View Full Version : Now this is car control!!
caneswell
10-31-2004, 08:02 AM
For all those that think doing doughnuts in a car park is car control take a look at this guy!
http://www.noflatbatteries.com/videos/ChrisEvans.wmv
bmwmpower
10-31-2004, 08:14 AM
briliant, but Super 7 has great car control ,
jon_s
10-31-2004, 08:56 AM
briliant, but Super 7 has great car control ,
That may be true, but that does not take away from the fact that he has very good car control! There is no way in hell I could jump into that car and even do half that stuff!
coombsie66
10-31-2004, 10:11 AM
briliant, but Super 7 has great car control ,
Have you driven one? I have, and that stuff he is doing is fuckin impressive! Not easy at all.
He has adapted his slightly with the ridiculous amounts of steering lock and the (what looks to be ) hydraulic rally-style handbrake. But that is still seriously impressive none the less!
You seen any of these vids with the stripped out mini's mike? Fuckin mad, one does a stoppie at the end its so light at the back!
caneswell
10-31-2004, 10:46 AM
Yeah that mini one was pretty impressive, not sure they've quite sorted the 50:50 weight distribution on that one!
jon_s
10-31-2004, 11:12 AM
Those mini's are crazy!!
oh.can anyone see my sig?? It has vanished! Must be the spooks in JW lol
Waaoo...That car can drive and he can drive well....
coombsie66, you said hydraulic rally-style handbrake .. How is the different from the normal handbrake ?
And how can he get the tail out like that at those slow speeds.. :?:
coombsie66
10-31-2004, 11:31 AM
Waaoo...That car can drive and he can drive well....
coombsie66, you said hydraulic rally-style handbrake .. How is the different from the normal handbrake ?
And how can he get the tail out like that at those slow speeds.. :?:
The handbrake is usually cable operated with (on most road cars) a cable ratchet system over riding the hydraulic piston in the rear calipers.
Due to the cable stretch and inefficiency of the ratchet system cable handbrakes are shit and poor at locking the rear wheels. So a hydraulic handbrake is used in applications like this and rallying. It provides much stronger braking on the rear wheels and there is no ratchet on the handbrake lever so you dont have to hold a button or lever in to release it.
jon_s
10-31-2004, 11:42 AM
They are not strictly legal in road registered cars either! -(could only be the US though)-
The reason being, hydraulic handbrake is not as good as a mechanical one at keeping the car statioary on a hill.
5vz-fe
10-31-2004, 01:10 PM
Those are highly modified single purpose cars, but nonetheless, he is highly skillful. Just the throttle control on circulating the last cone is worth appaulling. The Lotus test driver (in Topgear a few times) also participates in this kinda of competition. I don't remember if it is 5th Gear or Pulling power, but they once showed in one of the episodes on how these races go...
ARMAN
10-31-2004, 02:01 PM
great control, I saw this kind of contest in some show before and it has more to do with driver abilitys than with car 8)
bmwmpower
10-31-2004, 02:50 PM
ok, i never drive this car, but look at that, small,fast,stability at all,
yes good driver,but in not many cars can do that
marktak
10-31-2004, 03:03 PM
My god, I have never seen a thing like this before!! Great!
marktak
10-31-2004, 03:08 PM
Her is another movie which shows great car control!
http://tom.kat.free.fr/mini.wmv
ZfrkS62
10-31-2004, 03:11 PM
wow..and i thought our autocrosses requird skill :shock:
Waaoo...That car can drive and he can drive well....
coombsie66, you said hydraulic rally-style handbrake .. How is the different from the normal handbrake ?
And how can he get the tail out like that at those slow speeds.. :?:
The handbrake is usually cable operated with (on most road cars) a cable ratchet system over riding the hydraulic piston in the rear calipers.
Due to the cable stretch and inefficiency of the ratchet system cable handbrakes are shit and poor at locking the rear wheels. So a hydraulic handbrake is used in applications like this and rallying. It provides much stronger braking on the rear wheels and there is no ratchet on the handbrake lever so you dont have to hold a button or lever in to release it.
is that the same as a line lock, where the front brakes are disabled? so when u hit the brakes it jsut activates the rears?
yg60m
10-31-2004, 04:54 PM
WOW :shock: I am impressed by both videos. I must improve myself :lol:
caneswell
10-31-2004, 05:06 PM
Waaoo...That car can drive and he can drive well....
coombsie66, you said hydraulic rally-style handbrake .. How is the different from the normal handbrake ?
And how can he get the tail out like that at those slow speeds.. :?:
The handbrake is usually cable operated with (on most road cars) a cable ratchet system over riding the hydraulic piston in the rear calipers.
Due to the cable stretch and inefficiency of the ratchet system cable handbrakes are shit and poor at locking the rear wheels. So a hydraulic handbrake is used in applications like this and rallying. It provides much stronger braking on the rear wheels and there is no ratchet on the handbrake lever so you dont have to hold a button or lever in to release it.
is that the same as a line lock, where the front brakes are disabled? so when u hit the brakes it jsut activates the rears?
Not quite, still use a handbrake lever, its just that it works on the hydralic line to the rear wheels
coombsie66
10-31-2004, 05:44 PM
Waaoo...That car can drive and he can drive well....
coombsie66, you said hydraulic rally-style handbrake .. How is the different from the normal handbrake ?
And how can he get the tail out like that at those slow speeds.. :?:
The handbrake is usually cable operated with (on most road cars) a cable ratchet system over riding the hydraulic piston in the rear calipers.
Due to the cable stretch and inefficiency of the ratchet system cable handbrakes are shit and poor at locking the rear wheels. So a hydraulic handbrake is used in applications like this and rallying. It provides much stronger braking on the rear wheels and there is no ratchet on the handbrake lever so you dont have to hold a button or lever in to release it.
is that the same as a line lock, where the front brakes are disabled? so when u hit the brakes it jsut activates the rears?
Not quite, still use a handbrake lever, its just that it works on the hydralic line to the rear wheels
Yeah, its literally a conversion of the handbrake to hydraulic lines rather than cable, and no ratchet.
That line lock sound fun tho!!!!! i could imagine accidentaly flicking it on! :shock: :shock: :shock: Brown pants moment!
This is giving me quite nice idea's for the project car that I have going on..
Thanks for the info coombsie66 :mrgreen:
adamwich
10-31-2004, 06:06 PM
That man can drive! WOW
coombsie66
10-31-2004, 06:39 PM
This is giving me quite nice idea's for the project car that I have going on..
Thanks for the info coombsie66 :mrgreen:
No problem mate. Can you give us any more info ... ? :wink: :)
gobs3z
10-31-2004, 07:49 PM
That was disgustingly amazing, were there any other kind of cars in that competition that had to do that? Great skill!
adamk24
10-31-2004, 08:52 PM
:shock: :shock: wowie zowie, thats some impressive driving. Thanks for the vid :mrgreen:
africanmojo
11-01-2004, 01:43 AM
great skill required to drive a car the way both those guys did it helps in a car that has been modified for that event but still not a simple thing to do. funny most of the people i talk too call a line lock when your front brakes stop you from moving but you can spin the rear tyres this may be wrong but have heard it said by a few people.
Robygt
11-01-2004, 07:41 AM
:shock: :shock: :shock:
MartijnGizmo
11-02-2004, 08:46 AM
Those are highly modified single purpose cars, but nonetheless, he is highly skillful. Just the throttle control on circulating the last cone is worth appaulling. The Lotus test driver (in Topgear a few times) also participates in this kinda of competition. I don't remember if it is 5th Gear or Pulling power, but they once showed in one of the episodes on how these races go...
Mark Evans also competed in an event like this when he built his Westfield in Discovery Channel's "A Racingcar Is Born".....
testdrivem3
11-19-2004, 07:08 PM
i cant dl it
matoias
11-20-2004, 01:20 PM
broken for me...just for me? ?!? ? ?
evopanda
11-21-2004, 04:30 PM
damn for some reason i'm unable to acess the link :(
CSedl87
11-21-2004, 05:05 PM
Damn trolls... It's because it's almost a month old! Now do something useful and don't just d/l the vids and sit back, DO SOMETHING!
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