R33 GTS-T Skyline drifting on a frozen lake somewhere in Norway. Picture courtesy of Team Driftfun.

 

i got to drive a STI on a frozen lake in New Hampshire this christmas......probably one of the funnest times ever driving

i actually had to stop for a minute because i was so dizzy from doing spins...lol

if you ever have a chance to drive on a big piece of ice...DO IT.....just make sure it's THICK....unless u wanna die....lol

 

Frozen lake? Sounds fun

 

Damn, I'd love to do that some day.

 

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bet you would.

 

looks fun

 

Looks stupid. Can't wait to see some idiots fall through.

 

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I doubt you will fall through several feet of frozen ice.

Looks like fun.

 

Not to be picky, but that's a GTS25T.

Has the RB25DET in it. (If the owner didn't swap it out for a RB26DETT or something)

 

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Right you are, sir.

Oh, it's just common sense to check the thickness of the ice before driving a car on it. This is not really that big of a problem in the normal Norwegian winter; sometimes the lakes will be frozen solid all the way to the bottom, but normally one has to settle for a thickness of about 2-3 meters wich will support several Leopard tanks (each around 40 tons, I believe?). I have no idea how thick the ice were in this situation, as this perticular event was held approx. 1,500 kilometres from where I live, but I'll just assume that the thickness was checked before anyone took their car out on there. The more observant of you will notice that a circuit has been plowed; this is usually done via a 3-4 ton tractor or via a closer to 10 ton heavy Volvo/Scania/Mercedes/Renault/DAF truck. I think that means a 1300 kilo Skyline would be OK.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Oyvind Ryeng &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> this is usually done via a 3-4 ton tractor or via a closer to 10 ton heavy Volvo/Scania/Mercedes/Renault/DAF truck. I think that means a 1300 kilo Skyline would be OK.</TD></TR></TABLE>

unless those heavy vehicles weakened the ice

nah, but for real, that's really cool

 

 

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Yup..it's going to be costly for you to remove out of the lake...EPA will rape on you that!

 

That pics is sweet...wish you had more.

 

You wont fall through. 5cm of ice will carry a person.
20cm will carry 2000kg
30cm will carry 4500kg
50cm will carry 12000kg
80cm will carry 31000kg

Here in finland we have several "winter roads" that go over iced lakes. People use them without any danger. So saying "I'm waiting for them to go through" is just ignorance in your part.

 

yea it is certainly feasible for cars to drive on ice. i was ice fishing a couple weeks ago and it was solid enough to drive a car on it

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by no2unenolife &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">looks fun</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Flashmn &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You wont fall through. 5cm of ice will carry a person.
20cm will carry 2000kg
30cm will carry 4500kg
50cm will carry 12000kg
80cm will carry 31000kg

Here in finland we have several "winter roads" that go over iced lakes. People use them without any danger. So saying "I'm waiting for them to go through" is just ignorance in your part.</TD></TR></TABLE>

exactly what i was going to say but not in metric units

Heres a supra we took out on an ice racing track a couple winters ago. about 500whp with some tall *** michelin snows...





Modified by Bailhatch at 7:51 PM 1/29/2006

 

let's hope it dont get rust anytime soon

 

looks fun

 

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Its fresh water

 

 

ohhh.. that looks like fun.

 

I figure this would be related:
Top Gear Winter Olympics-episode on Mininova

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