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sporqster
sporqster Reader
12/10/12 11:42 a.m.

borrowed the boss's thermal imaging camera for the weekend Chump racing at Road Atlanta in the dual-engined Escort known as 'Little Lamb-orghini'. Check 'em out.
Coming down the front straight.

And took some picks of youngfg's Kentucky Spirits Z as well.

tuna55
tuna55 UberDork
12/10/12 11:45 a.m.

Someone took off with the one at work a while back and came back with some very interesting pictures of a girl with a tight shirt. I don't recommend that.

Cone_Junky
Cone_Junky Dork
12/10/12 11:46 a.m.

For some reason I had hot neighbor in mind...

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
12/10/12 11:47 a.m.

Well you did the right thing to look at the tires. Interesting that the valleys of the treads are the hottest part, I wouldn't have expected that.

Looks like you either have some cars set up for autocross driving on the street or you really need some camber adjustments!

What's the last pic? I was going to say look at a running engine, but if that's what it is I can't make heads or tails of it.

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
12/10/12 11:58 a.m.

Place your hand flat on a wall for ten seconds. Remove hand. Look at wall.

ohms
ohms Reader
12/10/12 11:59 a.m.

how is there not one fart pic.

Matt B
Matt B Dork
12/10/12 11:59 a.m.
GameboyRMH wrote: Well you did the right thing to look at the tires. Interesting that the valleys of the treads are the hottest part, I wouldn't have expected that.

That's the first thing I noticed too.

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
12/10/12 12:01 p.m.
ohms wrote: how is there not one fart pic.

Oh +1 for this, you'll be a Youtube legend

DaveEstey
DaveEstey SuperDork
12/10/12 12:09 p.m.

Take pictures of your house to see where you're losing heat.

Bobzilla
Bobzilla UltraDork
12/10/12 12:17 p.m.
Cone_Junky wrote: For some reason I had hot neighbor in mind...

I believe the saying I'm looking for here is "Great Minds think alike"

andrave
andrave HalfDork
12/10/12 12:21 p.m.

boobies.

carguy123
carguy123 PowerDork
12/10/12 12:34 p.m.
andrave wrote: boobies.

It only works on "hot" boobies.

sachilles
sachilles SuperDork
12/10/12 12:38 p.m.

Yeah, I could totally use it on my house.

m4ff3w
m4ff3w GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
12/10/12 12:39 p.m.
tuna55 wrote: Someone took off with the one at work a while back and came back with some very interesting pictures of a girl with a tight shirt. I don't recommend that.

Please post pics.

sporqster
sporqster Reader
12/10/12 12:47 p.m.

All these pics were taken in the pits at Rd Atlanta during the last half of the Chumpcar enduro there this weekend. The last pic is sideways, it's the hot engine bay of a 300ZX.

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
12/10/12 12:51 p.m.

Wife's butt while asleep, settle the old joke once and for all

andrave
andrave HalfDork
12/10/12 12:59 p.m.
carguy123 wrote:
andrave wrote: boobies.
It only works on "hot" boobies.

all live bewbies are hawt bewbies, unless its like 98 degrees out side or something.

DrBoost
DrBoost PowerDork
12/10/12 1:29 p.m.
DaveEstey wrote: Take pictures of your house to see where you're losing heat.

You got it! I've been dying to get my hands on one for that very reason.

Grtechguy
Grtechguy UltimaDork
12/10/12 1:34 p.m.

I was going to say Porn, but it's been covered essentially.

slantvaliant
slantvaliant SuperDork
12/10/12 1:37 p.m.
Matt B wrote:
GameboyRMH wrote: Well you did the right thing to look at the tires. Interesting that the valleys of the treads are the hottest part, I wouldn't have expected that.
That's the first thing I noticed too.

Geometry and cooling, gentlemen. The imager only sees the surface of the object. The outer surface cools relatively quickly through convection and some radiation, but the grooves are a little more protected from ambient air movement. The grooves are showing more accurately the inner rubber temperature.

I do a lot of live electrical switchgear inspection with my (well, my company's) FLIR P640, looking for things like this:

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Here's a few "practice" shots more on topic:

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Yeah, thermal imagers can be a lot of fun - boobie shots or not.

bmw88rider
bmw88rider GRM+ Memberand New Reader
12/10/12 1:39 p.m.

But you can always tell if they are real or altered with one of those. Think long boring convention and a thermo cam. Made for some interesting side bets. :)

slantvaliant
slantvaliant SuperDork
12/10/12 2:08 p.m.

If you're going to inspect your house insulation, make sure you study up a bit first. You can fool yourself badly with an imager if you don't have a grasp of emissivity and reflection. Less informed users or unscrupulous contractors could convince you to spend money to repair a leak that is actually heat source down the street.

Oh, yeah, thermal imagers make great stud finders. Here's one end of a vaulted ceiling. You're seeing the studs through the sheetrock.

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DrBoost
DrBoost PowerDork
12/10/12 2:10 p.m.
slantvaliant wrote: If you're going to inspect your house insulation, make sure you study up a bit first. You can fool yourself badly with an imager if you don't have a grasp of emissivity and reflection. Less informed users or unscrupulous contractors could convince you to spend money to repair a leak that is actually heat source down the street.

Thanks for the tip. I hadn't even thought of that.

slantvaliant
slantvaliant SuperDork
12/10/12 4:28 p.m.

Here's an old stitched-together video of my engine:

Slant Six Start and Warmup

I really need to reshoot that one in higher resolution.

mazdeuce
mazdeuce HalfDork
12/10/12 4:47 p.m.

Some of those shots would make spectacular framed art.

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