OT: Ken Block 1400 HP Mustang on Pike's Peak

[bthornt]

Not very good for the tires.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg6L_7qLIEQ

[54ny77]

that is awesome.

serious pucker factor around 5:15.

[rnhood]

Agree, an awesome video. Pikes Peak might be a tough climb, but its no match for a 1400HP Mustang with a good driver at the wheel. Toyo makes a good tire. They got a workout the day that video was made.

[notsew]

I wonder how many tires they went through...

Also, for those searching for the source material https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEuZG37gFdM. I liked the one handed sun blocking homage.

[azrider]

so ridiculous, and pointless, and so totally awesome

[azrider]

Originally Posted by 54ny77

that is awesome.

serious pucker factor around 5:15.

DUDE

[christian]

Originally Posted by notsew

I liked the one handed sun blocking homage.

I've obviously known Ken for a while, in fact I co-drove for him in his very first rally and was the person responsible for partnering him with Alex long-term. I find some of the gymkhana stuff pretty silly, but there is no denying Ken's ability to build a brand and a following, and some of the stuff he does is just genius. The sun blocking homage fell into that category. He obviously needed to block the sun, but including it in the video was no random cut. A very clever homage.

FWIW, Pikes Peak is so wide, that the only way to do it is in a 700hp tube frame car. In a 340hp rally car, it was a snoozefest.

[54ny77]

What's the backstory with the sunblocking "homage?" I saw it at 4:00.

Originally Posted by christian

I've obviously known Ken for a while, in fact I co-drove for him in his very first rally and was the person responsible for partnering him with Alex long-term. I find some of the gymkhana stuff pretty silly, but there is no denying Ken's ability to build a brand and a following, and some of the stuff he does is just genius. The sun blocking homage fell into that category. He obviously needed to block the sun, but including it in the video was no random cut. A very clever homage.

FWIW, Pikes Peak is so wide, that the only way to do it is in a 700hp tube frame car. In a 340hp rally car, it was a snoozefest.

[Lewis Moon]

I really like the looks of that Mustang. The new ones leave me cold.

5:15 was a set up.

[William]

Originally Posted by Lewis Moon

I really like the looks of that Mustang. The new ones leave me cold.

5:15 was a set up.

You want a vintage Mustang that handles better, and can out perform a modern version? Check out Meir Racing and what they can do to, and offer for vintage stangs...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42GT...3202463D47A1C2




William

[christian]

Originally Posted by 54ny77

What's the backstory with the sunblocking "homage?" I saw it at 4:00.

The most famous (only famous) video of a specially built car on Pikes Peak is Ari Vatanen driving the Peugeot 405T16 in "Climb Dance." He blocks the sun at about 3:30. Every rally driver I know recalls it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEuZG37gFdM

[christian]

By the way, if you want to watch rally videos, there is nothing, nothing, that beats Ari Vatanen and Terry Harryman on the '83 Manx in the big and burly Opel Manta. If you just want the funny part, watch between 1:30 and 2:09. That, in a nutshell, is rallying. But come on, Terry, back on the notes a bit quicker than that, eh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l19F2YPVey0

[54ny77]

"Ohhh....dear god...."

Man that was funny.

Originally Posted by christian

By the way, if you want to watch rally videos, there is nothing, nothing, that beats Ari Vatanen and Terry Harryman on the '83 Manx in the big and burly Opel Manta. If you just want the funny part, watch between 1:30 and 2:09. That, in a nutshell, is rallying. But come on, Terry, back on the notes a bit quicker than that, eh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l19F2YPVey0

[William]

Originally Posted by christian

By the way, if you want to watch rally videos, there is nothing, nothing, that beats Ari Vatanen and Terry Harryman on the '83 Manx in the big and burly Opel Manta. If you just want the funny part, watch between 1:30 and 2:09. That, in a nutshell, is rallying. But come on, Terry, back on the notes a bit quicker than that, eh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l19F2YPVey0

That was close...maybe!!!




William

[gdw]

Meh. It wasn't much of a challenge now that they've paved the whole thing and he didn't have to pass tourists driving 15 miles per hour the whole climb. Wuss didn't even try the donuts when he got to the top.