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Title: New Tbird Video!!!
Post by: kingcars on September 02, 2007, 04:34:41 PM
I learned how to use Windows Movie Maker the other day, so last night after we left the track, a friend and I decided to take a shot at making a "youtube video" of my Tbird.  It's still definitely a WIP because we were mainly experimenting with different shots, angles, and whatnot...and I still need to learn how to revv :hick: .  However, I was never aware that my Tbird sounded so mean from the outside.  I smile every time I hear it in the vids.  For having 4 cats and $15 lers, it sounds REALLY good imo (especially @ 1:24 in the vid, with 44sec left in the video).  I hope you guys enjoy, and I'll be updating the video with new/better footage as my friend and I get more.  Without further ado...

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/kingcars/th_Tbirdmusicvideo.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v173/kingcars/?action=view¤t=Tbirdmusicvideo.flv)
Title: New Tbird Video!!!
Post by: turboranger91 on September 02, 2007, 04:42:12 PM
nicely done.
Title: New Tbird Video!!!
Post by: ZondaC12 on September 02, 2007, 05:08:58 PM
yeah lookin good!
 
only suggestion on the obligatory "rev shot" just lower the music volume for that amount of time (if that can be done) so the car can be heard better, or just let the tach turn farther :hick:
 
sounds good though, and you put the vid together well!
Title: New Tbird Video!!!
Post by: kingcars on September 02, 2007, 05:11:10 PM
I *think* I can only adjust the music/video volume for the whole video, but I'll have to look around some.  I probably just need to revv better (i took her up to 4000-4500).  Thanks for the compliments :) .
Title: New Tbird Video!!!
Post by: ZondaC12 on September 02, 2007, 05:21:10 PM
oh well then the car aint gonna get any louder. stay where you are lol
 
must be the s are just too quiet. prolly just gotta find the right balance between the car and the music, if it can only be adjusted for the duration. really depends on what you want people to see/hear. i guess a real MTV music video wouldnt have any sound of whats going on, and the sound is only the song. if thats what you want have the music loud, but if you want us to hear the ride too it could probably ocme down a little
Title: New Tbird Video!!!
Post by: kingcars on September 02, 2007, 05:28:23 PM
Yeah it's weird how the car sounds great when driving, but not as great when revving.  Oh well.
Title: New Tbird Video!!!
Post by: Dogcharmer on September 02, 2007, 08:59:20 PM
We want a burnout next time!

Cool video.
Title: New Tbird Video!!!
Post by: 1WLD BRD on September 02, 2007, 11:00:17 PM
Nicely done guys.


Makes me really miss my bird now..... :( 

Needs a burnout in the video, and ditch the clutch fan for an electric one.  Sound way better.
Title: New Tbird Video!!!
Post by: kingcars on September 02, 2007, 11:25:04 PM
Yeah, an electric fan is definitely in the near future.  As for the burnout, if anyone wants to donate tires, I'll be glad to do a burnout for yas :D .
Title: New Tbird Video!!!
Post by: Vantage08 on September 02, 2007, 11:35:48 PM
Sweet!
Title: New Tbird Video!!!
Post by: daboss351 on September 02, 2007, 11:52:21 PM
go to junkyard, get some donut spares and ROAST UM UP!! easier to spin that way too!
Title: New Tbird Video!!!
Post by: ipsd on September 03, 2007, 12:16:59 AM
Cool vid
Title: New Tbird Video!!!
Post by: Dustin1690 on September 03, 2007, 12:19:19 AM
Awesome video man the bird is lookin great
Title: New Tbird Video!!!
Post by: thunderjet302 on September 04, 2007, 12:56:11 AM
Nice.......but, uh, you need turn signal sequencers;)
Title: New Tbird Video!!!
Post by: vinnietbird on September 04, 2007, 05:27:12 PM
Where was the burnout?
Title: New Tbird Video!!!
Post by: kingcars on September 04, 2007, 06:24:33 PM
Quote from: vinnietbird;174363
Where was the burnout?


Quote from: kingcars;174051
As for the burnout, if anyone wants to donate tires, I'll be glad to do a burnout for yas :D .


:D
Title: New Tbird Video!!!
Post by: 347Thunder on September 04, 2007, 07:19:11 PM
cool vid, but what up with shifting at 5000 hold out
Title: New Tbird Video!!!
Post by: kingcars on September 05, 2007, 12:21:29 AM
Actually, I never shifted it during filming, so it was just shifting at 4500 hahaha.  Dont worry, I still have more footage planned.  It's still a WIP.  My friend and I just wanted an idea of what we were getting ourselves into haha.
Title: New Tbird Video!!!
Post by: thunderjet302 on September 05, 2007, 01:27:20 PM
Quote from: kingcars;174467
Actually, I never shifted it during filming, so it was just shifting at 4500 hahaha. 


My AOD upshifts at 5,000 rpm with no shift kit:hick: . You need to adjust your TV cable.
Title: New Tbird Video!!!
Post by: 347Thunder on September 05, 2007, 01:44:03 PM
Hey do you guys ever shift to second then back to first to make it shift harder.
Title: New Tbird Video!!!
Post by: thunderjet302 on September 05, 2007, 01:59:59 PM
Quote from: 347Thunder;174523
Hey do you guys ever shift to second then back to first to make it shift harder.


I can be done but I'm afraid to do it as I have a column shifter and I can easily miss a gear:hick:
Title: New Tbird Video!!!
Post by: ZondaC12 on September 05, 2007, 02:26:58 PM
im actually not in the habbit of doing a lot of these runs, or at least any WOT shifts. it seems to take quite a long time. normal street driving the 1-2 shift it VERY quick, you almost dont feel it sometimes, but WOT it probably takes a full half of a second or maybe more for the RPMs to come down, signaling its now in 2nd. if i accelerate hard up to like 30 40 mph i hold it in 1st, then drop it in D while letting off the gas then cruise :hick:  dont wanna hurt it tho!!! i gotta get a shift kit so i can stop worrying about the tranny wearing out
Title: New Tbird Video!!!
Post by: 1WLD BRD on September 05, 2007, 03:50:07 PM
It doesn't make it shift harder, it will just hold it in second, and DONT do it, it will kill the tranny.  TRUST ME.
Title: New Tbird Video!!!
Post by: ZondaC12 on September 05, 2007, 05:54:23 PM
If you get a shift kit...is that how you hold it in second? somewhere I read that shift kits allow you to do that without blowing it up.
 
If not how, just out of curiosty. Trans go says u can hold any gear to any rpm. So you can hold 1 obviously but without a 2 position you cant hold 2nd with the lever....
Title: New Tbird Video!!!
Post by: kingcars on September 05, 2007, 08:07:13 PM
To hold first and second, I have it in first, get on the gas, shift into D when it's time to go into 2nd, then when it shifts to 2nd, go back to the 1 position and then you can hold it in second.  I do this rarely (maybe 2-3 times tops since I've had the car).  I do hold first on occasion (at the track mainly), since the HO definitely has more in it past 4500rpm.