Random Thoughts - Part III The Search for Spark (No Politics)

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by humfrz

How do they know?

You would look amazing in that.

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by villainous_frx

I wanted something I could still play with for a daily but wouldn't end up down the track car rabbit hole... so that ruled on Civics and Fits a-la-Sundae Cup.

The BRZ was offered at a good price and it comes with factory goodies that I'd be doing to say another FR-S, such as heated seats and the 12-16 BRZ HIDs. Plus this one was super well maintained and has some mods that I might keep, headunit, suspension + 17x9 wheels, full exhaust, etc.

That's what I want is a dailyable twin again. I really liked my car as a daily when it was mostly stock. It's still street drivable now but it is not enjoyable doing so.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by humfrz

How do they know?

at least you have the granddaughters/wife to blame.

when it shows up for a single guy like me, there's a whole different train of thought!

[spike021]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

That's what I want is a dailyable twin again. I really liked my car as a daily when it was mostly stock. It's still street drivable now but it is not enjoyable doing so.

As much as I love my RCE Yellows sometimes I wish I could go back to stock springs. The roads around here are so crappy and with speed bumps and everything it can be uncomfortable to ride in. But I love the feel of them.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

That's what I want is a dailyable twin again. I really liked my car as a daily when it was mostly stock. It's still street drivable now but it is not enjoyable doing so.

Originally Posted by spike021

As much as I love my RCE Yellows sometimes I wish I could go back to stock springs. The roads around here are so crappy and with speed bumps and everything it can be uncomfortable to ride in. But I love the feel of them.

It's good to have the visceral experience of going too far in any direction with a chassis.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

It's good to have the visceral experience of going too far in any direction with a chassis.

So, Ultra found out back in his day -

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by humfrz

So, Ultra found out back in his day -

shameless brag. No one else on the team could keep it on the pipe. I had a hell of a time getting our drivers to quit granny shifting, not double clutching like they should.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

shameless brag

Isn't the axel kind of important?

We never had a Formula SAE team, too small a school. We did have an entry into a bicycle version of it one year. I did DBF and that was fun on the occasions someone didn't completely mess up. Which was all 4 years but w/e.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Isn't the axel kind of important?

We never had a Formula SAE team, too small a school. We did have an entry into a bicycle version of it one year. I did DBF and that was fun on the occasions someone didn't completely mess up. Which was all 4 years but w/e.

The author incorrectly distilled key points of a long interview. We broke an axle in testing because of a poor decision made with a complete lack of analysis. That was where the saying took hold, "Don't show it to Ultra or he's going to tell you how it'll break."

We DNFed because of another poor decision I argued. We blew a line in the air shifter because they used barbed fittings with hose clamps.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

The author incorrectly distilled key points of a long interview. We broke an axle in testing because of a poor decision made with a complete lack of analysis. That was where the saying took hold, "Don't show it to Ultra or he's going to tell you how it'll break."

We DNFed because of another poor decision I argued. We blew a line in the air shifter because they used barbed fittings with hose clamps.

Lol. This will probably identify me if anyone I went to school with is in here but the chances of that are slim.

1st year: Didn't fly because the plane couldn't pass the preflight checks/tests. It's possible the rules were confusing but the load we tested with was different than what the actual test was.

2nd year: Didn't fly because we couldn't pass the same damn test the second year around. Design used a really thin piece of metal oriented vertically to hold the wings on. It was stuck into a box made of wood in the wing. Metal was clearly strong enough as it cut right through the wood box under load.

3rd year: Didn't fly because we got DQ'ed for only submitting 1 out of 2 copies of our report and only discovered this after the submittal deadline. Yes, the same exact report had to be submitted in 2 formats. That was some bullshit because I saw the MIT report that was dated 2 months after the deadline.

4th year: We flew and got a score. Then our freshman pilot stayed out late and forgot the course and crashed the plane because he ran out of power on day 2. It didn't help that someone put the wrong propellers on in defiance after I said we would run out of power too early. Rebuilt the entire thing for day 3, but that was cancelled because a tornado hit the Air Force base next door.

The last one was a top 10 contender if it wasn't crashed and I'm still pissed about it.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Spuds

The last one was a top 10 contender if it wasn't crashed and I'm still pissed about it.

Right? I totally get it. Something will remind me when I'm 90 and I'll still get grumpy.

[Clipdat]

"If you have someone toxic in your life that you are trying to cut out, it's because you haven't yet realized who you are.

Being in that situation is a reflection on your own lack of self-confidence and not enforcing your boundaries early on."

[spcmafia]

Originally Posted by spike021

As much as I love my RCE Yellows sometimes I wish I could go back to stock springs. The roads around here are so crappy and with speed bumps and everything it can be uncomfortable to ride in. But I love the feel of them.

Once I install my yellows I can send you my OEMs in the event that you don't have them anymore. I'm probably going to also get the Bilstein shocks and just do everything at once.

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

It's good to have the visceral experience of going too far in any direction with a chassis.

If I pick up another twin in will get 16's and lift springs lol.

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

We DNFed because of another poor decision I argued. We blew a line in the air shifter because they used barbed fittings with hose clamps.

No bueno.