• Show us the e-Chaparral e-2J and e-Brabham e-BT46

    From News@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Mon Jun 27 12:13:52 2022
    Fan Cars for the win at FOS

    https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a40424619/watch-an-electric-fan-car-break-the-goodwood-hill-climb-record/
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  • From bra@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Mon Jun 27 15:59:23 2022
    On Monday, June 27, 2022 at 9:13:58 AM UTC-7, News wrote:
    Fan Cars for the win at FOS

    https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a40424619/watch-an-electric-fan-car-break-the-goodwood-hill-climb-record/

    Lauda replied poker-faced, when questioned about the Brabham fan, that "it works very well to cool the engine compartment as intended ----"
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  • From ~misfit~@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tue Jun 28 13:20:40 2022
    On 28/06/2022 10:59 am, bra wrote:
    On Monday, June 27, 2022 at 9:13:58 AM UTC-7, News wrote:
    Fan Cars for the win at FOS

    https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a40424619/watch-an-electric-fan-car-break-the-goodwood-hill-climb-record/

    According to youtube it's driven by "F1 and IndyCar star Max Chilton". Star? Ok...

    Lauda replied poker-faced, when questioned about the Brabham fan, that "it works very well to cool the engine compartment as intended ----"

    Yeah, gotta commit to the lie.
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    Shaun.

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    in the DSM"
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  • From ~misfit~@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tue Jun 28 13:51:28 2022
    On 28/06/2022 10:59 am, bra wrote:
    On Monday, June 27, 2022 at 9:13:58 AM UTC-7, News wrote:
    Fan Cars for the win at FOS

    https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a40424619/watch-an-electric-fan-car-break-the-goodwood-hill-climb-record/

    Lauda replied poker-faced, when questioned about the Brabham fan, that "it works very well to cool the engine compartment as intended ----"

    So I went down a rabbit-hole from roadandtrack.com and found this"
    "I was Almost Killed in my Tesla! Complete Brake Failure at 170mph!!!" <https://youtu.be/Sp3LdgmZpD0>

    You've got to wonder about some people. This guy knows that the stock Tesla suffers from
    over-heating brakes and fluid boiling so upgrades with (expensive) big race brakes with carbon
    rotors - but then uses Tesla standard Dot3 fluid! I mean really <smh>.

    I just checked my fluid stock from when I had the discs skimmed and put new Remsa ceramic pads in
    the 1985 Honda City last year. Yep, I went with the slightly more expensive Bendix "Ultra Premium
    Dot4" for the flush and refill. I'm not doing 170 mph on a track but I figured brakes are pretty
    important and worth spending the extra $5 a bottle on. I even have an unopened litre bottle of it
    that I didn't need. I bought plenty so that I could be sure to flush all of the old fluid out.

    Using cheap fluid's one thing - not having a proper race harness, roll cage and helmet at those
    speeds on a track is another. (well same root cause I suspect...)
    --
    Shaun.

    "Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy little classification
    in the DSM"
    David Melville

    This is not an email and hasn't been checked for viruses by any half-arsed self-promoting software.
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  • From News@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tue Jun 28 09:46:59 2022
    On 6/27/2022 9:51 PM, ~misfit~ wrote:
    On 28/06/2022 10:59 am, bra wrote:
    On Monday, June 27, 2022 at 9:13:58 AM UTC-7, News wrote:
    Fan Cars for the win at FOS

    https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a40424619/watch-an-electric-fan-car-break-the-goodwood-hill-climb-record/


    Lauda replied poker-faced, when questioned about the Brabham fan, that
    "it works very well to cool the engine compartment as intended ----"

    So I went down a rabbit-hole from roadandtrack.com and found this"
    "I was Almost Killed in my Tesla! Complete Brake Failure at 170mph!!!" <https://youtu.be/Sp3LdgmZpD0>

    You've got to wonder about some people. This guy knows that the stock
    Tesla suffers from over-heating brakes and fluid boiling so upgrades
    with (expensive) big race brakes with carbon rotors - but then uses
    Tesla standard Dot3 fluid! I mean really <smh>.

    I just checked my fluid stock from when I had the discs skimmed and put
    new Remsa ceramic pads in the 1985 Honda City last year. Yep, I went
    with the slightly more expensive Bendix "Ultra Premium Dot4" for the
    flush and refill. I'm not doing 170 mph on a track but I figured brakes
    are pretty important and worth spending the extra $5 a bottle on. I even have an unopened litre bottle of it that I didn't need. I bought plenty
    so that I could be sure to flush all of the old fluid out.

    Using cheap fluid's one thing - not having a proper race harness, roll
    cage and helmet at those speeds on a track is another. (well same root
    cause I suspect...)


    Same crowd that uses a $100 helmet to protect their $100 head.
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