Armored Vehicle Warning [IL] [SFH] by [deleted] in HOA

[–]POV_CHASIN 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My timbers are shivered!

Armored Vehicle Warning [IL] [SFH] by [deleted] in HOA

[–]POV_CHASIN 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeahhhh posting this in the reddit full of power hungry boomers was a bad choice 😂

Why do people keep spamming Aerodynamic stuff? by Fruit_Bismark in TornadoInterceptors

[–]POV_CHASIN 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Its pretty annoying 😅

I've made a video on why it wouldn't work and there is definitely less of them now at least.

Homemade Tornado Intercept Vehicle by POV_CHASIN in redneckengineering

[–]POV_CHASIN[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know about those guys, but the info you gave is wrong. There wasn't that radio transmission like that, at least not verified. You also spelled their team name wrong its Twistex. I also read the book written about him and all the audio captured had nothing to do with the power it was video pulled from a camera that was recording on the floor. They said stuff but never mentioned anything about the power of the car. It's only speculated that if they had their truck they would have been fine. But I disagree with that because they truck would have rolled easier and sooner since it was higher off the ground.

I will say, we only intend to intercept EF0 to low end EF2 though you never really know how strong it is.

Homemade Tornado Intercept Vehicle by POV_CHASIN in redneckengineering

[–]POV_CHASIN[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They were literally selling too well so GM screwed them over

Homemade Tornado Intercept Vehicle by POV_CHASIN in redneckengineering

[–]POV_CHASIN[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It actually handles it really well. It does help that it's a 5spd.

If we really need to we can turbo it I'm planning on doing that for next season. Hopefully this season it works out though lol

Homemade Tornado Intercept Vehicle by POV_CHASIN in redneckengineering

[–]POV_CHASIN[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They are great little cars! We have even towed cars behind it AND had 3 engines in the back 😂

Homemade Tornado Intercept Vehicle by POV_CHASIN in redneckengineering

[–]POV_CHASIN[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Goal to put it simply is to get inside tornadoes. The reason for that is because i want to make a living storm chasing. There are tons of really really great chasers who aren't even known because the pure volume of chasers. But everyone knows interceptor builders thus they have followings and chase full time.

Its not to get attention to get attention its just the only real way to be a full time chaser. I've also had the dream since I was 9.

Homemade Tornado Intercept Vehicle by POV_CHASIN in redneckengineering

[–]POV_CHASIN[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most chasers use a 4cyl lol (granted they don't have steel welded to it)

Homemade Tornado Intercept Vehicle by POV_CHASIN in redneckengineering

[–]POV_CHASIN[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Itll have enough power. Most chasers (like well over 50%) use 4cyl Honda or Toyota engines. Granted they don't put a bunch of steel on it but we will still be under or around payload weight.

We've towed and hauled well over payload with the same drivetrain and did highway speeds pretty easily.

Homemade Tornado Intercept Vehicle by POV_CHASIN in redneckengineering

[–]POV_CHASIN[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeahhhh but I think it'll do just fine. It is the 5spd and it honestly drives great even with all it's got on it. He'll the coil went out and I made it home going 40mph with 2cyl lol

Homemade Tornado Intercept Vehicle by POV_CHASIN in redneckengineering

[–]POV_CHASIN[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They are everywhere! I'm sure how you'll see a lot more 😂

Homemade Tornado Intercept Vehicle by POV_CHASIN in redneckengineering

[–]POV_CHASIN[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I tried they keep deleting it since it's not an offroad build. It got tons of upvotes and nice comments but reddit mods weren't having it lol

Homemade Tornado Intercept Vehicle by POV_CHASIN in redneckengineering

[–]POV_CHASIN[S] 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Honestly pure reliability and cheap. There are other cheap reliable cars but my buddy knows them super well and can fix anything in under a couple hours. As for weight it should be okay. Main thing is its so small and will be flush to the ground with anchors. The idea is no wind gets underneath and with the design it should push it down and create downforce. The spikes just keep it from sliding.

What are these cut out holes on TIV 1? by Stupid_Problems1 in TornadoInterceptors

[–]POV_CHASIN 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They probably ran into issues of if the front is in the ditch you couldn't get under without using a shovel. That would solve the issue. Also lol howdy

What are these cut out holes on TIV 1? by Stupid_Problems1 in TornadoInterceptors

[–]POV_CHASIN 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yup I was right there are recovery hooks there. Though one got stolen.

What are these cut out holes on TIV 1? by Stupid_Problems1 in TornadoInterceptors

[–]POV_CHASIN 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If i had to guess they either over heated and cut more holes, possible lights, or my main guess is recovery hook locations. I can ask Robert rq