first footage of race ends in tears ..

[BraindG]

I just came back from Elvington to watch the warm up for TOTBII (http://www.trackdayplus.com) i then dropped of my mate, joined motorway at trafford centre right behind an EVOIII INSERT INTO post VALUES (i think)

Ah race time i though, so i turned on the camera, and started recording..
http://www.clubvr4.co.uk/misc/1.JPG

once the traffic cleared we had a bit of fun, got up to {edit}MPH and had to slow down again, once traffic cleared we shot off again, this time i was gaining on him :devil3: slowly the revs got up to 7000 in 4th and he pulled in to let me past..

however, the next juntion was my junction, so i just pulled into inside lane, nearly knocking a biker off his bike :nono:

then he went past in the outside lane, nodded heads, but then this happened..

http://www.clubvr4.co.uk/misc/2.JPG
:eek:
http://www.clubvr4.co.uk/misc/3.JPG
:Cry1:
http://www.clubvr4.co.uk/misc/4.JPG

so i pulled in behind him had a chat, made sure he was ok, the car was drivable and then i left him to it...
http://www.clubvr4.co.uk/misc/5.JPG
poor soul, hope its an easy fix..

just as i was walking away, he said "thats pretty quick isnt it" i agreed, and jumped in the car...

i feel like an extra out of police camera action! :D

[Roadrunner]

Now THAT is a useful piece of kit :) Great pics.

Brian

[BraindG]

was an EVOIV actually..

yeah.. pretty handy :D world of opportunities :P

[Spirit]

Poor b**tard !

Still, one less Evo on the road for a bit :)

[BraindG]

Originally posted by spirit979

Still, one less Evo on the road for a bit :)

Bleh, i like our evo friends, its the "common-as-muck" scoobies im not to fond of...

[Spirit]

Thats true - Evo drivers are better than Scooby drivers anyday and I am sure I would stop and help one too.

[kammy.ahmed]

Wow, that camera is cool!!!!!!
Is it really expensive? Also any chance of a little explanation as to how to do it etc???

I want one !

[BraindG]

basically..

buy bullet cam £100
buy video recorder. £1500
buy power invertor.. £20 INSERT INTO post VALUES (providing the bullet cam requires 240V)
8 cable ties £0.10
1 video extension cable £1.99
some speaker cable £0.25 INSERT INTO post VALUES (used to extend power cable for bullet cam)

cut into the grill.. drill a couple holes to cable tie the bulelt camera in.. run wires into cabin.. plug video into video camera and power into invertor...

if you want a more detailed outline, with pictures, i dont mind popping out and taking a few snaps..

[kammy.ahmed]

Thanks for that, yeah some pics would be nice although i would defo need to find a cheaper video recorder recorder..............but the potential is massive! I drive home each night over some very dodgey roads through Tottington and edgeworth if anybody knows them, always wanted to be able to film my drive home and show my friends the VR4s true potential!!!!!!!

[BraindG]

kammy.ahmed did you see this post (http://www.clubvr4.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=643) ?

[kammy.ahmed]

Okay now it all makes sense.......digital video camera???? Not so expensive after all i have one:D , seriously considering it now....after new brakes, exhaust, front bumper......INSERT INTO post VALUES (endless list of wants!!!!:Ponder: )
Also how have you manged to ensure that the videa recorder stays still and doesnt fall?
Any chance of some real life country road footage?

[BraindG]

ok. :D ill talk to the hosting company.. see if i can "borrow" some extra space for a 50MB file... ill go for a spin tomorrow afternoon after work.. :)

im having problems with the recording of the sound though.. so might just be visuals only... :INSERT INTO post VALUES (

oh, and ive still not sorted out my tyres, so ill have to go slow round some corners etc.. but.. i can put up something so you get the feel of how it looks...

ah.. and it doesnt fall out cos of my super strenght in making sure the cable ties are tight :eek:

[kammy.ahmed]

Excellent:D :D :D
Will look forward to the footage tommorow:cool1: even if only the visuals should still be cool!:cool1:

[BraindG]

right.. it compresses it really quite well.. so im in the middle of compressing the larger file, jsut to see how large it actually is.. but for now heres the evo mpeg (http://www.clubvr4.co.uk/misc/evo.mpg) only 2MB....

INSERT INTO post VALUES (i moved this tread cos i jsut realised the "kills" forum is open to the public :eek:

[Brind]

You can tell he had some problem there waiting to happen, that short blast of smoke didn't look that healthy, what do you think happened? turbo?

He started pulling hard a second or two before the end of that clip INSERT INTO post VALUES (unless you were slowing).

[BraindG]

i was slowing, there was a car coming up infront of him, and my brakes arnt up to it.. so i lifted of way before we arrived at it... just incase, cos we were going kinda fast.. INSERT INTO post VALUES (of course, within the speed limit)

im uploading the other clip now.. 16MB... makes more sense in that..

[BraindG]

ok here we go... bear in mind this is still only a few minutes of the actuall "play-about"... infact, its only the last part.. when he lets me in..

{edit, hang on its not all there - uploading it again}

the rest ive not uploaded cos it would take up to much space..

enjoy..

Brind, he thought it was jsut a ring or something that blew.. but your right. the back smoke when changing down the gears, wasnt healthy looking...:Cry1:

[Brind]

Looks like you got out the car to give him a slap! struttin' ya stuff.:D

Could be either, after he went past it was blowing out constant, I blew the rings on my first car which was a Sapphire 1.8LX, but that was chucking out black smoke through the exhaust where the oil was pumping past the rings.. there was oil everywhere under the bonnet too.
Can't make out whether it's black smoke or not?
Could you hear it?

Gonna be expensive no doubt..:eek:

[BraindG]

the smoke was blue/white - as per engines blowing in F1...

im just uploading it again, was about 1MB short.

[Petrolhead]

Ok, calm down on the whole £1500 for the camera matey plops, lol.

The absolute minimum requirement to be able to do this, is "AV-in, or "analogue in". This is required for the buller camera to plug into.

I have a Cannon MV500i, which was only £499 new at Christmas, prolly cheaper now, and it does the job quite nicely. The camera has a pretty small lense, but since you are using a bullet cam for these shots it doesn't matter.

£100 for the bullet cam kit INSERT INTO post VALUES (including mic) but not including AV cable. You should get the cable with a new camera.

Try and get a fire-wire kit with the camera also, but use Windows software to hook it up, throw away any firewire software you get with a firewire card ;)

Sonique foundry Vegas Video to edit. Huge range of features but simple to use.

Dave.

[Brind]

I find the Windows XP movie maker isn't too bad, using firewire also.
The only problem with that is that you can't convert 'Windows' format into DivX or anything else because of copyright crap, so DV is the best option although it requires HUGE amount of space.

My camera cost just over £700 on special offer almost 2 years ago.. maybe we should make a compromise on the price! :D

[BraindG]

Originally posted by Brind
Looks like you got out the car to give him a slap! struttin' ya stuff.:D

With the Clubvr4 T-Shirt on :)

grrrr, it keeps stopping when its nearly compelte!! bleh..

so heres a bit 5MB short of the full thing

evo mpg (http://www.clubvr4.co.uk/misc/evofull.mpg)

[strangebat]

nice video, a side of our company deals with security cams, dv recorders etc. will have a look at prices for kit and let you know tomorow

[BraindG]

i give up.. 15.9MB seems as close as im gonna get.. its 16.3 normally...

evo mpg (http://www.clubvr4.co.uk/misc/evofull.mpg)

[kammy.ahmed]

Very nice video, looked like you were gaining on the evo!!!
Now i really really want one......maybe an idea to sell a set up for this in the shop once its set up with a 'easy' install guide. But well impressive:D :D :D

[BraindG]

i was gaining on the evo.. was revving the hell out of the car though... ill try and remember to bring the vid down to JAE, cos theres loads missing from this one...

[pjjohnson]

BraindG, have you seen this site - http://www.car-videos.com/, it might be an outlet for the videos produced by your wonderful new toy.

The site has some interesting info on it as well.

[zedy1]

when evo pulled into second lane it braked then u over took it

[BraindG]

Originally posted by zedy11
when evo pulled into second lane it braked then u over took it


indeed it did, well spotted... /passes prize

if you look closly, youll see the smoke starting to appear under the ar aswell...

[zedy1]

make sure its a good en
:D :D :D

[Wintergalant]

Sweet indeed !!!:D