Tesla powered Mazda & Mad Max? | NOLA '24 | 24 Hours of Lemons

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  • čas přidán 22. 04. 2024
  • From the post-apocalyptic fury of the Mad Max themed Jaguar to the electrifying speed of a Tesla-powered Mazda RX-8, Nick and Eric discuss all the highlights from NOLA '24.
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Komentáře • 30

  • @carlman257
    @carlman257 Před měsícem +29

    The tow truck pass for position is maybe an all-time high lemons moment

  • @KillroyWasHere86
    @KillroyWasHere86 Před měsícem +6

    Randy Pobst always happy to be driving.

    • @rrolf71
      @rrolf71 Před měsícem

      Randy is a frikkin' legend. He keeps the childlike joy of driving and brings his joy to everyone around.

  • @ManiacRacing
    @ManiacRacing Před měsícem +13

    I wanna race lemons SO BAD! I even have the car idea: A air cooled VW flat four swapped WRX with a turbo!

    • @izzyplusplusplus1004
      @izzyplusplusplus1004 Před měsícem +2

      Except the turbo, sounds great!

    • @ManiacRacing
      @ManiacRacing Před měsícem

      But but but TURBO!!!! Because reasons!@@izzyplusplusplus1004

    • @ghomerhust
      @ghomerhust Před měsícem +2

      you wont need the turbo haha, the stock 2.5 EJ is like 3-4x as powerful as the original 1600s were, and the non turbo ones were way more reliable under stress

    • @jamesashe
      @jamesashe Před měsícem +3

      @@ghomerhust Pretty sure he meant he wants to put a VW engine in a WRX chassis.

    • @Levibetz
      @Levibetz Před měsícem +2

      It'd probably be more reliable than the wrx (no it wont)

  • @lamtarider
    @lamtarider Před měsícem +1

    Editor really upping the sound bite clip game, well done!

  • @Venturestarx
    @Venturestarx Před měsícem +4

    It was so fun! And the RX8 will be back!

  • @ForrestIandola
    @ForrestIandola Před měsícem

    I’m the Bolt guy. I am so excited to see the electric RX8 in Lemons! Welcome! Hope to race alongside you at an event sometime.😀

  • @MrTxhandgunner
    @MrTxhandgunner Před měsícem +1

    Awesome job, Spin It to Win It!!!

  • @pmkstudios
    @pmkstudios Před měsícem +6

    making a bmw less reliable by adding Mercedes is a very lemony thing to do

  • @privateparty4900
    @privateparty4900 Před měsícem +3

    ...if word ever got out that engines will survive on track if you run an appropriate oilpan -- and conversely that an unbaffled pan is guaranteed bearing failure on a road course -- these recaps would be a lot shorter.

  • @JombieMann
    @JombieMann Před měsícem +1

    You need to do an episode about miatas! I'm sure that there has been plenty of Hella Sweet miata's over the years.

    • @carlb86
      @carlb86 Před měsícem +5

      It's basically a spec miata race out in Class-A.

  • @reconmotorsports
    @reconmotorsports Před měsícem

    Can we get VIR added to the schedule?? It’s a great track, and the crew that runs it seems open to just about anything…I mean, blue ridge rock fest was there and those organizers are terrible!

  • @amelierenoncule
    @amelierenoncule Před měsícem

    STOP the Vega crusher, mes amis !

  • @watsisbuttndo829
    @watsisbuttndo829 Před měsícem +3

    The jaguars engine bay deserved a trophy all its own.

    • @phuzz00
      @phuzz00 Před měsícem

      Even if about 50% of the engine stuck out of the hood

  • @jfbeam
    @jfbeam Před měsícem +2

    Welcome to the money pit that is _building_ an EV "racecar". (for the record, EV racing has been a thing for many years... just not in lemons. Yes, they are very short races. see also: spec model S) I would like to point out that RX8 build does not _remotely_ meet Jay's (pike's peak inspired) insane rules. The minute you said "tesla motor", I knew it wouldn't last long. They do make a great deal of power (HP), but it takes many pixies to do it. The Bolt guys have the right idea - production DC fast chargeable car taken to a commercial DC fast charger. (you'd be better off taking the donor model S [3, whatever] and using it as is... still won't go well as they overheat pretty fast.) We did race the *STOCK* Electrica, 'tho with 12v batts instead of 6v golf cart batteries because those are hard to find in "warehouse" quantities. It was every bit as horrible as expected. Then we put a modern EV conversion in it - fully capable of going over 100mph, just not for very long. (hint: you DO NOT want to go that fast in a Dodge Omni.) And a dozen+ battery configurations; battery tech is still crap.

    • @Venturestarx
      @Venturestarx Před měsícem +1

      The RX8 had some teething problems but it was mostly due to our inexperience. We actually only ran it at 275/550 kw power. But we ran into a few self inflicted issues with charging. By the time that was properly running, an overall win was very far from possible. So we turned it all the way up to demolish a track record, but the main coolant seal in the LDU (we should have replaced it) went, causing the main fuse to go, and the end of our race.

    • @jfbeam
      @jfbeam Před měsícem +1

      @@Venturestarx When it comes to EV racecars, you'll never grow all of your teeth. ;-) Also, always have spares... of practically everything. (esp. something as simple as a fuse.)
      [Again, the Bolt guys have the right idea. They just need two of them.]

    • @ForrestIandola
      @ForrestIandola Před měsícem

      I read everything I could find about your Jet Electrica. One question: after you got the Volt battery, did you still do battery swaps?

    • @Venturestarx
      @Venturestarx Před 4 hodinami

      @@jfbeam If you look up the coolant seal issue on and LDU, we should have deleted it and there would be no problem. The fuse was a symptom, not the real problem.