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Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

You pulled a water skier at 170?
Pics please. :)))
Actual pic of me if I was on a 170mph rope.
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Brittany at Bristol this past June on Friday night.
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3.74 at 334 set a new record for Bristol at 1000 ft.
Mike Salinas was the first to go 300 mph at the 1/8 mile marker in September this year.
Anyone seen a dyno for a 10,000 HP motor?
I've watched them test and tune NASCAR motors and several pro stock motors on a Dyno but not a top fuel motor
I wasn't aware there was a dyno that could handle a top fuel engine. In the old 5000hp days they were reverse engineering the HP numbers by calculating how much it would take to get a car weighing that much down the track that quick at those speeds.

If you were going to dyno a top fuel engine it would have to be outdoors. I can't imagine how loud it would be to try to do a pull on a dyno indoors with a top fuel engine.
 
I wasn't aware there was a dyno that could handle a top fuel engine. In the old 5000hp days they were reverse engineering the HP numbers by calculating how much it would take to get a car weighing that much down the track that quick at those speeds.

If you were going to dyno a top fuel engine it would have to be outdoors. I can't imagine how loud it would be to try to do a pull on a dyno indoors with a top fuel engine.
I thought the problem with dynoing top fuel engines is that they don't survive long enough?
 
I wasn't aware there was a dyno that could handle a top fuel engine. In the old 5000hp days they were reverse engineering the HP numbers by calculating how much it would take to get a car weighing that much down the track that quick at those speeds.

If you were going to dyno a top fuel engine it would have to be outdoors. I can't imagine how loud it would be to try to do a pull on a dyno indoors with a top fuel engine.
They don't/can't dyno the TF engines. From what I gather the issue isn't so much the dyno itself, but that the engines won't/can't run for long enough to get a proper read.

Clay Millican has something about that on one of his Q&A videos.
 
Looking for investors. Designing new camouflage that has a proven track record. The first release will be camouflage patterned after twist ties (like on a loaf of bread). Everytime I remove one I cannot find it. Following that release will be camouflage patterned after 10mm sockets. I see big government contracts in our future. Open to other ideas. lol.
 
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It's a bit suspect when certain members think every other model is underage.
Perhaps, but Mods will error on the safe side and remove content that appears it might be underage.

Someone has to report it though, since none of us Mods peruse this thread regularly. Too much other stuff going on...
 
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This is a Tesla model Y battery. It takes up all of the space under the passenger compartment of the car.

To manufacture it you need:
--12 tons of rock for Lithium (can also be
extracted from sea water)
-- 5 tons of cobalt minerals (Most cobalt is made
as a byproduct of the processing of copper
and nickel ores. It is the most difficult material
to obtain for a battery and the most
expensive.)
-- 3 tons nickel ore
-- 12 tons of copper ore

You must move 250 tons of soil to obtain:
-- 26.5 pounds of Lithium
-- 30 pounds of nickel
-- 48.5 pounds of manganese
-- 15 pounds of cobalt

To manufacture the battery also requires:
-- 441 pounds of aluminum, steel and/or plastic
-- 112 pounds of graphite

The Caterpillar 994A is used for the earthmoving to obtain the essential minerals. It consumes 264 gallons of diesel in 12 hours.

Finally you get a “zero emissions” car.

Presently, the bulk of the necessary minerals for manufacturing the batteries come from China or Africa. Much of the labor for getting the minerals in Africa is done by children! If we buy electric cars, it's China who profits most!

BTW, this 2021 Tesla Model Y OEM battery (the cheapest Tesla battery) is currently for sale on the Internet for $4,999 not including shipping or installation. The battery weighs 1,000 pounds (you can imagine the shipping cost). The cost of Tesla batteries is:

Model 3 -- $14,000+ (Car MSRP $38,990)
Model Y -- $5,000–$5,500 (Car MSRP $47,740)
Model S -- $13,000–$20,000 (Car MSRP $74,990)
Model X -- $13,000+ (Car MSRP $79,990)

It takes SEVEN years for an electric car to reach net-zero CO2. The life expectancy of the batteries is 10 years (average). Only in the last three years do you begin to reduce your carbon footprint. Then the batteries have to be replaced and you lose all the gains you made in those three years.

The truth is far better than the fiction we are all being told !
 
Perhaps, but Mods will error on the safe side and remove content that appears it might be underage.

Someone has to report it though, since none of us Mods peruse this thread regularly. Too much other stuff going on...
I get y'all removing suspicious stuff that's not the issue. Some of these guys must be 132yo because they have said obviously 30yo women look under age.

At a certain point when someone looks around and suspects every other post of being something nefarious they are the problem.
 
I wasn't aware there was a dyno that could handle a top fuel engine. In the old 5000hp days they were reverse engineering the HP numbers by calculating how much it would take to get a car weighing that much down the track that quick at those speeds.

If you were going to dyno a top fuel engine it would have to be outdoors. I can't imagine how loud it would be to try to do a pull on a dyno indoors with a top fuel engine.
 
From Facebook!
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This is a Tesla model Y battery. It takes up all of the space under the passenger compartment of the car.

To manufacture it you need:
--12 tons of rock for Lithium (can also be
extracted from sea water)
-- 5 tons of cobalt minerals (Most cobalt is made
as a byproduct of the processing of copper
and nickel ores. It is the most difficult material
to obtain for a battery and the most
expensive.)
-- 3 tons nickel ore
-- 12 tons of copper ore

You must move 250 tons of soil to obtain:
-- 26.5 pounds of Lithium
-- 30 pounds of nickel
-- 48.5 pounds of manganese
-- 15 pounds of cobalt

To manufacture the battery also requires:
-- 441 pounds of aluminum, steel and/or plastic
-- 112 pounds of graphite

The Caterpillar 994A is used for the earthmoving to obtain the essential minerals. It consumes 264 gallons of diesel in 12 hours.

Finally you get a “zero emissions” car.

Presently, the bulk of the necessary minerals for manufacturing the batteries come from China or Africa. Much of the labor for getting the minerals in Africa is done by children! If we buy electric cars, it's China who profits most!

BTW, this 2021 Tesla Model Y OEM battery (the cheapest Tesla battery) is currently for sale on the Internet for $4,999 not including shipping or installation. The battery weighs 1,000 pounds (you can imagine the shipping cost). The cost of Tesla batteries is:

Model 3 -- $14,000+ (Car MSRP $38,990)
Model Y -- $5,000–$5,500 (Car MSRP $47,740)
Model S -- $13,000–$20,000 (Car MSRP $74,990)
Model X -- $13,000+ (Car MSRP $79,990)

It takes SEVEN years for an electric car to reach net-zero CO2. The life expectancy of the batteries is 10 years (average). Only in the last three years do you begin to reduce your carbon footprint. Then the batteries have to be replaced and you lose all the gains you made in those three years.

The truth is far better than the fiction we are all being told !


List did a replacement battery pack under warranty on a Benz EQS few weeks ago….. please return your seats to their upright position and tighten all safety belts…..

That’s just the retail cost only, can’t show the dealer internal stuff.
 

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List did a replacement battery pack under warranty on a Benz EQS few weeks ago….. please return your seats to their upright position and tighten all safety belts…..

That’s just the retail cost only, can’t show the dealer internal stuff.

So you're saying to get the battery replaced just before the warranty ends on a MB EV. :cool:
 
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List did a replacement battery pack under warranty on a Benz EQS few weeks ago….. please return your seats to their upright position and tighten all safety belts…..

That’s just the retail cost only, can’t show the dealer internal stuff.
Tesla batteries about 20 grand…. And significantly larger, in general.
 
You are reading that correctly, Tesla and Mercedes on the same pack.

That’s what’s so laughable about people who argue my Chevy, Ford, Dodge, BWM is better. Got no idea how much these manufactures are in cohorts together behind the scenes.

That particular gem in the crate is for an older B class Mercedes that a was about $11k. Don’t remember all the particulars on capacity as I wasn’t the one working on it, but it’s a lunch box of a car with city driving range.
 
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You are reading that correctly, Tesla and Mercedes on the same pack.

That’s what’s so laughable about people who argue my Chevy, Ford, Dodge, BWM is better. Got no idea how much these manufactures are in cohorts together behind the scenes.

That particular gem in the crate is for an older B class Mercedes that a was about $11k. Don’t remember all the particulars on capacity as I wasn’t the one working on it, but it’s a lunch box of a car with city driving range.
No, it’s just that up until probably fairly recently… everybody else’s battery packs were very very small by comparison.
 
Yes I bet we would be horrified to see what's on thier hard drive
Let me be perfectly fucking clear on this.

If you post something that even appears underage, real or AI generated, that content will be deleted, and you will be banned. Permanently.

This is the Hide, not PornHub. If you want to go look at that crap, go somewhere else. We don't need that kind of attention or reputation. There's already enough eyes on this site.

There will be no more warnings.

I'm surprised I even have to make this post. Smdh...