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I think for Nishan, the car gets newer, and the driver gets older, so the timings should not change by much!!!!! By the way, Nishan won Mahagastota as well.

I say we should all start betting to make this more intersting.

The basic premise behind the spoilers, diffusers etc is to reduce the lift generated by your car. Due to the shape of most cars, when moving, the air travelling above the car and underneath it, have different speeds. The air travelling over the top moves faster as it has to cover more distance, and the air travelling underneath your car travels slower relative to the air speed over your roof. this causes the top side of your car to have a lower pressure than the undercarrige, causing lift. your car essentially becomes a wing. In order to reduce this effect, and produce downforce, people have come up with various solution. The SPOILER works on the same principle, making the air that passes through it travel faster underneath it with respect to the air velocity on its top side. making it produce the opposite of lift, downforce. Most, if not all spoilers have their effect at higher velocities. so your aerodynamics come into play at higher speeds. At lower speeds, you still rely on good old mechanical grip. All the other little chin spoilers, underbody diffusers, rear diffusers in some way or form play on the above premice of varying air velocity along the shape of a car. Throughout time, manufacturers like Mitsubishi, Ferrari, Subaru, Porsche have also come up with some "Out there" solutions like the vortex genarators and the good old air suckers on the F50 that also try to solve the good old downforce problem. Some more effective than others, but great marketing tool none the less.

Can we add a requirment saying servival in SL???? I love both Evo's and Z's, but if i was back in SL, it would be EVO all the way. on our roads and the nice wet weather we get, you need a RALLY car!!!!!!! But for pure driver feedback, and fun it would be the Z. One car that should be considered as an amazing handler is the Miata.

I have been riding in SoCal for about a year now but would love to do some trail riding back in SL. If anyone knows of a group of people who bike there or friends who bike, it would be of much help.

Hey guys, Anyone here do any mountainbiking in SL?

Nanotech was my life in grad school. Used to work in a lab designing instruments that made nanoparticles and measured them. limitless possibilities. The posibilities and applications are amazing. The medical industry will be one of the largest benificiaries of this technology. Knowledge and findings in the nanotech field are also healping reduce emmisions from our beloved cars. specially diesel ones.

I think the guy running Aston is planning on buying it himself. And looks like they are running at a small profit.

Lets see.. how about a Ferrari 599

Thats cool. Would love to see what condition it is in.

This is awsome, my uncle used to own this car till about 10-12 years back. It was the car of Sri John Kothelawala if i am not mistaken. And i thin kit is currently in the John Kothalawala museum.

I think you will be pleasently surprised too see how competent some of the tuners and mechanics in SL are. I dont think you will find it too hard to find someone to do the job for you.

Neon SRT 4.....

That figure is highly variable. But i have seen a lot of numbers in the 230-240 range. Here is some food for thought, it is rumored that for the Skyline GT-R, nissan sometimes quoted the WHP to abide by the gentlemans agreement of 280 bhp. So in fact its crank numbers were much higher. No wonder a nice heavy 280 BHP (WHP) Skyline can stick with a 276 BHP (crank value) Evo/STi.

BHP= Brake horsepower WHP= common TLA for BHP measured at the wheels It is customary for most manufacturers to publish the BHP of an engine measured at the crank. But most tuners measure the BHP at the wheels of a car with the aide of a dyno. For a given car, the WHP measured will be less than the manufacturer published figure (usually measured at the crank) due to mechanical losses. For example, a 350Z is rated by nissan to have 287 bhp. But when put on a dyno, it makes about 230 bhp at the wheels. This value is also highly dependent on the type of dyno that is used.

Just a passing thought, how come the rear tire of that Z is soo clean?

This should really make the event interesting. I know he is quite good on the track. That car aint too bad either.

Ah somebody likes to talk about himself!!!!!! The big auto cross man!!!!!

Have driven both the Murano and the Highlander hybrid with the CVT. As someone biased towards manuals, i found it really boring to drive. altough as noted before, the sport mode on the Nssan does liven things up. But it kills the beautiful engine. It does manage to use the torque of the engine well to/and improve the mpg.

Actually managed to talk to Pastrana, was a really nice guy. BTW, I think i am looking to make a trip up to Willows for the next Auto X.

Lets just say it has it's history!!!!

Was at RIM over the weekend. some pics.

Hey i heard the grid for the super car event was; P1:DD P2:AP P3:RF Anyone know the results for the bikes?

Hey dont think you should be posting you car pics on this thread

Evo all the way bro.