HOTROD How to: Drive on 2 Wheels FEATURE
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00:00 [Music]
00:21 This is David Freiburger from Hot Rod Magazine and I'm riding around in a Fox Body Mustang
00:27 doing something unexpected that I have never done before. Are you ready for this?
00:30 Oh! We are up on two wheels big time right now.
00:35 And I can hear the tires sort of squealing up against the ground.
00:39 I can see the ground is like right there. See that?
00:42 Yeah, that's asphalt here at Irwindale Speedway.
00:44 Jamie Smith at the wheel, putting this thing up on two.
00:48 Pretty much driving it wherever he wants to go.
00:52 This is a riot.
00:53 [Engine revving]
00:59 So train me, how do we need to prep the car in order to do this?
01:02 Or what did you do to prep the car?
01:04 It depends on the car. It needs really good suspension, really good shocks, and all your
01:08 ball joints have to be in good condition. Otherwise, when you're on two wheels, the
01:13 point of no return is very critical.
01:15 Oh, so you don't want that slop in it.
01:17 Exactly. Skiing is like that every millisecond.
01:20 You call driving on two wheels is skiing, huh?
01:22 Yeah.
01:23 [Engine revving]
01:26 The ground is right there on my side.
01:28 Oh, yeah.
01:29 This is cool.
01:30 Yeah, you bet.
01:31 While I'm driving this car, it's very minute changes to make the car go to the right or
01:37 to the left. It's all throttle response and steering input to navigate the car from wrecking
01:43 on its roof to going back down on all four wheels.
01:46 Notice how I'm like virtually 90 degrees to the door panel here? He's got it way up on
01:52 the sidewalls. And we're down. That was awesome.
01:59 Thank you.
02:00 You have to pump up the tires really hard so they don't come off the bead or roll?
02:04 Yes, they need to have a little more air pressure in them.
02:06 Have you done this with a carbureted car? Do you have to worry about fuel slosh or anything
02:09 like that?
02:10 Some carburetors work, some don't.
02:12 Some don't. And oil pressure, screw it.
02:15 Exactly.
02:16 Have you ever put the thing on its roof?
02:17 Oh, yeah. I've had some on the roof.
02:19 Oh, have you?
02:20 Yeah, you get in a situation where you blow a tire, it's going to go over quickly.
02:25 My entire life has just been waiting and stalling up until the moment that I could ride in a
02:29 car on two wheels.
02:31 Oh, that's awesome.
02:38 Oh, that is cool.
02:43 We're turning a corner right now on two wheels.
02:49 Whoa, I heard bumper touch ground.
02:52 That was cool.
02:53 That was awesome.
03:02 Oh my God. I've been cow tipping.
03:05 I've done a few things in my life. Nothing compares to that. That was awesome.
03:12 The bumper rubbed the ground just now.
03:15 We didn't need that part of the car.
03:17 Oh my God. That'll buff out.
03:18 You're right.
03:19 That'll buff out.
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