They go a good deal quicker when you replace the engine. The other videos I've seen of drag races with smart cars have replaced the (1.0l ~50kW) stock engine with a (1.3l 120kW) Suzuki Hyabusa engine.

This one had a supercharged 1.5l Toyota 5E-FE engine from a Paseo... and while it would only paseo in the original car, it would at least canter in this one, even without the blower... but with the supercharger it ought to at least match the Hyabusa engine and probably do better.

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I just don't get the appeal of drag racing, especially with super fast cars. Blink and it's over.
At least with slower cars, there can be some give and take and the outcome isn't always decided in the first few seconds (although usually is), but you spill your beer or something, then look back up, it's over.

However, that was a spectacular crash. Glad he's alright.

@EMPIRE @mxxcon

It is a sport, very much like hockey or basketball,shuffleboard,drag racing competitive dance....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_sport#3-Gun

Sad I have to rely on a Wikipedia link, but it explains it better than I. You do not like firearms, that is a different discussion, as far as why that sort of skill set is needed ? answer your question with a question- Why does someone train to throw a ball to another person at 99 mph.. or dunk a ball, or slap a puck into a net ( in the top right corner) etc. etc. It is a sport, there is no practical use for the skill. Your hobbies are things you like to do and are generally proficient in them, or you practice so you get better.

Don't be wearing your orange ball sweater out in public anymore after watching this video.

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>> ^Jinx:

>> ^ant:
Woman driver. [grin]

We were all thinking it. Some of us were classy enough not to say it though
Also
"OMFG YOU ALMOST KILLED ME - YOU'RE FUCKING AWESOME!"


At least she was attractive.

>> ^ant:

Woman driver. [grin]

We were all thinking it. Some of us were classy enough not to say it though

Also
"OMFG YOU ALMOST KILLED ME - YOU'RE FUCKING AWESOME!"

Drag queens Detox, Vicky Vox, and DQ’d Drag Race contestant William Belli pay a tongue-in-chicken ode to pro-anti-gay restaurant chain Chick-fil-A with an “endorsement” video set to Wilson Phillips’ “Hold On.”

Speaking with Entertainment Weekly‘s PopWatch, Belli says she recently learned about the company’s ties to anti-gay groups and decided to write the song after getting diarrhea from eating at a Chick-fil-A.

“The fact that they come after gay people, let me come for you,” Belli said. “The worst endorsement for a Christian chicken eatery is three drag queens.”

- Daily What

Thanks for the promote!

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One of the GT-R's tricks is its launch control. Hit the switch, hold the brake, hold the gas, let go of the brake. The computer takes over and it will execute a textbook drag race for you.

You can see that the GT-R got its advantage at the start. The 458 was closing in at the end.

Other cars in this group (including the 458) have launch control. But it's *brutal* on the drivetrain -- they may not have wanted, or had permission, to use it on the more expensive cars.

>> ^Jinx:

I was quite surprised the Nissan GTR won. I knew it was fast but wow, not that fast. Sub $100,000 too. If I ever get absurdly rich thats the car I'm buying.

You know what else is good at cornering? Mazda Miata. It can corner well because an inherent property: it's weight. It's not engineering, it's a game of, "you don't really need air conditioning, do you?">> ^Jinx:

>> ^rottenseed:
lol lotus?? pfffff lotus is SHITE! "Can't make this shitty Toyota engine more powerful, so let's just get rid of all the comforts and make it lighter" Fucking douches

Yes, how DARE they design a car that can take corners twice as fast as anything with a half tonne of engine in the front.
I was quite surprised the Nissan GTR won. I knew it was fast but wow, not that fast. Sub $100,000 too. If I ever get absurdly rich thats the car I'm buying.

>> ^rottenseed:

lol lotus?? pfffff lotus is SHITE! "Can't make this shitty Toyota engine more powerful, so let's just get rid of all the comforts and make it lighter" Fucking douches

Yes, how DARE they design a car that can take corners twice as fast as anything with a half tonne of engine in the front.

I was quite surprised the Nissan GTR won. I knew it was fast but wow, not that fast. Sub $100,000 too. If I ever get absurdly rich thats the car I'm buying.

There is no drafting effect in play when moving this slowly and at some points STOPPED.

The issue with being in front is that not only do you have to ride, steer, forward, you also have to be aware and even look back at the opponent to prevent them from passing you, detracting you from just pedaling as hard as possible and going forward (what the race should be)

It is interesting, but I don't see how it warrants a "Race" or sport. IF they wanted a sprint competition, they should just have a straight track equal to 1 lap of this oval, and let them "drag race" it out. While the strategy and stress of being in front or back is interesting, it plays out as very silly and unsportsmanlike. "I am going to try to get behind so I can win".

I did enjoy the video and did upvote;)