136 mph Rally Car Jump Video

The title says it all. I wasn’t going to post anything tonight, but then I saw this and it was the most insane rally jump I have seen!  Click Here to see a longer version of the video.

Update: A person on the Vwvortex forums found a quote from the driver, Jim Clark, after he made the jump:

“The car went on the limiter on the crest and thats 220 KPH! When we landed we were both winded and the shockers burst thats what caused the fire, the boot and rear quarters are bent down about 6 inches Never again I am in so much pain today. Apparently the record length jump set on a rally is 57 metre`s we must of been close to that? …. and he later added this: “It was one small step for mankind. They say no pain no gain and this is true because I am going to gain a canny bill for the repairs. The bottom line is we are both going to recover and thats all that matters Thumbs Up! On a lighter note; when I was in A+E the doctor came in and asked what had happened. I explained it went like this; I was doing 220KPH down the road (he asked what type of road). I said single track back road and I took off on a jump and flew 60 metres and landed heavily… He said your in the wrong hospital mate the mental hospital is 5 miles up the road.”

from www.break.com

G35 + Boxer Puppy = Oh Sh*t!

Edit: The link was broken.  It should be working now.

This guy learned a lesson the hard way. Here is the post with what happened.

Picture of the troublemaker:

All cars should come with a Scangauge

So I got this useful gadget about a week ago that plugs into the OBD II port in your car and can display all sorts of information that your car’s computer knows about. It is called the Scangauge II and costs $170.

It can display a ton of stuff such as:

TPS: Throttle position sensor 0-100%
fIA: Intake Air Temps (Temperatures at the intake manifold)
fWT: Coolant water temperature
HPR: Horsepower
VLT: System Voltage
IGT: Ignition timing (advance)
LOD: % Power request
Closed/Open loop: Fuel management and transition point from O2 control to WOT
STF: Short term Fuel trims (Idle % on Block 32)
LTF: Long term Fuel trims (Partial throttle on Block 32)
OX1: #1 O2 sensor output, 0-100
OX2: #2 O2 sensor output, 0-100
MPH: Digital speed reading from Speed sensor
RPM: Digital RPM’s
MPG: Miles per gallon
GPH: Gallons per hour

Trip Data: Fuel economy, Fuel used, Distance, drive time, Avg. speed,
Distance/time/fuel to empty, ETC.

Scan Tool: Code reader and eraser, Readiness test, Turn off CEL’s

It also has a back light which I can adjust to match the lights in both of my cars!

The most useful part of this tool is the scanner that it has. When you get a CEL or MIL, it will read the codes that the ECU spits out to tell you what the hell is wrong with your car. It will also tell you the freeze data (information about what was going on) when the malfunction occurred.

So far I have been able to figure out that my Jetta has a Oxygen sensor on its last leg and the TT has a dead Air flow sensor. Both problems mess up my fuel economy – which is awesome.

Since both cars are out of warranty, the ability to diagnose engine problems myself on the fly will be pretty handy. If I really get crazy maybe I’ll grab a copy of Ross-Tech VAG COM which is the ultimate engine software tool.