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One More Reason Turbochargers Rule [ November 19th, 2008 ] By: Charles Smith Posted in » Ramblings

It has been getting cold around here and sitting still in a car does nothing to help keep warm. Luckily I drive a WRX and that means it is turbocharged. Besides the added torque/power it makes, one really nice thing in the winter is that my car heats up faster.

Turbos spin really effing fast, and most turbos are cooled and lubed by the engine oil. The turbocharger is transferring heat from the exhaust gasses and its own spinning into the oil. This beautiful heat transfer results in warmer overall oil and so your cabin heaters work that much faster.

Oh how I do love my turbocharged car. There is one caveat, with the turbocharged car you have to be much more careful about running the engine hard (especially when it is cold) and shutting off the engine too soon after running hard. If the turbo gets very hot from running hard, shutting off the engine shuts off oil flow to the turbocharger. The oil left in it can burn off/cake in the turbo (BAD!!!).

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Do You Enjoy Hairpins? [ September 3rd, 2008 ] By:Charles Smith

I think hairpins, when not the only thing on the track(ie not autocross in so many places), are one of the neatest corners to watch. They are also some of the hardest to do really well (handbrake turn much?). Here’s a video of mostly hairpins taken by WRC drivers:

Link for the RSS peeps. Once again, I love YouTube.

Do you enjoy hairpins? Driving them? Watching them? ¿Making them?

September 3rd, 2008 | Leave a Comment

A Look Inside A Subaru Parts Truck [ July 31st, 2008 ] By:Charles Smith

Travis Pastrana’s car is supported by oh so many spares of almost everything on the car. Rarely would you get to see inside the support vehicles unless you were at a rally. I happened to stumble across a video of just that on YouTube. You may want to fast forward a bit past the intro.

Here is a link to the video for you RSS folks.

July 31st, 2008 | 3 Comments

Did I Ever Mention I Love YouTube [ July 15th, 2008 ] By:Charles Smith

I really do love YouTube. Why? Because of things like this:

I’ve probably watched this a few times while trying to keep up with Phil Mill’s notes. It is amazing how much road info Petter Solberg is getting from his co-driver. That is only part 1. Part 2 can be found here.

If you also really like YouTube, TwoGuysRally has a channel. Subscribe to it.

July 15th, 2008 | 2 Comments

People Watch Our Videos! [ June 12th, 2008 ] By:Charles Smith

HowStuffWorks, that famous website, has a blog and one of their entries is on Offensive Driving. Marshall Brain, the founder of HowStuffWorks used our “How To J-Turn” video as proof that YouTube can help you with your offensive driving.

Anyway the article is here. It is neat to see that people actually watch our videos and occasionally read our website.

June 12th, 2008 | 3 Comments