With my limited insight, it seems the common solution for a number of problems in the US.
"Moar powah!"
Lacks finesse, don't you think? Better add "moar powah!"
It seems brute force will not solve this issue, but what about.... much much "moar powah!"
Nothing says finesse like excess! or something like that...
"Moar powah!"
Lacks finesse, don't you think? Better add "moar powah!"
It seems brute force will not solve this issue, but what about.... much much "moar powah!"
Nothing says finesse like excess! or something like that...
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MOAR POWAH! 
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Video from 1916
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If you want a 3 hour more modern trainride (not much snow ploughing though) here it is:
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And here is a journalist interviewing one of the tractor drivers, daring him to do some donuts with the very equipment loaded tractor.
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Video from 1916
YouTube
If you want a 3 hour more modern trainride (not much snow ploughing though) here it is:
YouTube
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And here is a journalist interviewing one of the tractor drivers, daring him to do some donuts with the very equipment loaded tractor.
YouTube
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The question should be more like "... hundreds of miles of track fast and the gasoline is cheaper than other snowy nations?"
It's the tradition.
I don't know about Norway but in Sweden, the 50's & 60's American cars are popular.
If you run the track several times during the storm, a simple plow works and does not give trouble.
There are a couple runs where the trains just stop until Spring, but may run again before snow melts. There's a run in Alaska which can have over 10 feet of hard-pack snow when the "summer season" starts. They have a couple really big snow throwers. Very much like seen in "Snøstorm og snørydding Finse stasjon 1916". The bigger one has its own engine for snow, and they rig one or two freight engines to push it.
Very much so.
From the Västerås Power Meet, one of the biggest arrangement for power cars in Sweden:
Read more about it:
Vasteras Summer Meet 4-6 juli 2019
And about the subgroup that started it all:
Raggare - Wikipedia
I remember an episode of American Hot Rod (late Boyd Coddington) on TV when an intern from Sweden wanted to learn how to build hot rod.
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There were cold spells like this one back then, no?Hey, EVERYBODY KNOWS that those of us who grew up in the 1950's and 60's had the best music and the coolest cars!
There is some popularity I guess, but not very much. Fuel prices are fluctuating very much now, between 1.42$ to 2$ per liter.
I drive an EV so not a concern really. But for people driving muscle cars... Not many around in winter, because of the salted roads.
My friend used to have a Cadillac with a 500 cubic inch engine, more than 1 liter per cylinder, 8.2 liters (!). I used to joke about the cost of only firing it up was around 50NOK (almost 6$).
Crazy torque, and lots of advanced features like remote controlled start, remote door opening, long list.
Horrible handling, it actually felt like sitting on top of a mattress on a lead sled with poor springs.
I drive an EV so not a concern really. But for people driving muscle cars... Not many around in winter, because of the salted roads.
My friend used to have a Cadillac with a 500 cubic inch engine, more than 1 liter per cylinder, 8.2 liters (!). I used to joke about the cost of only firing it up was around 50NOK (almost 6$).
Crazy torque, and lots of advanced features like remote controlled start, remote door opening, long list.
Horrible handling, it actually felt like sitting on top of a mattress on a lead sled with poor springs.
And in my state from the local newspaper; I wish you guys some of this:
"On the back of a month of record high temperatures across WA, parts of Perth are sweltering in 40 degree Celsius heat this afternoon.
The mercury at Pearce ticked over 40.5 degrees Celsius about noon, while Perth temperatures peaked at a scorching 38.5C.
Tomorrow, the Bureau of Meteorology has forecast it to be 10C cooler in the city, while the clear blue skies will be tarnished by some cloud coverage.
Today’s scorcher follows a January of record heat for the State, with temperatures 2.3C hotter than usual.
Marble Bar residents struggled in 49.1C temperatures on January 13, while at the other end of the State, Red Rock Point also recorded a 49.1C day on January 23."
"On the back of a month of record high temperatures across WA, parts of Perth are sweltering in 40 degree Celsius heat this afternoon.
The mercury at Pearce ticked over 40.5 degrees Celsius about noon, while Perth temperatures peaked at a scorching 38.5C.
Tomorrow, the Bureau of Meteorology has forecast it to be 10C cooler in the city, while the clear blue skies will be tarnished by some cloud coverage.
Today’s scorcher follows a January of record heat for the State, with temperatures 2.3C hotter than usual.
Marble Bar residents struggled in 49.1C temperatures on January 13, while at the other end of the State, Red Rock Point also recorded a 49.1C day on January 23."
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It's on its way. -3F yesterday morning, 2F this morning, but by Monday in NH (New England) it should be over 50F.
So, what do a couple of Swedish hot-rodders do on an American vacation trip? They buy a well used Volvo, give it the American hot rod formula....."moar powah" from a big a$$ V8 engine, and go racing:
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Drag Week is a unique series where one must build a car capable of driving unassisted from track to track, (about 1000 miles total) and racing with only a tire change, therefore it muse be street legal. All support materials (tools, spare parts, etc) must be carried in the car, or towed behind it. This eliminates purpose built race cars.
Cold today? Yes, the below zero temperatures are gone, traded for +14F (-10C), but the "warm" came with about 5 inches of snow overnight, and it's still coming down......my morning trip to the gym will be traded for some snow shovel repetitions.....until I can did my way to the snow blower and the gas can. I have 110 feet of driveway, and so does my neighbor. I do his on days like this.
High 50's are predicted here on Sunday afternoon.
Warmed up to about 15F here.
My dad had a Chrysler 300 with a 440 cube engine and headers. To "one-up" him, my uncle bought a Pontiac Grand Prix with a 454 cube engine. This was back when gas was $0.32/gallon.
I purchased the Pontiac for $50, by the time I was done with it looked like a vehicle in the Blues Brothers.
My dad had a Chrysler 300 with a 440 cube engine and headers. To "one-up" him, my uncle bought a Pontiac Grand Prix with a 454 cube engine. This was back when gas was $0.32/gallon.
I purchased the Pontiac for $50, by the time I was done with it looked like a vehicle in the Blues Brothers.
Well my Parts Express spikes ordered last Saturday have made it - from Ohio to UPS at Franklin Park which according to Google maps is right next to O Hare Airport Chicago no prizes for guessing what the holdup is!
On the other hand 20kg of lead shot also ordered for my equipment stand build traveled Auckland to Wellington no trouble. Should be able to pick up the two coffee tables I'm re-purposing this morning.
On the other hand 20kg of lead shot also ordered for my equipment stand build traveled Auckland to Wellington no trouble. Should be able to pick up the two coffee tables I'm re-purposing this morning.
The steady snow stopped around noon with just over 7 inches in my bucket. There are still random snow showers to annoy us trying to dig out the driveways. I just finished with the snow moving project for the day.
O'hare is a cluster on a good day.
My last hot rod had a 440, with a bit of the Tubelab "more power" treatment....somewhere around 500 - 550 HP.
Note, blowing up engines, transmissions and other heavy parts is a LOT more expensive than blowing up amplifiers, but also more fun.
O'hare is a cluster on a good day.
My last hot rod had a 440, with a bit of the Tubelab "more power" treatment....somewhere around 500 - 550 HP.
Note, blowing up engines, transmissions and other heavy parts is a LOT more expensive than blowing up amplifiers, but also more fun.
