Sunworshipper wrote in
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On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 15:58:52 GMT, "Peter Grey"
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"Jon Elson" wrote in message
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Pretty wild. Was trying to figure out how the slap shifter worked,
but eventually figured out the driver inset view was out of sync
by a second or more with the sound. The flash encoder was pretty
badly overloaded by the rapid scenery movement, so it messed up
the speed sensation. It seemed like he really wasn't going that
fast, not much over 120 MPH, but that may have been due to the
tiny viewing window and the flash encoding. Esecially when there
was an overhead sign or a sign truss, the view got jerky.

It sounded like the microphone was bolted to the gearbox - what
a lot of gear noise!

He's going a ton faster than 120. I'm betting close to 180 on the
back sections of the track. In-car videos always look slower than the
car's really going. I assume that the gearbox noise is from
straight-cut gears.

Peter


I don't think so. Must be around 210+. I've driven over 100 times at
145mph and that clip brings back memories and that car is moving much
faster than 150. Bet it takes hours to get off that adrenalin rush.

Great track, thanks for the clip, and an appropriate day to see it.

m3 gtrs for the german touring car series uses a twin clutch straight cut
box, usually sequential and it's bloody loud even for a spectator. The Ring
is a very narrow circuit, most of it is an ex public road and so its not
much more than 24' wide in places - Makes the speed seem much faster than
it is. They have public days where you can pay a few euros and thrash round
in anything you like. The cup series M3's can do up to about 180 top
depending on the gearing. The Ring requires lower gearing 'cos of the
slower sections and so top speed is probably 170 or so.

The impressive thing is how fast the guy can travel the circuit - last time
Formula 1's did that circuit the top speeds where around 180 with twice the
power. Its the old Ring at 17.5miles and 174 bends that this guy knows
intimately.. really impressive. Also worth noting is that several of the
Porsche he's passing and leaving for dead are cup race GT2's with an extra
100hp or so..