The Greatest Gearhead Adventure of ALL TIME! Episode 3 added.
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The Greatest Gearhead Adventure of ALL TIME! Episode 3 added.
This is the 3rd installment. Hopefully they're getting better as I go.
This covers our first big group trip to the Nurburgring after our second Afghanistan deployment together.
The Boss 302 was in full race car mode, slammed to the ground with stiff springs, poly bushings, and huge sticky R888 tires. So it was a little out of place amongst a bunch of stock street cars, and a newbie motorcyclist.
Enjoy, and as always comments and suggestions greatly appreciated.
This covers our first big group trip to the Nurburgring after our second Afghanistan deployment together.
The Boss 302 was in full race car mode, slammed to the ground with stiff springs, poly bushings, and huge sticky R888 tires. So it was a little out of place amongst a bunch of stock street cars, and a newbie motorcyclist.
Enjoy, and as always comments and suggestions greatly appreciated.
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First and foremost thank you very much for your service. The video is awesome and the Nurburgring is so on my bucket list. I've driven the Daytona 24 hr course, Sebring and Road Atlanta so I've checked some great tracks off but the ring is the pinnacle for sure. Thanks for putting this together.
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Am not sure what to say...in regards to the requested feedback because the content is all over the place. So, will offer set up advise. The number one reason that Miata's & BMW's are both good off the lot (stock) & easiest to suspension tune is that they are each designed w/ a kingpin inclination angle (AKA scrub radius) very close to zero. Without a KIA close to zero, the handling can never truly be dialed in. Getting yours close to zero is well worth the time & effort.
GTR's, EVo's, Subaru's...are all wheel drive & should never be allowed to compete in the same class w/ 2 wheel drive vehicles. We laugh every time a racing series (Optima Street car challenge) fauns over the success of these cars when pitted against 2 wheel drive competitors. Agreed, GTR's are great purpose buit cars, but, are also a completely different animal.
GTR's, EVo's, Subaru's...are all wheel drive & should never be allowed to compete in the same class w/ 2 wheel drive vehicles. We laugh every time a racing series (Optima Street car challenge) fauns over the success of these cars when pitted against 2 wheel drive competitors. Agreed, GTR's are great purpose buit cars, but, are also a completely different animal.
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Am not sure what to say...in regards to the requested feedback because the content is all over the place. So, will offer set up advise. The number one reason that Miata's & BMW's are both good off the lot (stock) & easiest to suspension tune is that they are each designed w/ a kingpin inclination angle (AKA scrub radius) very close to zero. Without a KIA close to zero, the handling can never truly be dialed in. Getting yours close to zero is well worth the time & effort.
GTR's, EVo's, Subaru's...are all wheel drive & should never be allowed to compete in the same class w/ 2 wheel drive vehicles. We laugh every time a racing series (Optima Street car challenge) fauns over the success of these cars when pitted against 2 wheel drive competitors. Agreed, GTR's are great purpose buit cars, but, are also a completely different animal.
GTR's, EVo's, Subaru's...are all wheel drive & should never be allowed to compete in the same class w/ 2 wheel drive vehicles. We laugh every time a racing series (Optima Street car challenge) fauns over the success of these cars when pitted against 2 wheel drive competitors. Agreed, GTR's are great purpose buit cars, but, are also a completely different animal.
There are no good tire choices for a 17x9.5 front and 18x10.5 rear though, so I'm kinda stuck.
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First and foremost thank you very much for your service. The video is awesome and the Nurburgring is so on my bucket list. I've driven the Daytona 24 hr course, Sebring and Road Atlanta so I've checked some great tracks off but the ring is the pinnacle for sure. Thanks for putting this together.
Thanks for helping me make it.
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Pretty good. I was getting lost on the timeline a little bit. The commentary and video did not match up, meaning you were talking about something that we weren't watching.
IMO, plan out video clips and what you want to say at that point a little better. Keep in mind what "message" you want to get across from the video.
IMO, plan out video clips and what you want to say at that point a little better. Keep in mind what "message" you want to get across from the video.
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GTR's, EVo's, Subaru's...are all wheel drive & should never be allowed to compete in the same class w/ 2 wheel drive vehicles. We laugh every time a racing series (Optima Street car challenge) fauns over the success of these cars when pitted against 2 wheel drive competitors. Agreed, GTR's are great purpose buit cars, but, are also a completely different animal.