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Exhaust · 04-15-2012, 03:05 AM

Im not sleeping tonight.

serialk11r · 04-15-2012, 04:07 AM

lol, I went to FSAE club today and they were talking about how their incomplete car already weighed 473 pounds and was a porker...

Dimman · 04-15-2012, 04:48 AM

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Originally Posted by serialk11r

lol, I went to FSAE club today and they were talking about how their incomplete car already weighed 473 pounds and was a porker...

At our autoshow last weekend I found out UBC has an FSAE team. But I may have made a poor impression. They have a 4130 tubular spaceframe and I asked how they heat-treated the welds, judging that the students probably did it themselves based on the, er... passable welding. They told me it was out-sourced to a professional shop and I was like "WTF??? This guy took your money for THIS???" (It looked VERY amateur.) And then it turned out the guy that did it was one of the members's dad. Plus they didn't even know if the welds were heat-treated and again I was all WTF??? Oh well...

They should be using a carbon monocoque anyways as they were anticipating over 500 lbs... Heh...

Exhaust · 04-15-2012, 05:05 AM

Decided to expand my resume even further and pony up $7k for these next two certifications.

serialk11r · 04-15-2012, 05:13 AM

Apparently our team used to use carbon fiber monocoque, but they don't have enough people to work on it and so they gave up because it was sucking too many man-hours. They also haven't tweaked the engine at all (besides installing high comp pistons since they use 100 octane fuel) because they don't have a dyno T_T Oh right, they now use 4130 tubular frame + CF/Al honeycomb panels.

However I was glad to see that FSAE rules on several things are quite lax. Air restrictor only needs to have a 20mm maximum minimum diameter, doesn't have to be a plate or whatever, so they gave it a smooth <10 degree taper, phew.

Dimman · 04-15-2012, 05:42 AM

I'm going to be looking at SCCA's A-mod rules and comparing with FSAE. A local AutoX club apparently has the fastest A-mod in North America. They use a snowmobile engine and maybe its cvt as well as about 7 wing elements... A-mod or B-mod would be a fun build.

Fuck I need a workshop...

Exhaust · 04-15-2012, 06:00 AM

Done.

Calum · 04-15-2012, 06:25 AM

Children that wake up at 5am for a bottle and diaper change and don't go back to sleep should at least have the common decency to SHUT THE HELL UP.

Calum · 04-15-2012, 07:02 AM

oh, that's just great. The little jerk went back to sleep at 7 am. Now I'm up and he's catching up on his sleep.

ichitaka05 · 04-15-2012, 11:47 AM

Oh I am not ready to run 2 miles today... freezing cold... tired... sleepy... well more like I'm just lazy lol

Update: Yay~ no running 2 miles today... wait, should I be happy for been lazy?

S2kphile · 04-15-2012, 05:57 PM

Similar situation happened to me last night.

I think I may need to regrow my beard & mustache rocker style.

I'm a 24yr old GROWN ASS MAN, DAWG! Not a 17yr old kid

Allch Chcar · 04-15-2012, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by S2kphile

Similar situation happened to me last night.

I think I may need to regrow my beard & mustache rocker style.

I'm a 24yr old GROWN ASS MAN, DAWG! Not a 17yr old kid

It's an ethnic difference, man. My parents have trouble telling the difference between genders on asians and they always guess they are younger than they really are, by a huge margin. I can guess well enough(to not be insulting) by looking for visual cues or different aging lines on the face. But there are still some people I just can't even guess. Just like cars, it just takes some observation to pick up the differences. I still guess on the younger side with females and older side with males.

Random thought, I might have to cut my hair this year. It's below my shoulders and when I'm working on my car I kept pulling it while shifting around.

Plus the military doesn't allow men to have long hair.

OrbitalEllipses · 04-15-2012, 07:20 PM

I need a haircut. Graduation's in three weeks and I want to change some things before then.

S2kphile · 04-15-2012, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Allch Chcar

It's an ethnic difference, man. My parents have trouble telling the difference between genders on asians and they always guess they are younger than they really are, by a huge margin. I can guess well enough(to not be insulting) by looking for visual cues or different aging lines on the face. But there are still some people I just can't even guess. Just like cars, it just takes some observation to pick up the differences. I still guess on the younger side with females and older side with males.

Random thought, I might have to cut my hair this year. It's below my shoulders and when I'm working on my car I kept pulling it while shifting around.

Plus the military doesn't allow men to have long hair.

My parents are in their early 60's and they get mistaken for being in their 40's. Well, at least when I'm older I'll still look youthful

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Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

I need a haircut. Graduation's in three weeks and I want to change some things before then.

I've been thinking about getting a haircut but it's takes forever to grow long hair; 1 year to grow it out and another year to make it full bodied. Plus that short haircut look is played out, imo.

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