is watching or something you go back to look at after an issue has arisen?

3 Reply by mike944 (edited by mike944 2016-05-26 07:50 AM)

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Re: Ride-along passenger at NJMP 2016

icecoldkidd wrote:

Better question, you have the wheel well/s (how many) videoed during the race?? Is that a live feed someone is watching or something you go back to look at after an issue has arisen?

Only one wheel well.   This is the first time we've done this camera view.   This car is basically designed/built from scratch, and we wanted to use this view to make sure things are not flexing improperly (they are)


The car is a '79 Chevette.   In that view (right front) you see a  Miata lower A-arm (from the left side of a Miata), a Miata knuckle, Dodge Neon rear hub, C4 corvette rotor, Wilwood caliper, modified Miata upper A-arm, Honda ATV shock & spring, custom link, going up to a Pontiac GTO sway bar, all mounted to custom brackets on a Chevette chassis, so yeah, we wanted to keep an eye on things!

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Re: Ride-along passenger at NJMP 2016

I want to see more of that video at speed.

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Re: Ride-along passenger at NJMP 2016

I bet you that mouses' family did not believe him when he told them what had happened to him LOL

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Re: Ride-along passenger at NJMP 2016

TheEngineer wrote:

I want to see more of that video at speed.

I can post it tonight.     I didn't figure anyone other than me would want to watch 2 hours of suspension moving......  Lol!

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Re: Ride-along passenger at NJMP 2016

2 hours? maybe not. But a couple laps? hell yea. It's interesting to see how much things really move around when you're beating on a car.

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Re: Ride-along passenger at NJMP 2016

This is incredible. Mighty mouse has got nothing on racing mouse.

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Re: Ride-along passenger at NJMP 2016

mike944 wrote:

The car is a '79 Chevette.   In that view (right front) you see a  Miata lower A-arm (from the left side of a Miata), a Miata knuckle, Dodge Neon rear hub, C4 corvette rotor, Wilwood caliper, modified Miata upper A-arm, Honda ATV shock & spring, custom link, going up to a Pontiac GTO sway bar, all mounted to custom brackets on a Chevette chassis, so yeah, we wanted to keep an eye on things!

Funny, I would be much more comfortable living in ignorance.