Me, G, Evan are in.......

Kaan, where you at? Maeng, drive your ass up here.

Location? Not sure yet... maybe meat at Evan's place for DDR, F355 and alcohol.

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Cliffs notes: Ran vile cheapass vodka through a brita 4 times, ended up tasting better than Ketel one

Quote:Amazingly, though, after the 4th filtration, I came to a startling conclusion: The Filtered vodka tasted better than the control fluid (Ketel One). It was smoother, and had a very delicate aftertaste.

GA state highway safety officials predict 3,470 wrecks, 9,934 injuries and 20 deaths between 6 p.m. today and midnight Sunday. hock:

So one of my rear calipers is seized... Bleh! I head to Advance to pick up a reman'd caliper today, get home, open the box, and what do I see?



Very funny Chad... I double checked the numbers on the box, gonna have to fit it up to see if it is identical to the OEM Honda caliper (I assume it is)... I'm going to have an f'ing Ford part on my car!!! BLASPHEMOUS!

Well, everyone says they want to go to Medieval times, but very few actually ever get there... I got there. Definitely a once in a lfietime experience as I have no desire to go back, but it was a fun time. It seems like it is what you make it. If you're loud, rowdy and create a good time, you'll have a good time. If you're silent and looking for a good show, you're wasting your time...

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My small camera has been taking really bad pics of movement as of late I hope it is just some setting I can't find rather than it being busted.

Ok, so I have a Mass Air Sensor off of a (i think) 1993 Infiniti Q45. 90MM in diameter hotwire mafs. It's freaking HUGE. 60 bucks to MM'ers. Bigger than a Z32 MAFS, John. 60 Bucks to MM'ers.

Nismo Hat. Worn a couple of times.

SR20DE front drive engine. No wiring, no accessories, new timing chain, tensioners, and adjustable cam gears. 100 Bucks.

I also still have my ginormous intercooler core (70 bucks), my MSW 14X7 4X100 +30 wheels with their victoracers (75 bucks), and a body kit for an S13 (1989-1994) 240sx (100 bucks for side and rear skirts). I've got a Land Rover spare wheel cover for sale on Ebay, if you know anyone who wants a spare.

Soon I'll have a 2001 Mazda 626 for sale, it's really nice, and well maintained. Pictures to come of that when it comes officially for sale.

If you know anyone who wants this stuff, I need the money.

ok im building this contraption. Its a wheelie simulator. Lets your practice clutching up a wheelie and holding it at the balance point. Its basically gonna be something for events, maybe a moneymaking thing at Daytona Bike week who knows.
the way it works is its a heavy inertia wheel, and the bike is attached via a custom axle

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I got my hands on some freebie automotive dynos the other day at work.

the problem is this. Im gonna use two adjacent dynos at 50kg each. The radius of these hollow dynos is 10 cm.

Heres the equation for "moment of inertia" ... moment of inertia=mass*radius(squared)

from what i understand "moment of inertia" is the rotational equivalent of regular linear mass.



my dynos measurements are as follows:

Radius of dyno: .1 meter (10 cm)
Mass of dyno : 50kg

when i plug this into I = MR(squared I get 1. Does that mean that pushing a 50kg dyno is the same as pushing a 1kg weight in a straight line ?

i cant be doing this right

:o

No more shit about the automatic! w00t

--chad

When the non-profit organisation Id├®eVerte Comp├®tition decided to create a 'green' racing car, they turned to space technology to make it safer. Running on liquefied petroleum gas, one of the least polluting fuels, and lubricated with sunflower oil, the car is protected against fire hazards by space materials. 'Green' does not have to mean slow - last week the car set a new speed record of 315 km/h. "The car of the future will have to respect the environment. This is the only way to create a sustainable transportation system in our world," says Alain Lebrun, President of the Id├®eVerte Comp├®tition. "Today there are many new technologies available which have low impact on the environment. We also have more sustainable energy sources available such as liquid natural gas (LNG), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), biofuels, hydrogen and fuel-cells.

"What better way to raise public awareness than putting them to the best test of all: developing a racing car?" asks Lebrun. "The racing track is the ultimate laboratory and also a fantastic place to display the ÔÇÿgreenÔÇÖ car technology to come."

Green idea for racing In 1993 the Id├®eVerte Comp├®tition was founded as a non-profit organisation made up of independent engineers and technicians concerned about the environment and the pollution generated by today's cars. As motor sport enthusiasts, the objective was to create a non-polluting racing car.

The head of ESAÔÇÖs Technology Transfer and Promotion Office (TTP) Pierre Brisson explains, "in 2002 we decided to support the project by making available advanced space technologies. We have always been keen to support programmes related to environmental protection, especially in the motor field and, together with the Id├®eVerte racing team, we identified several space technologies to help them improve safety, in particular to reduce the fire risk."

Space technologies at work Altogether four technologies from space programmes are used in the racing car to improve overall safety by reducing the risk of fire and its effects.

"The primary fire hazard in an LPG fuelled high-performing racing car such as this is the possibility that heat from the engine and the exhaust will ignite parts of the car. Therefore, the first thing we did was to install very good heat insulation material designed for ESA's Ariane launchers," explains Nicolas Masson from Bertin Technologies. Bertin Technologies, part of ESA's TTP network of technology brokers, has participated in bringing together the different industrial partners. To reduce heat transmission from the 1000┬░ C hot primary exhaust system to the engine area, the exhaust system is insulated with a heat wrapping material. This prevents the engine over heating and reduces the risk of igniting a gas leak. In addition, this helps to retain the heat in the exhaust system thus increasing the horsepower. The thermal wrapping for the exhaust system is a combination of standard solutions used in motor racing enhanced with material developed for the European Ariane launcher.

Notes Nicolas Masson, "it would also be a good idea to use this insulation technology around a standard exhaust system on petrol-driven cars, as the catalytic converter would heat up more quickly and operate better".

To protect the LPG fuel tank, another heat insulation technology was chosen: a special thermal, shield developed for the engines used by the Ariane launchers. In case of engine fire, this shield blocks the heat transmission so well that the fire must burn for at least 45 minutes before the tank is heated to a level where the pressure will open the safety valve. This gives plenty of time for the fire extinguishers, also originating from space developments, to put the fire out.

Nicolas Masson emphasizes that "without the Ariane thermal shield the fire would heat the fuel tank so fast that the pressure would open the safety valves within five minutes and the gas that escaped would feed the fire with potentially catastrophic results. This technique could be applied right away to cars that run on LPG to make them safer".

Space technology has also been used for the LPG fuel tank and the fire extinguishers. The fuel tank is made of a special lightweight titanium developed by aerospace engineers as it withstands shock better than steel. The technology used for the three fire extinguishers on the car comes from the Russian launchers and is similar to the pyrotechnical engines used in the airbags installed in todayÔÇÖs cars. These can be activated either manually by the driver or automatically by a security control unit connected to sensors that measure engine temperature, fire and escaping gasses.

Even to determine the speed the car turns to ESA technology. The Id├®eVerte car carries on board a V-Box, an EGNOS-compliant tracking system from the Race Logic Company. This box uses the EGNOS signal to determine the speed, acceleration and position of the car in real-time. ###

Notes:

LNG - Liquefied natural gas - is natural gas in its liquid form. When natural gas is cooled to minus 161 degrees Celsius, it becomes a clear, colourless, odourless liquid. LNG is neither corrosive nor toxic. Natural gas is the cleanest burning fossil fuel. It produces less emissions and pollutants than either coal or oil.

LPG - Liquefied petroleum gas - propane or (less commonly) butane, is obtained by extraction from natural gas or from refinery processes. Pressurised in metal bottles or tanks, LPG is easily handled and readily lends itself to a variety of applications as a fuel, refrigerant and propellant in packaged aerosols. The emission from cars running on LPG is far less lower than that from a petrol car.

Biofuels are any substitute fuel made from renewable non-fossil organic materials, such as wood, waste and alcohol fuels, burned to produce energy. Biofuels include also ethanol, biodiesel and methanol. Biofuels do not add new carbon to the atmosphere.

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Hi ! So I was thinking about removing my intake silencer (lovingly referred to as the snorkus by Subaru) this thanksgiving break. Anyone in the NoVA area going to be free at all that would like to help ? It's a pretty easy procedure from what I've read, but I'm not very tech-savvy and am hesitant to fool around with the stock air box and MAF sensor, even if it's just taking it apart. I'm going to try to pick up shorter replacement piping from mach V to keep the air cycling in from the intake scoop. here's a diagram of what i'm talking about:



Any help would be fantastic, or even just moral support if you feel like drinking a few brews and chillin out one day ^_^