Random thoughts thread

[Dimman]

Originally Posted by serialk11r

@Dimman okay I think I figured out what happened with my watch, I managed to make it go 1 minute faster within 3 hours by excessively shaking it (wearing it while playing piano lol). It had not gained much time in the previous week.

So when you don't play the piano it keeps good time? How violent is piano playing?

What the excessive movement does is mess with the balance wheel. Whipping a watch back and forth slows it down or speeds it up by adding or subtracting force that is greater than the spring is designed for. Or something...

[IntotheOcean]

I'm not sure how much longer I can hold out waiting for this car...
I know I must...but my will power has grown weak

[serialk11r]

Originally Posted by Dimman

So when you don't play the piano it keeps good time? How violent is piano playing?

Yea seems so. Yea I'd say it's pretty violent, at times you need the full power of your arm muscles to accelerate your hand.

I really want to do something about my car's drivetrain...a 2ZR-FE with new 6 speed would be an improvement as they lost 10 pounds off the 1ZZ, but the 88mm stroke is still rather big. The 1ZR-FE would be nice, 78mm stroke means at 9500rpm it'll have the same piston speed as the F20C.

Also I want some Yokohama S drives but the tires on the back are pretty new...

[Dimman]

Originally Posted by serialk11r

Yea seems so. Yea I'd say it's pretty violent, at times you need the full power of your arm muscles to accelerate your hand.

I really want to do something about my car's drivetrain...a 2ZR-FE with new 6 speed would be an improvement as they lost 10 pounds off the 1ZZ, but the 88mm stroke is still rather big. The 1ZR-FE would be nice, 78mm stroke means at 9500rpm it'll have the same piston speed as the F20C.

Also I want some Yokohama S drives but the tires on the back are pretty new...

Ok, your watch is fine.

BTW, this is my newest:



Seiko 6138 chronograph. Automatic with handwind, dual register. (Second hand isn't correct, though. Should be white.) The other one (6139) doesn't handwind, and only goes to 30minutes on the single register.

Thing's as old as I am!

As for the motor situation I would bet the rods and fasteners in the F20 are VASTLY superior to the 1ZR's. So don't count on the 9500rpm for long life.

[wrxgoose]

I was bad. I was coming back from a delivery, and i got to mess around a bit with a modded wrx. Said he had headerback exhaust. It wasnt pretty. By 75 (5 over speed limit) i had him by a bus length.

[serialk11r]

Originally Posted by Dimman

As for the motor situation I would bet the rods and fasteners in the F20 are VASTLY superior to the 1ZR's. So don't count on the 9500rpm for long life.

Nice watch.

Of course the rods are much weaker (6400rpm rev limit), that's why they get thrown out and replaced with titanium MMC when I win the lottery (though supposedly ceramic particle reinforcement is not all that complicated to do, you just mix powders together and sinter, just the machining is annoying since you're trying to machine stuff that even diamond has trouble getting through). Bearings should be okay though, bore spacing is the same as the 2ZR so the crank journals should be the same or similar, aka larger per unit displacement, though something probably should be done about the oil pump (maybe steal the one off the 2AR-FE and put it in somehow, it's variable displacement too!).

[Anthony]

I just saw Pimp My Ride for the first time. That explains a lot.

[Guff]

Just finished up my brother's bike... It looks soooo sexy...

[bestwheelbase]

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[RurumariGhost]

Originally Posted by Anthony

Somebody should create a Major League Tee Ball league. Just for the hell of it. Juicing allowed; no, encouraged!

"Fuck you, you'll watch it."

Have you ever seen professional slow pitch softball? its all 250-300 lb guys that look like they know their way around a bbq, but they all hit like crazy.

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by RurumariGhost

Have you ever seen professional slow pitch softball? its all 250-300 lb guys that look like they know their way around a bbq, but they all hit like crazy.

Haha I thought Major League Tee Ball was a funny concept I came up with. If had thought of professional slow pitch softball, I would have still thought I came up with it. So no, I have never seen that, but it's now on the bucket list.

[M-17]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

My whole body is sore... I feel dead lol

I feel ya. I played 5 hours of volleyball yesterday. Got a little sunburned and my back is aching a bit. Totally worth it though.

Originally Posted by ZetaVI

'Merica vs. Panama Gold Cup final.

I forgot all about the final being played yesterday, at least they won.

Originally Posted by Guff

Just finished up my brother's bike... It looks soooo sexy...

Nice. My boy picked up a new bike and recently fixed it up. He got a Ducati 1050 for a good price, since the original owner didn't know about a recall for the bike.