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I'm a web/graphic designer for a government defense contractor in Orlando FL.
And a bit of a gear head & junkie for anything with an engine...
Shuttle Launch
Sunday, 15 March, 2009 |
Category: Life |
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I took some pictures from my roof of the latest Space Shuttle launch. Also grabbed a few pictures from the excellent coverage on HDNet.
Quite a spectacular site! If only I had a real camera. You can kind of see the rocket boosters seperating from the Shuttle if you look closely at my last pictures.
Rx7 to the track!
Finally - after all the work, getting caught up with all the small details, it was time to really see what the car can do. We know from the dyno, the car is making plenty of power, and running strong.
Almost 420 horsepower to the wheels with the weight of this car we all figured it should trap about 125mph and run low 11 second elapsed times. And after some trail and error learning to drive this thing, the car should be in the high tens.
New Mickey Thompson ET streets were put on the rear to help with the utter and complete lack of traction this car has. That explains the new dent on the quarter panel.