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Project Binky - GT4 in a Mini

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    #62
    edburg
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    That's me getting no sleep tonight lol


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    #63
    mullingar
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    Yet again, completely over engineered to the highest degree. Bravo.


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    OldMrBrennan83
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    #65
    edburg
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    P.T.O hahahahahaha


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    #66
    Bigus
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    The way this I'd dragging on, It would make you appreciate how quickly gas money gets stuff done. Celica GT4s will be vintage by the time binky's finished .


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    #67
    Voodoomelon
    Registered Users Posts: 9,662 ✭✭✭Voodoomelon


    Aye, I get that quality content takes a while to make, and this project isn't their full time work, but 3-4 months between episodes is a bit of a stretch. At least there's a fair length to each episode.


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    #68
    mloc123
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    Bigus wrote: »
    The way this I'd dragging on, It would make you appreciate how quickly gas money gets stuff done. Celica GT4s will be vintage by the time binky's finished .

    Yes but they have maybe 200 man hours a week on a car... Maybe more. While BO might get about 10-20 on a good week and I would think less on average.


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    Wibbs
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    mloc123 wrote: »
    Yes but they have maybe 200 man hours a week on a car... Maybe more. While BO might get about 10-20 on a good week and I would think less on average.
    Plus the quality of the engineering is far beyond the vast majority of what a crowd like Gas Monkey get up to. Their stuff is for the most part off the shelf third party bolt ons with a bit of tweaking and cosmetics. More assembly than engineering. You just can't compare the two on any level the only commonality is they both work on cars.

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



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    Bigus
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    The quality of the detail is exquisite, but as a driver I'd be more concerned with the fundamentals of the build and how it may handle. It could turn out be a complete pig for example in pitch and yaw , with dangerous or unmanageable dynamics.
    If I was doing this project I'd have run a rough cobbled together example around a racing circuit/private road to make sure track and wheelbase and weight distribution were fundamentally in the ballpark before getting into fine inconsequential time consuming details like bloody central locking re-engineering. But time will tell ... a long time.


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    mloc123
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    Bigus wrote: »
    The quality of the detail is exquisite, but as a driver I'd be more concerned with the fundamentals of the build and how it may handle. It could turn out be a complete pig for example in pitch and yaw , with dangerous or unmanageable dynamics.
    If I was doing this project I'd have run a rough cobbled together example around a racing circuit/private road to make sure track and wheelbase and weight distribution were fundamentally in the ballpark before getting into fine inconsequential time consuming details like bloody central locking re-engineering. But time will tell ... a long time.

    They build rally cars for a living (I think?) so I would be reasonably confident they know what they are doing here


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    #72
    mullingar
    Registered Users Posts: 5,341 ✭✭✭mullingar


    You just have to look at the amount of effort to remove the bump steer to realise how serious they want it to handle.


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    #73
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users Posts: 11,191 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    Bigus wrote: »
    The quality of the detail is exquisite, but as a driver I'd be more concerned with the fundamentals of the build and how it may handle. It could turn out be a complete pig for example in pitch and yaw , with dangerous or unmanageable dynamics.
    If I was doing this project I'd have run a rough cobbled together example around a racing circuit/private road to make sure track and wheelbase and weight distribution were fundamentally in the ballpark before getting into fine inconsequential time consuming details like bloody central locking re-engineering. But time will tell ... a long time.

    Not much you could do about the wheelbase, and working within the confines of the mini shell, scope for changing the weight distribution is limited to perhaps adding extra to the rear after testing.


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    OldMrBrennan83
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    Nate--IRL--
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    Patww79 wrote: »
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKWfW-MIRHc


    Nate


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    OldMrBrennan83
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    #77
    Voodoomelon
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    It's like Christmas, can't wait!


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    #78
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,382 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    OMG that thing they did is class! Can't ruin it for ye but it's flipping great


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    #79
    mullingar
    Registered Users Posts: 5,341 ✭✭✭mullingar


    Linky...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR1nU9IJsoM


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    mickdw
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    It's fantastic but they really are going to new levels of detail to the point that it will never be finished.


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    #81
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,382 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    As long as the Patreon donations keep coming in shur!


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    #82
    mullingar
    Registered Users Posts: 5,341 ✭✭✭mullingar


    Very funny.

    Ed China in it too....


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    OldMrBrennan83
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    mullingar
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    Patww79 wrote: »
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    Yup, 28:30 into it.


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    OldMrBrennan83
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    #86
    mullingar
    Registered Users Posts: 5,341 ✭✭✭mullingar


    And also in at 00:50


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    OldMrBrennan83
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    #88
    colm_mcm
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    Edd had a video on his channel about it.


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    OldMrBrennan83
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    #90
    Wibbs
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    Yeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssss!

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



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    #91
    mullingar
    Registered Users Posts: 5,341 ✭✭✭mullingar


    Another great episode.


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