Idris Elba - King of Speed
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davepoth said:
Heliocentric said:
Yep, thanks. I watched it once.
He also played Stringer Bell in acclaimed US TV series "The Wire".And he played Nelson Mandela in the recent biopic, for which there's a bit of an Oscar buzz.
mk2 24v said:
Fraid not. Its a Toyota engine that they had to have in production to be elidgable for NASCAR, as the regs are for a pushrod v8
(or at least they used to be, and a quick google says Toyota)
When Toyota wanted to enter the pinnacle of NASCAR ie. Cup Toyota did not have a big enough V8 nor pushrod so Toyota developed their engine based on Chevy V8.(or at least they used to be, and a quick google says Toyota)
davepoth said:
Not quite. It's a TRD engine that they designed specifically for NASCAR, but it is a pushrod V8. Here's a nice article about it. A bit out of date but it should still stand.
http://www.caranddriver.com/features/tundra-and-li...
That's about the Tundra when Toyota first entered NASCAR and specifically in the Truck series. Toyota didn't have a V8 that qualified so NASCAR gave them special treatment to develop their own.http://www.caranddriver.com/features/tundra-and-li...
I've followed NASCAR since the mid-1990s so I know I'm right!
entropy said:
mk2 24v said:
Fraid not. Its a Toyota engine that they had to have in production to be elidgable for NASCAR, as the regs are for a pushrod v8
(or at least they used to be, and a quick google says Toyota)
When Toyota wanted to enter the pinnacle of NASCAR ie. Cup Toyota did not have a big enough V8 nor pushrod so Toyota developed their engine based on Chevy V8.(or at least they used to be, and a quick google says Toyota)
davepoth said:
Not quite. It's a TRD engine that they designed specifically for NASCAR, but it is a pushrod V8. Here's a nice article about it. A bit out of date but it should still stand.
http://www.caranddriver.com/features/tundra-and-li...
That's about the Tundra when Toyota first entered NASCAR and specifically in the Truck series. Toyota didn't have a V8 that qualified so NASCAR gave them special treatment to develop their own.http://www.caranddriver.com/features/tundra-and-li...
I've followed NASCAR since the mid-1990s so I know I'm right!
A very agreeable and entertaining two hours over two nights. Not sure that Chevrolet Impala jumping would be the in thing in Bury St Edmunds!! I'm pretty certain the drifting segment was filmed at Aintree racecourse, maybe on part of the old racetrack there. Also enjoyed Ari Vatanen, seemed to have a glass of something in his hand most of the time. Another decent program from the BBC.
Amirhussain said:
davepoth said:
Heliocentric said:
Yep, thanks. I watched it once.
He also played Stringer Bell in acclaimed US TV series "The Wire".And he played Nelson Mandela in the recent biopic, for which there's a bit of an Oscar buzz.
Heliocentric said:
Amirhussain said:
davepoth said:
Heliocentric said:
Yep, thanks. I watched it once.
He also played Stringer Bell in acclaimed US TV series "The Wire".And he played Nelson Mandela in the recent biopic, for which there's a bit of an Oscar buzz.
I've just remembered a bug bear from the ep.2 Idris can't pronounce Keichi Tsuchiya - sounded more like he wanted to order King Prawn Chop Suey!
http://www.ten-tenths.com/forum/showpost.php?s=c39...
When JGR first stripped down their engines from TRD they said it was more or less a Chevy.
davepoth said:
As far as I'm aware, the engines are the same apart from intake (smaller carbs up to last year, not too sure what they're doing this year), with 358ci pushrod V8s. If Toyota developed two different although almost identical engines for NASCAR (in the round, not just the Sprint Cup), I don't see any evidence for it.
It's been an open secret.http://www.ten-tenths.com/forum/showpost.php?s=c39...
When JGR first stripped down their engines from TRD they said it was more or less a Chevy.
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