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Athens · Nov 17, 2005, 05:18 AM

LOL this is insane
http://www.nerocam.com/SCC_TAP.asp

these guys wanted to make a car faster with out spending any money on it, free horsepower and check out how extreme they took it

Car started out like this

Half way through it looked like this

and finished looking like this

Insane

SSharon · Nov 17, 2005, 05:57 AM

did they get a flat tire or something? what's up with the rear driver tire?

the_glassman · Nov 17, 2005, 06:06 AM

Originally Posted by SSharon

did they get a flat tire or something? what's up with the rear driver tire?

It weighs less. This was done several years ago and while mildy amusing it's also dumb,

IceEnclosure · Nov 17, 2005, 08:58 AM

Originally Posted by SSharon

did they get a flat tire or something? what's up with the rear driver tire?

The car is FWD so rear tires (on the drag strip at least) are not soo important.

RWD Mustangs etc have been using spare tires for years as a cheap front drag tire. Danger, Will Robinson.

This Nissan has been on the net for years. Thanks a lot for including the performance numbers too!

SuvsareRetarded · Nov 17, 2005, 09:11 AM

Originally Posted by IceEnclosure

RWD Mustangs etc have been using spare tires for years as a cheap front drag tire. Danger, Will Robinson.

What track lets you do that?!

Anyway, this has been posted before. And it's old.

Athens · Nov 17, 2005, 11:13 AM

ever herd the saying whats old is new again. Its new to any one that had not seen it so give it a rest with the its old crap.

SSharon · Nov 17, 2005, 04:29 PM

but its not both rear tires that are spares, that I would understand, its just the one.

Artful Dodger · 05:59 PM

I hope these guys will be around to accept their inevitable Darwin award. Then again, at least it's an improvement over the guy that strapped a jet assisted take off unit to his '67 impala, which is still my favorite "how to make my car go as fast as possible" tale.

SuvsareRetarded · Nov 17, 2005, 07:09 PM

Originally Posted by Artful Dodger

I hope these guys will be around to accept their inevitable Darwin award. Then again, at least it's an improvement over the guy that strapped a jet assisted take off unit to his '67 impala, which is still my favorite "how to make my car go as fast as possible" tale.

Which is also, sadly, an urban legend.

http://www.snopes.com/autos/dream/jato.asp

SuvsareRetarded · Nov 17, 2005, 07:11 PM

Originally Posted by SSharon

but its not both rear tires that are spares, that I would understand, its just the one.

On a FWD car, the rear wheels are just along for the ride. They don't do anything really. HOWEVER, the spare was probably lighter weight than that big rim, and with such a narrow tire, probably provided less rolling resistence. Rotational mass is bad. Lighter wheels= quicker times.

Kevin · Nov 17, 2005, 07:19 PM

And they only did 14.3?

SuvsareRetarded · Nov 17, 2005, 07:22 PM

I know! GO NISSAN!

bhahahaha. I think it's great that the Subaru Forester XT is faster than the 350Z, and tows more, and hauls more, etc etc etc. I think it's cheaper too.

SSharon · Nov 17, 2005, 08:04 PM

Originally Posted by SuvsareRetarded

On a FWD car, the rear wheels are just along for the ride. They don't do anything really. HOWEVER, the spare was probably lighter weight than that big rim, and with such a narrow tire, probably provided less rolling resistence. Rotational mass is bad. Lighter wheels= quicker times.

Yes, I understand why they put the spare on. Having different rear tires more than makes up for the couple pounds of weight they save. I would rather have matching tires and 10 extra pounds than mismatched tires, regardless of whether they are the driving tires or not.

SuvsareRetarded · Nov 17, 2005, 09:07 PM

Originally Posted by SSharon

Yes, I understand why they put the spare on. Having different rear tires more than makes up for the couple pounds of weight they save. I would rather have matching tires and 10 extra pounds than mismatched tires, regardless of whether they are the driving tires or not.

Dude. You DID notice all they are doing is driving in a straight line right? This car needs to go straight. It doesn't need to turn.

Nov 17, 2005, 09:38 PM

I'm sure that car would handle real well with all that body stiffness it has left

SuvsareRetarded · Nov 17, 2005, 09:40 PM

You Dont Need Handling In The 1/4 Mile! Jesus Christ!

Kevin · Nov 17, 2005, 09:43 PM

Well you need decent alignment to go in a straight line.

Fyre4ce · Nov 17, 2005, 09:49 PM

They took a semi-riced out nissan and were trying to get the 1/4 mile time down as low as possible. First thing they did was replace the ricer wheels with the stock ones, which sped it up. Then they started ripping pieces of it off.

Kevin · Nov 17, 2005, 09:51 PM

Originally Posted by Fyre4ce

They took a semi-riced out nissan and were trying to get the 1/4 mile time down as low as possible. First thing they did was replace the ricer wheels with the stock ones, which sped it up. Then they started ripping pieces of it off.

Ooooh... so THAT is what they did...

SuvsareRetarded · Nov 17, 2005, 10:45 PM

Originally Posted by Kevin

Well you need decent alignment to go in a straight line.

Meh. Not really. To the non car people who are cluttering this thread up with lack of car knowledge, do you think that mismatched tires really affects how fast this car goes? Do you think that it needs 'handling'?

SSharon · Nov 18, 2005, 01:51 AM

Originally Posted by SuvsareRetarded

Meh. Not really. To the non car people who are cluttering this thread up with lack of car knowledge, do you think that mismatched tires really affects how fast this car goes? Do you think that it needs 'handling'?

This is clearly not the case here. In this case all four tires are in contact with the ground. When one of the tires is a mismatch (same axle not front and rear) it has a negative effect on the vehicle. I understand they want lighter since its faster, I am just questioning if that particular exchange was worth it. Getting a skinny girl to drive instead of the guy would have saved the same amount of weight.

IceEnclosure · Nov 18, 2005, 02:14 AM

SSharon, I didn't notice that the rears were diff. from each another. We don't know if the photo of the car in motion doesn't have two rear spares. Either way, if they're the same height, it'll go down the quarter mile as straight as it would if they were the same tires..

Ca$h, Moroso Motorsports Park in West Palm Beach lets you, at least it used to let you run with spares up front on a RWD car. I've also seen it done in many Mustang/GM performance car mags. Granted they're not for 9 second rides, but I've seen cars running 12's and similar at WELL OVER the stated mph for a typical spare tire. : )

SuvsareRetarded · Nov 18, 2005, 09:58 AM

Originally Posted by IceEnclosure

Ca$h, Moroso Motorsports Park in West Palm Beach lets you, at least it used to let you run with spares up front on a RWD car. I've also seen it done in many Mustang/GM performance car mags. Granted they're not for 9 second rides, but I've seen cars running 12's and similar at WELL OVER the stated mph for a typical spare tire. : )

Holy **** that's crazy! If you tried to pull something like that around here the track would kick your ass out. Spares are only designed to go about 55mph max.