11.07.09 - CarCast: SEMA 2009, Moes Nowland of Ford Racing.

[neilt0]

http://www.adamcarolla.com/CarCastBlog/200...cast-sema-2009/

[aerotive]

Anyone else have audio problems with this one on an iphone? It's the same thing as happened to me with the Dan Edmunds show , but with this one only the ads are listenable--right after the ads at the beginning, the audio becomes completely distorted--not one word can be understood. It stays that away until the second set of ads starting at 28:58, those are fine, then after the ads are over it goes back to garbled.

I don't have the problem with my computer, just the iphone. Is the codec or bitrate different during the ads than the rest of the show? I'm thinking that it is and my iphone (a 2G) isn't compatible with what's used during non-ad portions.

The content of the show was excellent as usual.

[neilt0]

It has been reworked and re-uploaded:

http://twitter.com/ACPCarCast/status/5512517158

"Hey, Sorry about the audio, a NEW CarCast feed is available with cleaner audio. http://www.adamcarolla.com/CarCastBlog"

[aerotive]

Thanks, the redone version worked for me.

[neilt0]

Video!

Wilwood Brakes at SEMA 2009


Comp Cams at SEMA 2009


Red Line Synthetic Oil at SEMA 2009


GM Performance Parts at SEMA 2009


Hub Garage at SEMA 2009

[Contento]

Don't miss the the first minute of the HUB Garage video, scrotum buddies!

[neilt0]

Ford Racing Performance Parts at SEMA 2009


Holley Performance Products at SEMA 2009

[neilt0]

Source Interlink Media at SEMA 2009


Pirelli Tires at SEMA 2009


HRE Performance Wheels at SEMA 2009

[scottcolbath]

The more I hear "The Professor", the more I want to give this fucking guy a noogie and tell him to shut the fuck up sometime, yet at the same time, he knows his shit. It's a tough call.

Regardless, best Carcast yet. Maybe I'll bump in to these wankers in the NASCAR pits this weekend in Phoenix.

S.C.

[scottcolbath]

BTW, speaking of NASCAR and SEMA, at one point during the SEMA show, Adam went on a rant, pondering how they make all the engines on a tractor puller work together. I have the answer right here.

While on this particular tractor, all the engines are facing the same direction, I think we can "do the math" on this one.



Here, the two front engines are directly connected via the crank. Front most engine being #1, the one behind it being #2. A drive shaft off the #2 engine goes back to the two rear engines and a gear box seen here.



You can see how the two rear engines have a gear box which is driven directly off the crank of the two rear engines along with the #1 and #2 engines, which then spins another carrier gear on each side, thusly connecting with the center gear/driveshaft assembly. Is this making sense? I'm two sheets to the wind right now and working on the third.

At the rear, you can see the rear differential where all this power ends up, along with some very massive fucking disc brakes.



The problem I see with this sort of setup is that any one engine that is not making exactly the same power as any other, becomes a liability to the drive train. Fluid coupling in my opinion, would be the best answer. It's no different than trying to sync up four carbs on an old Honda. One cylinder can hinder another if it is weak. But then again, this is not my speciality. I'll let the pros deal with it.

S.C.