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05-07-2003, 06:08 AM
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Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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what's with the spray? squeezing nitrous into the air to waste it?
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05-07-2003, 06:27 AM
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Location: Ohio
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The spray is just for looks, as far as I know.
That was a really cool video. I don't think it's fake. My motorcycle makes like 60hp, and it'd might take the Trans Am (published 0-60 my bike model 3.2sec; can I do that? heck no, I suck). That goped may only make 20 hp @ 23,000 rpm, but please remember it's power to weight and traction that matter. The Trans Am is not a light car, really. The goped with a kid on it might come in at, assuming that skinny kid is 80lbs, give the goped 40lbs, we're only at 120lbs. Say it is ONLY 20hp and that's 6lbs/hp. The Trans Am is about 3500-3800lbs w/gas and driver. How heavy is the driver? Let's say 3500lbs and 425hp, heck 450hp, now we get 7.78lbs/hp. The goped has the advantage. I'll also bet that my guessing 20hp for the goped is low. What I will guess is that the goped has a lower top speed, so it'll eventually lose. But I'd give it a fair run to the 1/8 mi. I just don't think it's fake. It's all about power to weight.
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05-07-2003, 06:43 AM
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Location: Kentucky
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I went and signed up for the forum that the video was originally posted in. )Fuel Sluts
98 snake eater owns the goped, and I'm not sure who was riding it in the video. That spray is purging air from the nitrous oxide lines, making the nitrous pressurized and ready for injection. This goped is serious shit and many people from the board have ridden it and wiped out. The firebird might be laying off the throttle a bit but in this short of a race ( probably less than an 1/8 mile ). The goped is rumored to top out at 80-90 ( they don't have speedometers, duh) and one guy claims triple digits. As for engine, it hasn't been dynoed yet, but it can turn a car dyno, which makes it pretty powerful. Even if the pass was staged, the goped clearly keeps up with the transam in the race, and noone one the board says that the thing is slow. |
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05-07-2003, 06:48 AM
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look closer she shaved her bikini line. You Whiner
Location: deep in the heart of TX
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you have a point but..
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Can you imagine going over 50mph on those little tires, it would speed wobble so badly you would get tossed into another dimension before you made an eigth of a mile
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05-07-2003, 05:16 PM
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Location: Ohio
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So, because you didn't see the "whole production" it's not real? I'm not sure about that logic, but if it works for you, that's great.
What is the "whole production" anyway? Which parts am I missing? What would make you belive it's real? What is this "speed wobble" you speak of? Is that a technical term? Those little tires could easily be balanced. I'm not going to try convincing you it's real, because that'd make me an idiot. I have no idea if it IS real or not. I just don't see it as an impossible feat, so I'm giving the benefit of the doubt. You aren't. Either way, I'm not worried about it. It was entertaining as heck, wasn't it?
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05-07-2003, 07:34 PM
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Purging removes the air from the nitrous lines so you inject a full dose of nitrous oxide rather that a blip of air.
In a direct port setup, a ratio of nitrous to fuel is created using seperate injectors for each. If there is air in the line, these injectors create a very rich condition. A richer air to fuel ratio makes you slow. The purge is 100% functional. I dont use nitrous. |
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05-12-2003, 12:18 PM
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Location: Broken Arrow, OK
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That can't be going over 60. I have ridden street luge for a few years now and the wheels we have to use are wider and our center of gravity is much lower then that goped thing. I tend to get speed wobbles around 75mph I just can't see how that kid as light as he is is going to be able to control something that light going that quickly without getting a face full of asphalt.
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