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Detroit, 7:36 AM
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    On The Power Of Transmissions

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    Image of jpech jpech
    07/06/09

    In reply to On The Power Of Transmissions
    Now I just desperately want to build a 1:50^12 transmission and hook it up with a tiny little propeller just to see what happens.
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    07/06/09

    @jpech: explodes from the centripetal force.
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    Image of beercheck beercheck
    07/06/09

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    Part of me thinks that's awesome. The other part of mmm.....zzzzz
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    07/06/09

    In reply to On The Power Of Transmissions
    This video fails for lack of retarded Texas cops flailing uselessly with spike strips in their hands.
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    Image of Ash78, cube farmer Ash78, cube farmer
    07/06/09

    @Skunky: Did the video get pulled? Glad I at least got a chance to see it first. One of the better car chases in recent memory.
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    07/06/09

    @Ash78: Something got pulled, maybe our chains? Yeah, someone's back there yankin' on 'em I'm certain.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    07/06/09

    @Skunky: I almost choked on my burrito watching those guys.
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    Image of vwminispeedster, pronounded Si-trow-in vwminispeedster, pronounded Si-trow-in
    07/06/09

    In reply to On The Power Of Transmissions
    When the sentence started with 'Artist' I knew this was going to turn into something akin to Patton Oswalt talking about "physics for poets".
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    Image of Braff Braff
    07/06/09

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    Image of NewbiusMaximus NewbiusMaximus
    07/06/09

    In reply to On The Power Of Transmissions
    The principle of torque multiplication in gears and levers is quite amazing.


    As Archimedes once said about the physics of gears and levers:


    "Give me a place to stand on, and I will move the Earth"

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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    07/06/09

    @NewbiusMaximus: I love that line.
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    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    07/07/09

    @NewbiusMaximus: Wasn't it "Give me a lever long enough, and a place to rest it, and I will move the earth"?
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    Image of Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp
    07/06/09

    In reply to On The Power Of Transmissions
    Someone, somewhere is plotting to put this into his 85 Hilux rock crawler.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    07/06/09

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    Whatever you do, don't show this to the guys on the Toyota boards at Pirate 4x4.


    Next thing you know duodecuple cases will be all the rage and Marlin Czajkowski will be a multi-millionaire.

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    Image of elwood elwood
    07/06/09

    @Mad_Science: You don't need more power, you just need more reduction.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    07/06/09

    @elwood: ...and patience.
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    Image of TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah
    07/06/09

    In reply to On The Power Of Transmissions
    Torque monster.
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    Image of Ash78, cube farmer Ash78, cube farmer
    07/06/09

    In reply to On The Power Of Transmissions
    That seems to resemble another machine I saw once on a vacation to DC.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    07/06/09

    @Ash78: I definitely like what you did here.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    07/06/09

    In reply to On The Power Of Transmissions
    That's crazy and beautiful. It makes my mechanical engineering mind asplode.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    07/06/09

    In reply to On The Power Of Transmissions
    That's some serious gear reduction, yo.
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