Amazing Stunt Driving

[Mindz]

[TAG UR IT]

Dude...he jumped it in reverse...hehe...that was cool. Yup. Those guys are pretty good. I wonder how often they hit each other.

[Urthman]

The first video is a stunt show at Disney in Orlando.
They have two red cars. One is set up as a normal driver forward vehicle, the second has the driver facing the rear with the transmission reversed. This allows the driver to whip the car around easily in "reverse". It's a cool show to go see.

[AirGoya]

Originally Posted by Urthman

The first video is a stunt show at Disney in Orlando.
They have two red cars. One is set up as a normal driver forward vehicle, the second has the driver facing the rear with the transmission reversed. This allows the driver to whip the car around easily in "reverse". It's a cool show to go see.

Darn you beat me to it. I saw it last year and it was so loud you cant even think. It was awesome. They were all Opels. Idk if they were actual opels or concepts.

[SoFlaZ]

They are all opels but they have mid-engine 1300cc motorcycle engines in them to be able to revv super high. In the first vid at least

[Urthman]

Originally Posted by SoFlaZ

They are all opels but they have mid-engine 1300cc motorcycle engines in them to be able to revv super high. In the first vid at least

That is correct.

[Urthman]

Here's some more info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lights,...eme_Stunt_Show

The show has more than 40 vehicles featured in the show and backstage in the maintenance garage. The cars used throughout the show are highly modified Opels. The hero car is a custom-built design for the show, while the pursuit cars are Opel Corsas. The 3 different hero cars are all painted red, while the pursuit cars are black to easily allow guests to tell the difference between them. The show also includes specially designed cars that look identical to the others used in the show. Two of which are red "hero" cars. One has the interior situated backwards to allow the driver to appear as if he's driving in reverse, and the other has a seat and steering wheel bolted onto the side of the car, giving the appearance that the car has no driver in the driver's seat. One of the black "pursuit" cars is cut in half behind the front doors to give it the appearance of exploding during a scene in the show.

The cars, while they appear stock, are reinforced with rally car roll cages for driver safety. The cars are powered with 1,300 cc, 150 horsepower motorcycle engines mounted directly behind the driver's seat. The cars have 4 gears in forward drive and 4 gears in reverse, allowing the drivers to accelerate to high speed going backwards. The car has a bump shift for easier gear shifting. The driver merely bumps the shifter forward to go up a gear, and back to go back a gear. In order to go in reverse, the driver twists the top of the shifter and bumps it forward, or backwards. The emergency brake automatically releases when the driver lets go. The show cars weigh just 1,322 pounds.

The drivers must wear driving suits just like professional racecar drivers. Because of this combined with Florida's notorious heat, a cooling system in the rear of the car pumps water through a series of tubes and into the driver's suit to keep him cool.

The show also features jet skis on the small canal at the front of the theater, and motorcycles which maneuver around the cars.

Many scenes of the show were inspired mainly by two films: Ronin and The Manchurian Candidate

[Jeff]

I have seen those before, its a great show.