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Forum: Other Vehicles & General Automotive Discussions 09-10-2015, 01:55 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,200
Posted By Hoosier Daddy
It's all fun and games until a jagged piece of...

It's all fun and games until a jagged piece of metal protrudes through your neck. Fvcking idiot...
Forum: Suspension | Chassis | Brakes -- Sponsored by 949 Racing 08-14-2015, 04:21 PM
Replies: 194
Views: 66,676
Posted By Hoosier Daddy
Those pistons look suspiciously familiar,...

Those pistons look suspiciously familiar, hmm..... Anyway...
Forum: Suspension | Chassis | Brakes -- Sponsored by 949 Racing 08-12-2015, 08:40 PM
Replies: 72
Views: 18,889
Posted By Hoosier Daddy
Well, poor Bill Mitchell is dead! I inferred...

Well, poor Bill Mitchell is dead!

I inferred geometric and elastic WT in the second part of my comment. But it doesn't matter what your 'setup' is you will only have so much total weight transfer...
Forum: Suspension | Chassis | Brakes -- Sponsored by 949 Racing 08-11-2015, 11:55 AM
Replies: 72
Views: 18,889
Posted By Hoosier Daddy
He isn't taken seriously. For good reason. ...

He isn't taken seriously. For good reason. Although his software products are pretty good (cheap!).

Total weight transfer has only to do with mass, cg height, and track width and/or wheelbase!...
Forum: Suspension | Chassis | Brakes -- Sponsored by 949 Racing 08-09-2015, 05:40 PM
Replies: 72
Views: 18,889
Posted By Hoosier Daddy
Unfortunately, all your plots show is less body...

Unfortunately, all your plots show is less body roll with stiffer springs and then even less with stiffer springs and stiffer bars. That doesn't say anything about actual handling. If body roll is...
Forum: Suspension | Chassis | Brakes -- Sponsored by 949 Racing 08-09-2015, 01:11 PM
Replies: 72
Views: 18,889
Posted By Hoosier Daddy
You'd need to figure out how much extra front...

You'd need to figure out how much extra front spring stiffness would be needed to compensate for unhooking the front FARB, or maybe not if the OEM FARB doesn't contribute much to roll stiffness. But...
Forum: Member's Car Journals 07-10-2015, 10:53 AM
Replies: 783
Views: 256,008
Posted By Hoosier Daddy
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Forum: Suspension | Chassis | Brakes -- Sponsored by 949 Racing 07-05-2015, 04:27 PM
Replies: 194
Views: 66,676
Posted By Hoosier Daddy
Kids put this one together but its illustrative...

Kids put this one together but its illustrative of what they can look like and how they operate.

http://youtu.be/vjYtf8jJzdQ
Forum: Suspension | Chassis | Brakes -- Sponsored by 949 Racing 07-04-2015, 05:27 PM
Replies: 194
Views: 66,676
Posted By Hoosier Daddy
Springs are displacement depended, dampers are...

Springs are displacement depended, dampers are velocity depended and inerters are acceleration depended. Inerters add effective mass to a body by adding an extra component of inertia, for very little...
Forum: Suspension | Chassis | Brakes -- Sponsored by 949 Racing 06-25-2015, 12:06 PM
Replies: 137
Views: 51,071
Posted By Hoosier Daddy
Ya, 6061 can elongates over 20%, which appears...

Ya, 6061 can elongates over 20%, which appears like what might be required for this to work, only has yield and tensile strength of 55 and 125 MPa respectively, and more importantly fatigue strength...
Forum: Suspension | Chassis | Brakes -- Sponsored by 949 Racing 06-24-2015, 04:25 PM
Replies: 194
Views: 66,676
Posted By Hoosier Daddy
I suppose. It's not really a 'damper' anymore if...

I suppose. It's not really a 'damper' anymore if it only part of it is now a damper?!

Would you be able to generalize the range of effective mass, or coefficients, these inerters utilize in...
Forum: Suspension | Chassis | Brakes -- Sponsored by 949 Racing 06-24-2015, 04:06 PM
Replies: 194
Views: 66,676
Posted By Hoosier Daddy
Well I'll be. Why didn't IndyCar just...

Well I'll be.

Why didn't IndyCar just ammend 14.11.3 to say "Each corner must have one damper and one spring. Helper springs, bump rubbers and
packers, as well as inerters are permitted..."
...
Forum: Suspension | Chassis | Brakes -- Sponsored by 949 Racing 06-24-2015, 03:02 PM
Replies: 194
Views: 66,676
Posted By Hoosier Daddy
Although originally legal when your product was...

Although originally legal when your product was first released, they have been banned since at least 2013 season as per rule 14.11.4. and 14.11.11.

In any event, I'm excited about the news of...
Forum: Forced Induction 06-24-2015, 10:09 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 19,668
Posted By Hoosier Daddy
Can I ask a, perhaps, dumb question? How come...

Can I ask a, perhaps, dumb question? How come the swap to a Z33 Transmission? Is it because the factory trans is made of glass? Or because custom gear sets aren't readily available? Or is it some...
Forum: Off-Topic Lounge [WARNING: NO POLITICS] 03-20-2015, 03:06 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 10,267
Posted By Hoosier Daddy
Of course that's true, but if they needed it to...

Of course that's true, but if they needed it to be they, in all likelihood, could have done it.

I mean, when I was in University one of the senior projects was an on-going, industry funded,...
Forum: Off-Topic Lounge [WARNING: NO POLITICS] 03-20-2015, 12:32 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 10,267
Posted By Hoosier Daddy
If Russian engineers could control naturally...

If Russian engineers could control naturally unstable airframes in the 1980's then commercially viable driving without a driver won't be that much of a stretch for the human brain to reach...
Forum: Off-Topic Lounge [WARNING: NO POLITICS] 03-20-2015, 12:24 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 10,267
Posted By Hoosier Daddy
Even if it doubles every 5 years, averaged out,...

Even if it doubles every 5 years, averaged out, instead that would still be 64 times the computing power we have today in 30 years. We might be flying cars without drivers by then instead of just...
Forum: Off-Topic Lounge [WARNING: NO POLITICS] 03-20-2015, 12:10 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 10,267
Posted By Hoosier Daddy
Just compare the electronic systems that drive...

Just compare the electronic systems that drive cars today compared to how cars were driven 30 years ago. In 1985 any type of electronics wasn't widely used.

What would Moore's Law say about this?...
Forum: Other Vehicles & General Automotive Discussions 02-27-2015, 01:56 PM
Replies: 1,072
Views: 308,290
Posted By Hoosier Daddy
Boring!!! Oops! That was meant for the...

Boring!!!

Oops! That was meant for the Audi R8 thread...

This other hand ---> NICE
Forum: Other Vehicles & General Automotive Discussions 02-26-2015, 07:25 PM
Replies: 65
Views: 15,888
Posted By Hoosier Daddy
It happened in West Virginia State Police...

It happened in West Virginia State Police jurisdiction... And the driver had Ohio plates... Those facts explain why nothing was done about it and why it happened in the first place.
Forum: Other Vehicles & General Automotive Discussions 02-23-2015, 03:52 PM
Replies: 65
Views: 15,888
Posted By Hoosier Daddy
Well, about the gun, then I'd be just as stupid...

Well, about the gun, then I'd be just as stupid as that guy. What I actually did was slam on the brakes!
Forum: Other Vehicles & General Automotive Discussions 02-23-2015, 03:46 PM
Replies: 65
Views: 15,888
Posted By Hoosier Daddy
I guess you guys don't follow stockcar racing... ...

I guess you guys don't follow stockcar racing...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hce8R8sG9Zs#t=18
Forum: Other Vehicles & General Automotive Discussions 02-23-2015, 11:50 AM
Replies: 65
Views: 15,888
Posted By Hoosier Daddy
I did that one time. Traveling up a...

I did that one time.

Traveling up a fairly empty I-81 with my wife at about 80 click through WV I wanted to pass an up coming car in the right lane. I had a trailing car in the left lane about...
Forum: Suspension | Chassis | Brakes -- Sponsored by 949 Racing 02-17-2015, 02:36 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 11,555
Posted By Hoosier Daddy
This test doesn't really say anything conclusive...

This test doesn't really say anything conclusive besides what each set costs!
Forum: Forced Induction 02-09-2015, 09:49 AM
Replies: 230
Views: 58,938
Posted By Hoosier Daddy
Finally an evaluation by someone who knows what...

Finally an evaluation by someone who knows what he's talking about, rather than negative smearing by no-nothings. Thank YOU moto-mike.
Forum: Other Vehicles & General Automotive Discussions 02-07-2015, 09:48 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 17,258
Posted By Hoosier Daddy
Not sure if mentioned but this car was designed...

Not sure if mentioned but this car was designed with Ben Bowlby. Guess what other phallic racecar he designed? And was more than just wacky in it's own right.

Edit: I see it was mentioned...sry
Forum: Other Vehicles & General Automotive Discussions 02-07-2015, 07:51 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 8,553
Posted By Hoosier Daddy
If this is true how dumb is that? It's fast but...

If this is true how dumb is that? It's fast but not fun? Not a driver's car? Who cares then, other than those who peruse the youtube comments section.

And for certain the car isn't build to win...
Forum: Other Vehicles & General Automotive Discussions 01-19-2015, 03:49 PM
Replies: 406
Views: 125,379
Posted By Hoosier Daddy
At least it'll make some power now...

At least it'll make some power now...
Forum: Other Vehicles & General Automotive Discussions 01-19-2015, 01:32 PM
Replies: 107
Views: 32,458
Posted By Hoosier Daddy
No doubt!

No doubt!
Forum: Suspension | Chassis | Brakes -- Sponsored by 949 Racing 01-10-2015, 01:58 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 7,909
Posted By Hoosier Daddy
A lot is said on that aeromotions website but...

A lot is said on that aeromotions website but little is told. :S
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