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 LUFTMEISTER
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 posted on April 29th, 2011 at 09:57 AM |
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FOR THE DUAL CAB T3 FANS
T3 AT HIGHWAY CRUISING SPEED FULLY LOADED.
HOSE OUT JOB. OUCH.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPpU5azjCB8&feature=related
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Matt Ryan
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| posted on April 29th, 2011 at 10:15 AM |
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Before all the T3 owners panic, read this:
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There is a lot of misinformation in the comments. It is indeed a German-built VW T3 but this is NOT an actual standard test. The truck is loaded with
several tons of cargo and run at 120 km/h, twice that of standard crash testing. Twice the speed squared times twice the normal weight equals EIGHT
times the kinetic energy. This was a "just for the heck of it" event at the opening of a new test facitlity, it was never intended to go public.
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| posted on April 29th, 2011 at 11:08 AM |
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posted by Matt Ryan
Before all the T3 owners panic, read this:
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There is a lot of misinformation in the comments. It is indeed a German-built VW T3 but this is NOT an actual standard test. The truck is loaded with
several tons of cargo and run at 120 km/h, twice that of standard crash testing. Twice the speed squared times twice the normal weight equals EIGHT
times the kinetic energy. This was a "just for the heck of it" event at the opening of a new test facitlity, it was never intended to go public.
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Matt.
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Well done Matt,that certainly pulled the rug from under that negative post!
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LUFTMEISTER
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| posted on April 29th, 2011 at 01:44 PM |
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I believe it states "highway speed & fully loaded."
some other standard tests for balance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uykStESm3vw&feature=related
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| posted on April 29th, 2011 at 02:40 PM |
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i understand the test wasn't "for the heck of it" but it was to test the test equipment, much the same way air tanks are way over filled for divers
and chains are over loaded with weights, that way the quality and construction CAN be fully guaranteed. we dont see the measurements for the ground
equipment, but i'll bet it was about zero, meaning that the full force of any collision can be measured and recorded correctly without any loss thru
the test equipment itself.
its a shame they left the hood and bows on the back of that truck because then we could have clearly seen the concrete in the back.
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| posted on April 29th, 2011 at 05:05 PM |
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well,,, i`ll just reposition the drivers seat & begin driving from the cargo bay area, problem solvered :-)
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| posted on April 29th, 2011 at 05:42 PM |
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Install a 6-speed Subaru box (without reversing the diff) and a Subaru boxer-6 engine, turn the driver's seat around, move the steering wheel and you
have a reliable, fast, strange, crashworthy 3T negawskloV.
hth
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| posted on April 29th, 2011 at 09:10 PM |
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I'd like to see the same done to one of those Great Wall utes, don't think there would be much left
I would prefer to be in a T3 than any Jap Van of the same vintage. have a look at some of their crash tests.
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| posted on April 29th, 2011 at 10:01 PM |
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posted by modulus
Install a 6-speed Subaru box (without reversing the diff) and a Subaru boxer-6 engine, turn the driver's seat around, move the steering wheel and you
have a reliable, fast, strange, crashworthy 3T negawskloV.
hth
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now don`t tease me,,, that would then be front wheel drive
Hhhmmmm
:-)
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