[ssregal39]

a wicked renault F1 power plant on the dyno
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo-9Io41bt8

 

[zooplancton]

nice revs!

 

[HiVel]

Isn't that a French car? Like the Dauphine??HA!

 

[trypcil]

The French make very good cars - Citroen have excellent suspension, Peugeot, Renault are doing very well and many out perform there American counterparts so don't sneer at them as they are good. :razz:

 

[Rubbus]

Oy. I had a Renault and it was a certified P.O.S.

 

[trypcil]

Yeah and one swallow does a summer make !

 

[MrBiff2You]

On 2006-11-02 21:47, trypcil wrote:
The French make very good cars - Citroen have excellent suspension, Peugeot, Renault are doing very well and many out perform there American counterparts so don't sneer at them as they are good.

That is the second funniest thing I have ever read. You're killing me!

"excellent suspension..." It is like saying a girl has a 'nice personality'.

:-D

 

[trypcil]

http://www.autozine.org/technical_school/suspension/tech_suspension3.htm

http://www.citcarclubvic.org.au/article.php?story=2005021212272128

nice legs hey! :-D

[ This message was edited by: trypcil on 2006-11-07 10:25 ]

 

[premier]

What are those injectors on the top spraying something in those holes?

 

[Avi8or]

The French have a penchant of making simple things complicated.
We have a few Peugeots as fleet transport, and most drivers agree they are POS. And try working on a Renault for for a nail biting experience.

 

[Limey]

French Quality.

 

[speedydave]

That's the old V-10! The new V-8's are doing 20,000 RPM's

 

[Martin_R]

On 2006-11-02 21:47, trypcil wrote:
The French make very good cars - Citroen have excellent suspension, Peugeot, Renault are doing very well and many out perform there American counterparts so don't sneer at them as they are good. :razz:

Well now you are just comparing turds to turds.

French cars are of as low build quality as the italian, but the french as a bonus lack the italian styling & fun factor. Which pretty much leaves them with nothing besides the bargain bin pricing.

 

[drainbamage]

That is the second funniest thing I have ever read. You're killing me!

"excellent suspension..." It is like saying a girl has a 'nice personality'.

Ha!
Citroën was making history back in 55.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_DS

Citroen DS - 1957

I think cheap oil over there was VERY harmful in too many ways. USA cars are still seen somewhat "primitive" compared to European/Asian counterparts.

 

[Euro]

The French make fast cars like the best looking women are from Russia, right?

 

[Avi8or]

On the car front I'd look towards Germany or Japan. Other countries just don't cut the mustard IMHO.

 

[Euro]

Whether it has 4 wheels or 2 wheels, everything made in Japan looks like a space ship.

 

[scratch]

Love watching those F1 engines in static testing! The next step up would almost have to be a jet engine.

Here's a bit of engine trivia inspired by seeing the exhaust flame and cherry-red collector in that video: the old Lockheed Constellation airliner got a couple hundred ft. lbs. thrust out of each Wright R3350 engine at cruising speed just from the force of the exhaust gases - and that was after the turbo couplers had extracted a few hundred horsepower from the exhaust stream. Folks old enough to have flown on the Constellation at night back in the day will tell you about watching the steady blue flames coming out the back of each engine. What a sight that must have been!

French car anecdote: My sister had a mid-80's Peugeot 505 Turbo. It was a good-looking, nice handling car, but it did have a few reliability issues. Not really better or worse than an American car of the time. However, getting dealer service was difficult as she lived out in the boondocks, and it was just different enough from most other cars that there weren't too many independent repair shops around that could work on them with a reassuring degree of competence.

 

[Euro]

Here's a bit of engine trivia inspired by seeing the exhaust flame and cherry-red collector in that video: the old Lockheed Constellation airliner got a couple hundred ft. lbs. thrust out of each Wright R3350 engine at cruising speed just from the force of the exhaust gases - and that was after the turbo couplers had extracted a few hundred horsepower from the exhaust stream. Folks old enough to have flown on the Constellation at night back in the day will tell you about watching the steady blue flames coming out the back of each engine. What a sight that must have been!

Doesn't trivia involve a question? EXAMPLE: What's the fastest color?

 

[Cheapbastard]

On 2006-11-03 12:28, Euro wrote:


Doesn't trivia involve a question? EXAMPLE: What's the fastest color?

ANSWER: yeller! :-D