How a Real Man changes a fan belt.
12-03-2009, 01:51 PM
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Always a cynic...
I gotta say, that video does not appear to be faked. The sound of the engine is precisely what it should be, and more importantly, the sound that the butt of the screwdriver makes when he uses it to stop the generator pulley after popping off the belt also seems correct.
I think we just have to face the fact that there's someone more manly than Braineack, and he drives a pre-1974 Beetle.
I gotta say, that video does not appear to be faked. The sound of the engine is precisely what it should be, and more importantly, the sound that the butt of the screwdriver makes when he uses it to stop the generator pulley after popping off the belt also seems correct.
I think we just have to face the fact that there's someone more manly than Braineack, and he drives a pre-1974 Beetle.
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12-03-2009, 02:12 PM
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I'll give you fifty dollars* if you can:
flip a screwdriver around in your hands and catch a flying object at the same instant within 1 sec and leaning forward to keep you body out of site to make it easier to splice scenes later.
there are clear splices every time the hands go in and out of the viewfinder; watch at :26-:27 while he "drops" belt. no human can move that fast, sorry. **** looks like stop motion.
*must be witnessed in person myself and filmed by 2 others.
flip a screwdriver around in your hands and catch a flying object at the same instant within 1 sec and leaning forward to keep you body out of site to make it easier to splice scenes later.
there are clear splices every time the hands go in and out of the viewfinder; watch at :26-:27 while he "drops" belt. no human can move that fast, sorry. **** looks like stop motion.
*must be witnessed in person myself and filmed by 2 others.
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12-14-2009, 01:19 PM
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he got it stiched up and is doing fine lost all the ends of his fingers. crazy bastard took pics before going to the hospital.
I posted the pic as a heads up it's a pretty cool trick but even though it's a rubber belt at 1000 rpms in your fingers get in the way you will lose them.
I posted the pic as a heads up it's a pretty cool trick but even though it's a rubber belt at 1000 rpms in your fingers get in the way you will lose them.
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12-14-2009, 01:29 PM
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12-14-2009, 02:21 PM
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The exact same thing happened to a guy on the FSAE team back at UF in '97 or '98. Not the motor on the car, it was his personal bike. And the engine wasn't even running in his case, he was just spinning the wheel by hand. They took off all four of the fingers back to the level of the first knuckle (the one closest to the hand.)
I still think the VW video is real. As Whistler says, "Don't look- listen." You might be able to fudge the video, but the sound is much harder to fake. Not just the exhaust note, but things like the sound made by the handle of the screwdriver rubbing against the generator pulley.
I still think the VW video is real. As Whistler says, "Don't look- listen." You might be able to fudge the video, but the sound is much harder to fake. Not just the exhaust note, but things like the sound made by the handle of the screwdriver rubbing against the generator pulley.
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12-14-2009, 02:38 PM
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(Come to think of it- I'm surprised that somebody like CB hasn't started offering this as a product. Great Plains gave up on theirs, but IIRC, they were using some 044-like casting. Not very impressive.
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12-14-2009, 02:51 PM
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I was doing some research at an ACVW site a little while back, and there are some interesting things going on. A couple of folks have actually made their own water-cooled heads, by milling down the fins in the "main" section, welding some aluminum sheet and plate, etc. Imagine the sort of daily-driver power you could be making with a set of CB Comp Eliminators running water-cooled?
(Come to think of it- I'm surprised that somebody like CB hasn't started offering this as a product. Great Plains gave up on theirs, but IIRC, they were using some 044-like casting. Not very impressive.
(Come to think of it- I'm surprised that somebody like CB hasn't started offering this as a product. Great Plains gave up on theirs, but IIRC, they were using some 044-like casting. Not very impressive.
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12-14-2009, 03:44 PM
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The exact same thing happened to a guy on the FSAE team back at UF in '97 or '98. Not the motor on the car, it was his personal bike. And the engine wasn't even running in his case, he was just spinning the wheel by hand. They took off all four of the fingers back to the level of the first knuckle (the one closest to the hand.)
I still think the VW video is real. As Whistler says, "Don't look- listen." You might be able to fudge the video, but the sound is much harder to fake. Not just the exhaust note, but things like the sound made by the handle of the screwdriver rubbing against the generator pulley.
I still think the VW video is real. As Whistler says, "Don't look- listen." You might be able to fudge the video, but the sound is much harder to fake. Not just the exhaust note, but things like the sound made by the handle of the screwdriver rubbing against the generator pulley.
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12-14-2009, 10:31 PM
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I beleive its real too...
anyone ever rocked a belt onto an engine... some vintage race cars dont have tensioner assembly. Simply get the exact length belt that fits, Put the belt around, and partially on the crank.
Put trans in gear, and bump the entire car forward, to bump the crank around. Slowly pushing the belt inward toward the groove.
Really a slow motion way of doing it while the engine is running.
Hell, ive seen my pops do it wile bumping the starter solenoid to jump the motor around.
Its the only way to get a belt on, if your stranded with no tools.
anyone ever rocked a belt onto an engine... some vintage race cars dont have tensioner assembly. Simply get the exact length belt that fits, Put the belt around, and partially on the crank.
Put trans in gear, and bump the entire car forward, to bump the crank around. Slowly pushing the belt inward toward the groove.
Really a slow motion way of doing it while the engine is running.
Hell, ive seen my pops do it wile bumping the starter solenoid to jump the motor around.
Its the only way to get a belt on, if your stranded with no tools.
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