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wrxgoose · 09-09-2013, 07:59 PM

so anyone else taking off next tuesday for GTAV?

Hindi · 09-09-2013, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by wrxgoose

so anyone else taking off next tuesday for GTAV?

I did that for iv and was very let down

ichitaka05 · 09-09-2013, 10:52 PM

Got sick laying on bed... Recieved a call from my parent telling me, one of my old friend got in auto accident & has passed away...

Fuck, I can official say, today is shitty Monday... Orz

Rest in peace my old friend, Austin.

kanundrum · 09-09-2013, 10:53 PM

^^ Sorry to hear man >_<

Kiske · 09-09-2013, 11:06 PM

Starting p90x next week. Funeral the following.

Dimman · 09-09-2013, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Guff

1360 lbs from the factory... I'm thinking it'll be around 1500 with our setup. I'm sure we will get it corner balanced once its done...

What are doing for suspension? I read they originally used rubber springs???

With well setup suspension it will be like a FWD Exige...

wrxgoose · 09-09-2013, 11:14 PM

Ug. Upset stomach and nowhere near home. Have to make it 45 minutes. Gonna be a shitty night.

hopefully not literally. Lol

Ug. Feel miserable. Atleast i can make myself my soup, lay down on the couch and relax now

kanundrum · 09-09-2013, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Kiske

Starting p90x next week. Funeral the following.

Thinking about doing the same...

Kiske · 09-10-2013, 12:14 AM

I've been easing into it. Bit the bullet and bought it 2 fridays ago. I've been doing a bit of the work out (10min stretching and 10min of the work outs) on a few of the dvds (really like the kempo x one. Even still I doubt I'll be able to *fully* do the workouts come next week.

Guff · 09-10-2013, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Dimman

What are doing for suspension? I read they originally used rubber springs???

With well setup suspension it will be like a FWD Exige...

Front has coilovers and the rear is the stock trumpet setup. Apparently the stock setup isn't too bad, but if we find that the rears are bad/weird, we can get a kit to convert them to coilover as well. Fully adjustable up front and we are getting new cones and trumpets for the rears...

Dimman · 09-10-2013, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Guff

Front has coilovers and the rear is the stock trumpet setup. Apparently the stock setup isn't too bad, but if we find that the rears are bad/weird, we can get a kit to convert them to coilover as well. Fully adjustable up front and we are getting new cones and trumpets for the rears...

It's like a foreign language...

Guff · 09-10-2013, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Dimman

It's like a foreign language...

It's fairly simple. Instead of a Spring, you have a Cone, which is basically a big lump of rubber. The material property of rubber is such that, when compressed, it increases in resistance. So it's perfect as a "spring".

The top piece here is the Cone.

The bottom piece is the trumpet, and that is your basic, run-of-the-mill hydraulic damper which contains fluid and a piston (I believe).

Below is a photo of the rear subrframe:

The Cone/Trumpet unit sits inside the subframe and is connected to the radius arm (control arm) and when the radius arm pivots up, it compresses the Cone/Trumpet.

Using this setup, the Mini had a very nice and fairly advanced fully independent suspension setup which made it a very fun car to drive!

serialk11r · 09-10-2013, 03:09 AM

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Thought it was a handwind only you picked up. My bad. Problem seemed to be the crown twisting of its stem with the low end winders. Better and cheaper than breaking a mainspring, but still annoying. Don't know if it's from people over winding or metal fatigue over time. Or a combination.

The hand winding on my SARB's 6R15 is so light and smooth I thought it wasn't working. But that's because some of my vintage winders are geared pretty high. You hear tictictictic-CLICK, when winding, the loud click is the mechanism kicking back when released.

Also, for fun, do the math on the accuracy of your watch's 1 minute/week. Mind blowingly awesome...

Yea no, Seagull handwinds are exclusively higher end models I believe. ST19s and handwind tourbillons are the only ones I can recall, both high end in house movements.

The ST21 handwind is geared so high that when you twist it, it sounds like you're sliding sandpaper against something; the clicks are indistinguishable. I saw on watchuseek that someone complained about his ETA2824 watch breaking, and turns out he was winding it by hand every morning and the mechanism broke.

1 minute/week is good, but left alone it would probably stray much more. It's also brand new so this is the best it'll ever run.

Giccin · 09-10-2013, 03:34 AM

Oh yes.

Things are now starting to look better! woo woo WOOO.

On a side note.. anyone else hear about the new Yaris Hybrid that's punching 420HP? lol

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wrxgoose WUB WUB Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: 2013 Firestorm Location: Charlotte Posts: 2,788 Thanks: 313 Thanked 1,573 Times in 858 Posts Mentioned: 52 Post(s)	Ug. Upset stomach and nowhere near home. Have to make it 45 minutes. Gonna be a shitty night. hopefully not literally. Lol Ug. Feel miserable. Atleast i can make myself my soup, lay down on the couch and relax now __________________ Build thread: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40850 no more blower power Last edited by wrxgoose; 09-09-2013 at 11:58 PM.

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Kiske Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Drives: RX-7 / BRZ Location: USA Posts: 2,349 Thanks: 1,031 Thanked 2,501 Times in 1,081 Posts Mentioned: 27 Post(s)	I've been easing into it. Bit the bullet and bought it 2 fridays ago. I've been doing a bit of the work out (10min stretching and 10min of the work outs) on a few of the dvds (really like the kempo x one. Even still I doubt I'll be able to fully do the workouts come next week.

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