Random thoughts thread

[serialk11r]

Originally Posted by Dimman

Blasphemy! 2ZZ compared to a cane...

You get your cam and lift control plus over 8k rpm, damnit...

Now imagine it with ITBs and a DIY motorcycle style twin injection and a bump to 13:1 cr. How do you not have a boner over that?

Or even boxed ITBs, dual injection and a TVS...

The lift is attractive, but I'm pretty sure it's what's responsible for the 10kg mass increase. I'm convinced that if you just forget about low end torque, you can actually do a lot with a single cam profile. It's a great engine, I'm just waiting for the next true performance engine (which may never come)

The other day China launched its carrier, and I watched some military stuff enthusiast talk about the modern military aircraft stuff, which got me reading about jet engines...some crazy shit there. Turbine blades are actively cooled single crystal exotic alloys that are run at above their melting point O_O

Anyways, exotic materials made me remember the whole MMC rod thing again.
This made me lol: How much does a MMC con rod cost?
"The one-piece MMC con rods used in single cylinder 4-stroke engines costs 600 Euro and will give you a performance gain comparable to spending 5 times as much on other tuning parts. Assuming that you use your MMC con rod for 30-40 hours the cost per hour is only 15-20 Euro per hour. That’s probably less than you spend per hour when partying with your friends at a Friday night. We promise you equal fun on the bike when riding with our con rods "

600 apiece isn't much worse than titanium rods isn't it? I wonder if they make them for cars...you'd have to figure out the custom crankshaft though. If I sell my soul to finance (and don't do too shabby) and get a ton of money, I think I want to do the first MMC rod car engine.

[Dimman]

Originally Posted by serialk11r

The lift is attractive, but I'm pretty sure it's what's responsible for the 10kg mass increase. I'm convinced that if you just forget about low end torque, you can actually do a lot with a single cam profile. It's a great engine, I'm just waiting for the next true performance engine (which may never come)

The other day China launched its carrier, and I watched some military stuff enthusiast talk about the modern military aircraft stuff, which got me reading about jet engines...some crazy shit there. Turbine blades are actively cooled single crystal exotic alloys that are run at above their melting point O_O

Anyways, exotic materials made me remember the whole MMC rod thing again.
This made me lol: How much does a MMC con rod cost?
"The one-piece MMC con rods used in single cylinder 4-stroke engines costs 600 Euro and will give you a performance gain comparable to spending 5 times as much on other tuning parts. Assuming that you use your MMC con rod for 30-40 hours the cost per hour is only 15-20 Euro per hour. That’s probably less than you spend per hour when partying with your friends at a Friday night. We promise you equal fun on the bike when riding with our con rods "

600 apiece isn't much worse than titanium rods isn't it? I wonder if they make them for cars...you'd have to figure out the custom crankshaft though. If I sell my soul to finance (and don't do too shabby) and get a ton of money, I think I want to do the first MMC rod car engine.

The Chinese finally launched their 30 year old tiny Ukrainian carrier that they bought over a decade ago and have been furiously trying to make seaworthy ever since? Oh noes...

Reason MMC is in single cylinders is no one wants the hassle of making a 2 piece rod out of the stuff. Singles are usually take apart cranks.

[Jayde]

Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

Omg, Inside Koenigsegg is awesome.

I'm glad to see they're back with them for another video. Have you seen the previous one?

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp_qxKWMsVw"]Koenigsegg: Sweden's Hypercar - DRIVEN - YouTube[/ame]

Also, has anyone noticed Youtube being very slow with buffering as of late? I can barely watch a 360p vid without buffering, and yet everything else runs fine. It's really quite annoying.

[IntotheOcean]

Guy fixes walls with Legos
http://imgur.com/a/TIfcD

[OrbitalEllipses]

Originally Posted by Jayde

I'm glad to see they're back with them for another video. Have you seen the previous one?

Also, has anyone noticed Youtube being very slow with buffering as of late? I can barely watch a 360p vid without buffering, and yet everything else runs fine. It's really quite annoying.

Yeah I started watching at the last one and went back to see the rest. I have 25/25 FIOS and I STILL have to buffer on YouTube...it's dumb.

[M-17]

Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

Yeah I started watching at the last one and went back to see the rest. I have 25/25 FIOS and I STILL have to buffer on YouTube...it's dumb.

So note to self, don't get Fios. Stick with local company cable internet.

Originally Posted by IntotheOcean

Guy fixes walls with Legos
http://imgur.com/a/TIfcD

That's interesting, would have been even doper had it been some giant humongous lego wall fixture.

[OrbitalEllipses]

Originally Posted by M-17

So note to self, don't get Fios. Stick with local company cable internet.

It's YouTube side :-P Everything else is great, usually.

[kanundrum]

Been watching drive network for a full year now and all of their stuff is great. its a good top gear patch

[serialk11r]

Originally Posted by Dimman

The Chinese finally launched their 30 year old tiny Ukrainian carrier that they bought over a decade ago and have been furiously trying to make seaworthy ever since? Oh noes...

Reason MMC is in single cylinders is no one wants the hassle of making a 2 piece rod out of the stuff. Singles are usually take apart cranks.

Yup! Who cares about carriers though, it's just a stupid boat (albeit a very very big boat). Planes are where it's at.

Hey look: http://www.eliteenginesystems.com/pr...ctingrods.html
Someone makes them for cars :O

http://www.asm-intl.org/pdf/spotlights/AutoApp.pdf
Didn't know the 3S-GE had MMC valves :O

[OrbitalEllipses]

Originally Posted by kanundrum

Been watching drive network for a full year now and all of their stuff is great. its a good top gear patch

I remember when they launched. It was right around this time of year yeah?

[dem00n]

Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

I remember when they launched. It was right around this time of year yeah?

Primarily yes.

I don't like it when people compare them (Drive TV) to Top Gear, its really two different things.

Thank god for Drive clean, the guy who does is a really nice, makes some of the best detailing products ive ever seen too.

[Dimman]

Originally Posted by serialk11r

Yup! Who cares about carriers though, it's just a stupid boat (albeit a very very big boat). Planes are where it's at.

Hey look: http://www.eliteenginesystems.com/pr...ctingrods.html
Someone makes them for cars :O

http://www.asm-intl.org/pdf/spotlights/AutoApp.pdf
Didn't know the 3S-GE had MMC valves :O

Wow. I remember reading that they were titanium. Not MMC with titanium as the matrix. That's pretty cool.

2ZZ has MMC in it, too...














Also: 2ZZ.

[M-17]

Whoooa Archer is back. Lol the beginning is fucking awesome.

[kanundrum]

Originally Posted by dem00n

Primarily yes.

I don't like it when people compare them (Drive TV) to Top Gear, its really two different things.

Thank god for Drive clean, the guy who does is a really nice, makes some of the best detailing products ive ever seen too.

Yeapo around this time of the year, and yea I don't compare them either like i said its a great patch for real car news and videos