What do the Formula One race cars at this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix and a Chevy Colorado ZR2 pickup have in common off-road Colorado hit dealerships this spring sporting the same sophisticated “spool-valve” shock absorbers developed for high-performance racing Made by Toronto-based auto supplier Multimatic spool-valve shocks are just the latest evidence of track-to-production-car trickle-down Or “track-to-trail,” as Multimatic likes to say auto manufacturers have used the race track to raise their public profiles But racing also has played a significant role in accelerating the development of vehicle technology Examples abound: The fuel injection now found on the most common $20,000 family sedan debuted on exotic Mercedes-Benz Formula One greyhounds in the 1950s before migrating to the German brand’s 300SL road car carbon-fiber construction and sticky tire compounds were first developed for racing the amount of information you can gather very quickly about how something performs is worth weeks and weeks of testing,” says Stephanie Brinley “A 24-hour endurance race is a great way to gather information — especially in changing weather and track conditions Sometimes it’s about finding different solutions that turn out to be a good solutions for street cars as well.” Spool-valve shock technology — the formal term is Dynamic Suspension Spool Valve — took a winding dirt road to get to Chevy trucks Like the Mercedes-to-family sedan fuel-injection odyssey Multimatic’s spool valves first found favor with an expensive luxury car: the $2 million Aston Martin One-77 stacked discs covering ports that control the flow of hydraulic oil to “damp” movement and keep the car from pogo-ing on bumpy roads the discs are replaced with nesting cylindrical sleeves held apart by a spring The newer shocks are easier to “tune” for their expected use And when the oil in the DSSV shock gets hot and thin from repeated pounding on a race track or from off-road punishment they don’t lose their damping ability like traditional shock absorbers “The DSSV has been known in racing circles for at least 20 years beginning with IndyCar and then Formula One,” says Murray White Multimatic technical director of vehicle development “The first application was in the Aston Martin Then GM came to us and said (they) would like to do a technology demonstration project with the 2014 Camaro Z28 Camaro we have the next application for the spool-valve dampers: a truck The same technology that precisely controls hydraulic flow through a shock absorber tube under extreme race conditions could also tune a pickup to be as smooth on-road as it is durable off The tiny F1 shocks — parts miniaturization drives racing costs sky high — are barely recognizable next to the pickup’s giant struts “When you stop and think about ride and handling requirements it’s all about the precise control of the suspension,” says White a race car — precision control of the way the suspension moves is what you want.” targeted at buyers with a taste for Baja-style adventure has won raves from media for its versatility in conquering the outback — and then negotiating asphalt roads with nimble aplomb The shock has given Chevy a leg up in the off-road pickup wars against formidable adversaries like Toyota’s Tacom TRD Pro and the Ford F-150 Raptor Multimatic’s success has raised its profile alongside other suppliers like Brembo (brakes) and Michelin (tires) whose extensive work in racing has made them household names in production cars “The trickle-down effect from racing can be circuitous — but that’s the magic of it,” says IHS’ Brinley “It can be really hard to draw a straight line to it — but you are learning so much more about vehicle dynamics in racing.” Sometimes production cars influence racing “What’s more interesting is when street technology transfers to the track such as the hybrid drivetrain systems that are now used in many race cars but started out as fuel-efficiency designs for street cars,” says Karl Brauer with fuel consumption regulations in Formula One paralleling government mpg rules for production cars the hybrid-electric powertrains currently used in F1 cars derive much of their know-how from production engineering F1’s goals were aligned with the wider automotive industry,” reports the technology site teams would have to push for efficiency — exactly what we want from our road cars.” What might be the next big thing that migrates from track to street Multimatic’s White points to carbon-fiber construction that was once exclusive to race car chassis, but is now being applied in production cars. The Ford GT supercar experiments with low-cost carbon fiber And the Alfa Romeo 4C is the first production sports car under $100,000 to feature a full carbon-fiber chassis “Carbon fiber is a very appropriate material to use in some places People will figure out the most appropriate use of it — there is a lot of emphasis on light-weighting these days and carbon fiber lends itself to those uses,” says Multimatic’s suspension wizard Find Detroit News auto critic Henry Payne at hpayne@detroitnews.com to look at the movies released into theatres on July 26th and how the box office top eleven looked that week two new moderate to wide releases (plus one new film opening the previous Wednesday) would join several New York City exclusives in opening in theatres: This Italian-made sci-fi film from 1983 would finally make it to New York two years later Twenty years after a nuclear war has rendered all survivors infertile a one-time soldier is given the chance to rescue the last fertile woman from behind enemy lines in the one-time Big Apple so he can head off-world to humanity’s new homeworld After the Fall of New York would gross a measly $82,521 (compared to which had opened four weeks earlier and still was able to gross $115k from 44 NYC theatres) and would be completely gone from New York theatres after one week Fun fact: not two weeks after the end of its theatrical run one could rent After the Fall of New York from the video stores inside the Federated Home Entertainment Electronics Superstores for just 49¢ It would take four years for this 1981 Israeli drama to get any kind of theatrical release in America After one week at the Film Forum in New York City Walt Disney Animation’s 25th full-length feature film was supposed to launch animated feature films into a whole other level One where animated movies from Disney could be more for teenagers and adults than kids One that could open a whole new world of storytelling possibilities the film would be such a bomb that its failure almost put the Disney Animation department out of business It would be the last animated film to be made in the original Animation Building on the Disney lot in Burbank But despite its lack of success at the box office there are many things to admire about the film It was the first animated Disney film to be specifically recorded in Dolby Stereo the first to use computer-generated imagery and it features some of the best animation to come out of the hand-drawn cel era But it would take decades for the film to finally find an audience Between the end of the film’s theatrical run in September 1985 and its VHS release in August 1998 The Black Cauldron was not available in any format Today’ one can watch it in 4K on the Disney+ streaming service but the only way to buy it on physical media is a Blu-ray that is only available from the Disney Movie Club The Black Cauldron would open to $4.18m from 1276 theatres in its first weekend ($5.4m after five days) The Heavenly Kid was one of those movies that might have been able to work The story is simple: wannabe John Travolta in Grease-type dies in a fiery car crash racing his rival a la Rebel Without a Cause wannabe John Travolta in Grease-type must earn his wings to get into heaven by becoming a mentor and friend to a high school kid in need of some help only to discover the young man is really his kid and his girlfriend at the time of his death is now married to the guy he was racing when he died Did I mention the young man he’s helping so he can get into heaven is his son even though he died more than twenty years previous This was writer/director Cary Medoway’s second movie of 1985 and he would never write or direct a movie again The Heavenly Kid would gross $1.61m from 1019 theatres in its opening weekend the film would be nominated for four Academy Awards but this movie is a good example of how weird the 1980s were for movie distribution An independently financed American/Brazilian co-production about two very different men who share a prison cell in Brazil during the Brazilian military dictatorship (one imprisoned and tortured for his activities on behalf of a leftist revolutionary group the other an effeminate homosexual imprisoned for “corrupting an underage youth”) filmed in Brazil in four different languages (English German and Portuguese) was released into theatres deep in the heart of the summer movie season and would end up becoming one of the most successful non-studio theatrical releases of the year I’m not going to get into what kind of person William Hurt was off-screen if I were a member of the Academy back in 1985 my vote for Best Actor would have gone to Raul Julia who has the less flashy role but is the true heart and soul of the film In its first weekend of release at the Cinema I in New York City Kiss of the Spider Woman would break the theatre’s house record for an opening weekend The film would continue to play in theatres for nearly a year and a half and finish its theatrical run with $17m worth of tickets sold Fans of 1980s French cinema might have noticed this film is being touted as being from the comedy team behind Les Compères even though Les Compères was actually made and released which had been a success upon its December 1981 release in France would not get an American theatrical release until Les Compères which had been made and released in France in November 1983 became a surprise art-house hit in America in the spring of 1984 Director Francis Veber and his movies would become a veritable goldmine for Hollywood remakes as no less than nine Hollywood movies (The Birdcage The Valet) would be based off films Veber wrote produced and/or directed during his fifty-plus year career La Chèvre would gross $26k during its first three days playing at the 315-seat Embassy 72nd Street Twin in New York City on its way to grossing just over $1m during its three-month America run one of the many screenplays John Hughes kinda wrote due to contractual and/or personal obligations while he was concentrating on growing his own directing career After the misfire that was Johnny Dangerously in December 1984 Fast Times at Ridgemont High director Amy Heckerling needed a hit when the film became the #1 movie its opening weekend my roommate and I lived across the hall from Jason Lively and his girlfriend in a Hollywood apartment building Nice guy.) The film would go on to gross $49.3m through its theatrical run And there was one additional movie in theatres on this day Fright Night would open in theatres the following Friday grossing more than $24.9m during its three-month theatrical run It would be the highest-grossing horror film during the 1985 calendar year although November’s A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge would eventually become the highest grossing horror film released in 1985 when it hit $30m thanks to a run that extended until April 1986 and website in this browser for the next time I comment This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Privacy Policy LOS ANGELES, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Anthony Michael Hall and Chevy Chase co-stars of the Hollywood comedy "Vacation," are to reunite on an episode of the sit-com "Community," NBC said who also starred in the iconic 1980s teen flick "The Breakfast Club," is to be a guest star on the Dec 10 episode of "Community," on which Chase is a regular cast member "Hall will haunt the halls of Greendale Community College as a campus bully who ultimately challenges Jeff -- played by Joel McHale -- to a fight," NBC said in a news release "'Community' is a smart comedy series about a band of misfits who form a study group and like in the classic film 'Breakfast Club,' end up learning a lot more about themselves than they do about their course work." THE ATENEO Women’s Chess Team concluded the twelfth round of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 86 with a triumph against archrivals De La Salle University (DLSU) Lady Woodpushers This victory puts the Blue Eagles’ standing to a 5-2-3 (win-draw-loss) card with two matches left this season The match between the two rivals took place earlier today at the Far Eastern University (FEU) Technology Building in the City of Manila.  Today’s lineup for the Katipunan-based squad consisted of Jiessel Marino The nail-biting clash between Blue Eagle Elayza Villa and DLSU’s Francois Magpily ultimately ended in a draw by agreement from both Women National Masters on the second board Alphecca Gonzales secured the team’s first win of the day against Lady Woodpusher and Woman National Master Rinoa Sadey as the latter resigned with one move away from a checkmate on the fourth board Continuing the Loyola Heights-based squad’s unblemished day Team Captain Kristine Flores’s match against Woman National Master Sara Olendo ended in a hard-fought draw on the third board Jiessel Marino showed prowess as DLSU’s Checy Telesforo resigned from the match with Marino’s pawn promotion.  When asked about the team’s goal as the season comes to an end Coach Yves Rañola emphasized that their eyes are on securing the overall third-place position kaya kailangan namin ma-secure ‘yung third place,” asserted the Ateneo mentor the team no longer has a chance to finish second overall so we have to secure the third-place finish) The Ateneo Women’s Chess Team has its sights on winning against reigning champions the National University Lady Bulldogs this Saturday the Men’s Team is eyeing to win against next-door-neighbors University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Fill out our form in the Contribute page and write for The GUIDON Click the button below to view our Take the Lede Crowdsourcing Form © 2022 The GUIDON All Rights ReservedDesigned and developed by Digital Development 2019–2020 and 2022–2023 That’s according to Yorkshire Live who report that Wednesday have now made their move to sign Storey on loan The Owls are allegedly desperate to add new centre back options this month with Dominic Iorfa Checy Dunkley and Lewis Gibson all out injured Storey is now seen as one potential option to come in with Wednesday now waiting for Preston’s response North End are considering allowing Storey to go out on loan just months after giving him a new contract in September but he has dropped out of the North End starting XI of late Ryan Lowe is preferring to go with Sepp van den Berg Patrick Bauer and Andrew Hughes as his back three That means Storey has been left out of the side and hasn’t played a single minute since Frankie McAvoy’s axe in December You also have to factor in Preston’s upcoming decision over Bambo Diaby in relation to Storey’s future Diaby has been on trial with Preston in recent weeks as he looks to earn a deal with North End meaning he can now sign for Preston and play Championship games for the first time in two years Ryan Lowe has admitted that he may be overstocked in certain areas but sending Storey out on loan could free up room for Diaby to come in That’s something for Preston to now consider AFTER A thrilling decider match which saw both team captains battling it out the Ateneo Women’s Chess Team ended their University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 86 round five run with a draw versus the De La Salle University Lady Woodpushers The match was held at the Far Eastern University Technology Building yesterday Ateneo Team Captain Kristine Flores drew strength from the rest of the squad’s commendable performance but was unable to hurdle through Arena International Chess Federation (Fide) Master Sara Olendo The Blue and White’s lone win came when Jiessel Marino earned a full point over Checy Telesforo on Board One Elayza Villa managed to spark a draw against Francois Magpily Alphecca Gonzales fell short in mirroring her teammates’ success Although the Blue Eagles performed well against a formidable squad Team Captain Flores believes she could have done better with the leverage her team offered her “Nakaka-disappoint [‘yung performance ko] kasi ‘yung efforts ng ibang teammates ko nawala pero sayang ‘yung opportunity,” said Flores (I was disappointed with my performance because I felt like I wasted my teammates’ efforts Flores also emphasized how much she had better positioning and had the pawn advantage over Olendo thinking back on how she could have beat the green-clad woodpusher by taking better advantage of the upper hand she believes that the match-up only serves as a lesson for her to use her time wisely and strategically [Dapat] lagi kong titingnan ‘yung gagamiting oras ko,” emphasized the Laguna-based athlete I should be more conscious of my time usage.) the Women’s Team will face off against National University on Saturday at 1 PM the Men’s Team aims to bounce back as they go head-to-head against the Adamson Falcon Woodpushers on Sunday