Brright orange License Plate WATALFE on a Lamborghini....
 

Just breaking in the drivetrain on the R1 Mini again and came across this guy. I typically dislike lambos and their owners even more. They are car jewelry.

This guy was no exception, His custom plate said "WATALFE" and had a lambo hat on.

I couldn't let him be the only one with a 9k rpm on the highway so I said hi the way performance cars do.



Then just drove up to pasadena.. Love that drive. So many tunnels and its an old freeway,




Cruises along at 70 at 6509k RPM and temps stay below 180l

Why would you dislike someone just for owning a Lambo?? That's as bad as the Lambo guy looking down on you because you drive an "old car"... Does that mean you dislike SW?

But I digress.. is that a GoPro? Pretty cool on the windshield like that, like a cop's dash cam. lol

i wish i could see how that looks from the road!
what do those carts usually do in the 1/4 with that engine swap?
it looks quick!

Rockin out to Danzig. Nice!

I'm not going to respond to your lambo questions because I've been told to "Clean up my act or stop posting" by an admin.

It is a gopro, Honestly a quality point and shoot camera has better audio, video, color, and HD. I am disappointed how muffled and off the sound is. That car is LOUD, yet you can't tell. I will be limiting the gopro to RC car usage and situations where I need durability.

I'll be seeking out a new point and shoot for car footage. The Canon Powershot series has been solid for me. I've had them since 1 megapixel and continue to upgrade. The new Canon Powershot Elph SD4500.

Every mount available for a gopro is available for point and shoots, just not readily marketed.

http://www.infosyncworld.com/reviews...-is/11496.html





The gopro will be used on my quadcopter mostly. I made this the other day and may start shooting in between sessions at trackdays.

I've been trying to get some exterior footage for a while. I need to to sell it IMO.


This is what they sound like.



I have 3" exhaust though. Will get some soon.

and justice for all earlier :hail:

The Canon takes great video!!

"Clean up my act or stop posting" would probably apply to you starting this judgmental thread in the first place.

-j

Wasn't me.. I just don't think we need devisiveness in the hobby.. Most guys with first gen Camaros don't track them.. just like most guys with Lambos and Ferraris don't.. or Corvettes for that matter.

Doesn't make them "lesser" in the hobby .. so I wasn't picking on you, just trying to make a larger point.

Personally I think the Lambo is a big bucket of Awsome Sauce..

p.s. you could probley make side money at track days with the quadcopter and the camera.. would be epic footage.

I hate people that have more money than me and SEEM to enjoy their life. END THREAD :rofl:

^^^^^^^^^^ agree with those thoughts.... everybody gets a different 'joy' from various facets of the hobby.

Personally - I've never seen a car - or an enthusiast I didn't enjoy. Not everyone can afford the best of the best... or custom built... and not everyone loves perfect paint... or tracking their car. It is what it is.


How big is that chip on your shoulder? :rofl:

They are killer if they have enough power. A stock Gallardo is boring as hell if you've had something with decent power.

I would only buy one if I could also afford one of the nice twin turbo packages for them at the same time.

I felt baited personally. :_paranoid

I plan to do all sorts of things with quadcopters. Got a new frame on the way for more stable flight and 3 axis camera stabilization. I'd like to be able to keep up with a car down the main straight of big willow.

Check this out.


Quads are capable of incredible speeds and nimble, with a friend operating the camera or just leaving it pointed down at an angle It'd give us all GT cup style footage.



Even hovering at one chicane or corner would shoot some amazing footage. Once you get to a location you can let off the sticks and it'll hold position...

never assume anything.

Neither have I. I love a perfectly maintained celica as much as I enjoy a miura.

I must be mis reading your thread. I didn't see anything about you guys having coffee earlier that day and getting a sense for his personality. I agree that since he drives a Lambo, his chances of being a prick are substantially greater. However, I wouldn't draw that conclusion automatically. That's like saying everybody that drives a 69 camaro is a redneck. :D

Does it have a hood...and if so, is it on the car?

Well.........ummmmmmmmmm........ aren't they? :willy: :rofl:

Everyone must have missed the humor. Its not the lambo, its the custom plate "What a life" that was just cheesy as hell IMO.

I love my cars, but they don't make up the majority of my happyness in life. Add to the fact that a Gallardo is a status symbol and there you go.

I found humor in it, thought the guy was a douche, and thought itd be funny to rev a 1970 Mini to 12k on him. To the people around us, it probably was funny.

Instead this threads turned into a total turd.

If I have a bottle of moonshine in my trunk do I qualify??? :_paranoid

i have yellow aviator glasses and a STP in my car.

what trunk you have a fuel cell.

Looks like you were chasing him and trying to agg him on to me. But, I would too prolly!! LOL!!:cheers:

I dig your car....I dig the Lamborghini more.......but I dig the extended wheelbase Pete you passed the most!!!:unibrow:

I merged onto the freeway and he was there. Only wanted a rev. I even motioned him for it. Too busy on his cell.

That means I don't have a trunk?

Ya, bring that to Vegas with you. :unibrow:

You are easily misunderstood online, maybe not? I'll judge you the day we meet. :thumbsup:

So Dane, was that the 101 you were on going through that tunnel section in the 2nd video?

The car sounds amazing---remind me what you did for a motor in it again? It seems like from the video it's got serious acceleration---

D Redneck Fresh

its got a moped motor swap!;)

Does it have a Yamaha R1 motor in it?

yup
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/__...0/IMG_8785.JPG

Wow that's crazy cool!
I had a 2000 R1...those motors got nuts!! :thumbsup:

That engine setup is pretty damn cool.. would love to drive it.. I bet it's "zippy".. lol

Hey Dane, I have never been able to get a good in car video of anything I've ever done. My GoPro vids skip and so I bought and down loaded a video format conversion program but that computer crashed. Can you help me out? Any recomendations?

That Mini is very cool! I've seen projects all over the net with Busa and R1 engines but never one completed and that nice. What do you do for reverse?


Side note, I am a very dry, sarcastic SOB. I have to be veeeery careful on the interweb because that shizz never seems to come through as joking. I always end up trying to 'esplain myself if I try to get too funny in a comment.

Jeff-

I thought it was pretty damn funny. Especially pulling up in the mini.

Keep us updated on the quadcopter. I was googling them the other day and there is a guy out there who has a HUGE one with a dSLR attached. I'm planning on making one after I finish my firebird project.

Hey Gaetano, sounds like maybe your memory card isn't fast enough? Looks like GoPro site says "Write Speed: minimum 4 MBps (class 4)" Just a guess.

I thought that you just weren't willing to share :)

your SD card is too low a class. Literally. I use a Class 10 but typically class 4 and above should run fine. Make sure its not a microsd in an SD adapter either.

My sense of humor is dry as well. I have a quaife chain driven reverse box for motorcycle driven cars like carerhams.

http://www.quaife.co.uk/shop/products/qbe35g

I have a push pull lever on the shifter. Basically if I was stupid enough I could do 120mph in reverse.