Random TRANSPORTATION pictures

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by URY914

^^^^ read the rules of this thread on page 1.

You mean about posting pix of transportation... Vinnie, that is a very sweet road bike, here are a few details..

Stradalli CycleŽ Road Bike Full Carbon Fiber
"Sorrento" Sram APEX
100% 3K Carbon Fiber
50cm
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Bicycle Type
Full Carbon Road Bike
MSRP (retail store)
$2,999

Size
50cm
Colors
White/Black
Frame & Fork
Frame Construction
Monocoque
Frame Tubing Material
100% 3k Carbon Fiber
Fork Brand & Model
Stradalli Full Carbon Sorrento
Fork Material
Full Carbon- Carbon Steerer
Components
Component Group
Sram Apex 10 spd (Sram Red, Sram Force, Shimano, & Campagnolo also Available)
Brakeset
Sram Apex
Shift Levers
Sram Apex 2x10
Front Derailleur
Sram Apex
Rear Derailleur
Sram Apex short cage
Crankset
Sram Apex Standard 53/39t (many sizes available)
Pedals
Bottom Bracket
Sram Apex GXP Sealed Bearing External BB
Rear Cogs (Cassette)
Sram CS PG-1050 (many sizes available)
Chain
Sram 10 spd
Seatpost
Stradalli Full Carbon Seat Post
Saddle
Handlebar
Stradalli Carbon Ergo Bar W-17
Handlebar Extensions
Handlebar Stem
Stradalli Carbon (many sizes available)
Headset
Sealed bearing 1-1/8” Integrated
Wheels
Hubs
Stradalli Branded Chosen Sealed Bearing Hubs
Rims
Stradalli 25mm Aluminum Black
Tires
Spokes
Black Bladed
Spoke Nipples
Red Anodized Aluminum
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[daepp]

In-line 8, MFI, power taken from a center gear on the crank between cylinders 4 and 5, no valve springs (desmo), 310 HP, 1900 lbs in 1955 - magnesium tubular chassis, 72 gal of fuel, 9 gal. of oil. Driver had the tranny between his legs. Sadly, it killed a lot of fans at Le Mans







"A hydraulic pump driven from the back of the transmission provided power for the second electrifying innovation of Le Mans: the air brake.
The 300SLR's air brake worked on a completely different principle than the rooftop brake that had appeared so dramatically and briefly in practice at Le Mans in 1952. It also kept on working reliably in spite of the tremendous forces it was asked to withstand.
The air brake's surface was formed as a second skin over the full width of the body just behind the seats. When it was down, a body-surface moulding along its front edge prevented air from getting under it and flipping it up prematurely. Made like an airplane wing with interlocking ribs and stringers skinned with light-alloy sheet, the brake was hinged at its rear edge to the inner frame structure of the car. It had a single small plexiglas window in it at first; a second was added at the request of the Le Mans scrutineers.
Two operating rods reached up out of the deck to connections on the air brake surface. The one on the left came from a shock absorber whose only chore was to damp the violent impact of the brake's opening at high speed. The right-hand rod came from the hydraulic cylinder that made it work. It was powered by engine oil, drawn from the main reservoir and brought to a pressure of 220 p.s.i. by a special pump at the back of the gearbox. From the pump the oil went to a control valve on the instrument panel, moved by a protruding lever, and then to the operating cylinder.
When the brake was folded down, pressure was automatically maintained on the piston to hold it in the `down' position. When the driver flicked the control lever up it prompted the cylinder to elevate the brake. After the car had been slowed and the corner taken, the cylinder was signalled to pull the panel down again either by a further movement of the control lever or by an interlock with the gear-lever gate, depending on the way the car was set up.
The brake panel, which included the headrest on its upper surface, had an effective area of 7˝ square feet. Drivers found it to be very powerful, slowing the car at a rate of 0.31 g. at 175 mph, diminishing to 0.27 g. at 150 mph.
John Fitch first tried it at Hockenheim, where a full 24-hour Le Mans dress rehearsal was scheduled with the only complete spare 300SLR during the week before the race. The test was cancelled when the car was written off by a factory test driver, but Fitch had already noted that "an unexpected bonus from the new device was the stabilising effect it had on the car through fast bends.
"Since the centre of its air resistance was behind the centre of gravity of the whole car," Fitch concluded, "it felt as though the rear of the Mercedes was held into the curves against its normal tendency to drift out as if restrained by some invisible but delicately handled cable. Although there was a good deal of wind buffeting when the flap was up, the total result was most satisfactory." Like the men who designed the brake, Fitch was aware that it offered special advantages when the road surface was slippery, since its retardation was unaffected by road conditions.
Stirling Moss interpreted its effect differently when he first tried the air brake at Le Mans, saying that "this device increased rear-tyre adhesion due to aerodynamic download. I first discovered this download effect as the flap was on its way down after I had used it to slow into the tricky White House bends. With it still lowering and loading up the rear wheels I found I could apply the power earlier and harder than normal. I wrote in my diary, `The airbrake was fantastic!'."
Rudolf Uhlenhaut further elaborated on the advantages of the `wind brake' as quoted by Briton Rob Walker: "He said that if you were to take a course like the Swedish Grand Prix, where there was one corner which started as a very fast one, then suddenly tightened up on you; if you braked hard in the middle of the corner where it tightened up, it would naturally tend to send the car out of control, but if you used your wind brake in the same position it would tend to give you more control and hold the tail down, rather than making it difficult; in fact it generally helped the cornering ability of the car."
The Swedish G.P. at Kristianstad, the next event after Le Mans on the Stuttgart schedule, was the only other race in which the air brake was used. "

[arcsine]

a different type of dirty bike

[VINMAN]

Originally Posted by URY914

^^^^ read the rules of this thread on page 1.

Deleted!! Ya happy now???

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by DAEpperson

In-line 8, MFI, power taken from a center gear on the crank between cylinders 4 and 5, no valve springs (desmo), 310 HP, 1900 lbs in 1955 - magnesium tubular chassis, 72 gal of fuel, 9 gal. of oil. Driver had the tranny between his legs. Sadly, it killed a lot of fans at Le Mans

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Cool info..

[URY914]

[daepp]

Originally Posted by Racerbvd

Cool info..

Hey Byron - whatever happened to that SL chassis?

[audiman08]

$98k Chrysler New Yorker on Hemmings...a competitor in the 2001 Carrera Panamericana; seems like an odd choice of car.

[Racerbvd]

[URY914]

Redneck RV......

[dafischer]

Originally Posted by audiman08

$98k Chrysler New Yorker on Hemmings...a competitor in the 2001 Carrera Panamericana; seems like an odd choice of car.

Hell, Cadillacs competed at LeMans in 1950. The one in front was rebodied by Briggs Cunningham and co-conspirators. #3 behind was basically stock, with the exception of dual carbs, a 35 gallon fuel tank, brake cooling ducts (go figure), and safety equipment. Both cars were entered by Cunningham.

Then:


And now:

[URY914]

I believe to run in the current race you have to have a car from the period of time the race was origally held. So you can take Jimmy Johnson's NASCAR title winning car and put a body of a '58 Buick on it and be allowed to run.

[URY914]

[Wyvern]

[URY914]

[cashflyer]

Originally Posted by URY914

^^^^ read the rules of this thread on page 1.

Oh, snap.

Vinnie - Welcome to the Random TRANSPORTATION pictures that do not include any females in them thread. Only real he-man girl haters allowed.

And here is my Random TRANSPORTATION picture:

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by cashflyer

Oh, snap.

Vinnie - Welcome to the Random TRANSPORTATION pictures that do not include any females in them thread. Only real he-man girl haters allowed.

And here is my Random TRANSPORTATION picture:

Those would look good on a girl in a bikini.

[cashflyer]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

Those would look good on a girl in a bikini.

Hey... don't push your luck, buddy!!


[pic deleted ... female content]

[URY914]

[Racerbvd]

Hey Byron - whatever happened to that SL chassis?

I sold it to a guy on the West Cost, need to check on how it is coming. The 1st pic was how it was last raced..