Just though this was hella cool...

[2wheeler]

Aerodymics play an ever greater role as racecars start hitting ridiculous speeds. Wind tunnel testing can help figure out what's going on, but wind traveling at 200 and something miles per hour likes to try to stick to the floor of the wind tunnel, and creates an error in readings. The race car usually makes this same ground disappear in a hurry as it rolls. Haas CNC Racing NASCAR team owner Gene Haas in conjunction with Jacobs Engineering has created the first rolling road testing facility in the United States known as WindShear Inc. The one-millimeter thick continuous steel belt will roll at over 180mph, and features sensors under the bed that can take readings at each wheel. At top speed the wind tunnel fan will circulate 2.85 million cubic feet of air per minute! The facility will be available for rental to motorsports teams and manufacturers when it opens later this year. And yes, that's a genuine actual-size race car up on the rollers. Second photo for scale after the jump. Don't forget earplugs.

[weshole]

I just hope Best Buy didn't supply the machine and test equipment. LOL.

[Sweet-WRX-Lovin]

Well I'll be damned.

[juan]

that is crazy.... thats the biggest tredmill i have ever seen

[itRfan]

that was what i was thinking too..... i wonder how much that cost to dyno on that fucker?

[assasain]

that thing is so fucking huge.

[thurmanmerman]

I wanna see how long it takes for a car to fly off it at over 150mph.

[SPANISH-RICE]

thurmanmerman;180940 wrote:
I wanna see how long it takes for a car to fly off it at over 150mph.

haha full speed testing and then ... just lock up the track. that thing would get some distance i would think

[RidinRails]

thurmanmerman;180940 wrote:
I wanna see how long it takes for a car to fly off it at over 150mph.

yeah cuz they wont make sure its held up there or anything...

probably what that pole in the front is for with the cable hanging from it..

but thats cool as shit!

[treimche]

Wow thats badass! I wonder what the chances of the steel belt breaking are? I'd hate to be sitting at that desk if it ever does break somehow.

[91nbtsi]

I am sure there was a lot of design work involved before they actually made it. Nobody is going to slap on a SS belt and start driving cars on it at 180mph without making pretty sure the shit is going to work. I need one of them in my garage..

[XJHEAD]

SPANISH-RICE;180951 wrote:
haha full speed testing and then ... just lock up the track. that thing would get some distance i would think

Haven't had any physics courses have we....

[Bassplayer]

Thats awesome, i wonder if that would work for bikes too...