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2.5 hours to F1 live

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Old 10-06-2012, 07:54 PM
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It would be interesting to find out what happened to pelican for so long. I am sure Wayne was on top of it.
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Old 10-06-2012, 08:04 PM
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V8 Supercars on right now....

V8 Supercars Live from Bathurst 1000 2012 | Main gallery | Videos | Motorsport.com

OK, enough with the distractions... Gotta take an online sociology test... And note to trash this teacher on review day for making tests due at 8am on a sunday!
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I drove my 911 today.

I am autocrossing tomorrow!
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Old 10-06-2012, 08:15 PM
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Man that would suck.
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Old 10-06-2012, 08:15 PM
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oh man, I cant even go watch the autocross.
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Old 10-06-2012, 08:21 PM
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I drove my 911 today.

I am autocrossing tomorrow!
very nice!
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Old 10-06-2012, 08:27 PM
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We took the carb apart on the Honda 70. The float bowl had some old dried gasoline varnish in it and the idle jet had one hole plugged up. We did not have any carb cleaner but we told her that when she gets a chance she should get some carb cleaner and soak all the stuff and clean it out with compressed air. We put it back together today and it ran for a bit then died.

In other news we assembled the car and did get some driving in today but we will have to do the skidpad tests tomorrow.

The unfortunate thing is that the chain tensioner broke before she could drive it. Basically one wasn't designed despite the fact that the powertrain was a senior project last year so at the last minute someone stuck a bolt with some delrin on it in there. It works for an hour or two before the delrin wears but it is mainly the crappy motor controllers that causes it to fail. Last time the bolt sheared but this time not that bad. When the motor controllers go into regenerative braking mode the tension on the chain reverses and puts a lot of force on the "tensioner". The reason the motor controllers are crappy is that we are telling (software) the controller that regens not to regen but it still does. To try to even it out we set full regen on the other side but it does not regen... They are made in China. One also does not put out as much power as the other so we have a torque bias.

We will be getting new ones for this year's car.

I did get some seat time, however. One interesting thing is that if you let off the throttle the one motor that is regening immediately locks up and that is bad for the tires and for stability. I was able to overcome this by left foot braking. Well, you have to left foot brake all the time but with this car you can't let off the throttle so you just hit the brake and reduce power in order to stop smoothly. Sort of like staying on the boost. I got pretty good at it.
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Old 10-06-2012, 08:37 PM
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I drove my 911 today.

I am autocrossing tomorrow!
Excellent!
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Old 10-06-2012, 08:37 PM
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I drove my 911 today.

I am autocrossing tomorrow!
Way to go.
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Old 10-06-2012, 08:44 PM
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Busy today with my son's birthday party. Got him an aquarium. What did I get myself into? I guess less work than a dog.

Dilemma. Well, I guess not a dilemma since I already made a decision but still not sure if it was the right thing to do. Ex-husband is probably going to be out of a job at the end of the month based on performance issues. Don't know if it is secondary to his drinking. He told me he has stopped. True? Don't know. Anyway, how can I let him not know where to live? He is the father of my sons. So, I offered to let him move back in until he finds a new job. I have an extra room downstairs that is far away from me and the boys so I really don't have to interact with him much. Hope I don't live to regret this and he doesn't stay too long.
Old 10-06-2012, 08:45 PM
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I drove my 911 today.

I am autocrossing tomorrow!
Glad to hear it Glen! I'm itching to do some autocross... Been WAY too long for me....

I was looking at all the cars this AM and it just made me miss my 944... I haven't driven a fun car since early july.


Done with my test... Made a 92.

Time to open and Abita Turbodog, and get started cleaning the old grips off my golf clubs...
Old 10-06-2012, 08:45 PM
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I hear autocross is fun. One of these days with my own car... Sigh.
Old 10-06-2012, 08:50 PM
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Wow. Good luck. I hope it works out well.
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Old 10-06-2012, 08:56 PM
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Lol! You guys will probably hear about it daily if it doesn't...
Old 10-06-2012, 09:03 PM
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As the world turns.......days of tweeze life.....
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Old 10-06-2012, 09:08 PM
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Ha ha... Really, I hope not. I hate drama.
Old 10-06-2012, 09:09 PM
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Drama you want drama? Show up at my house tomorrow about 3. The garage band will have started at 2. I figure one jerk neighbor will call the cops.
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Old 10-06-2012, 09:15 PM
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Kidney stones psh I can top that. Try weeks of constant twinge culminating in a full blown systemic infection and hospt stay cause of a blockage external to ureter.
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Old 10-06-2012, 09:21 PM
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Ow!!! Anything related to the kidneys isn't fun. And neighbors, aren't they fun? Mine are actually really fun. Some guys down the street actually have a band. They practice weekly and play locally. I can hear them some nights... And I live three houses down. Don't mind. They are good. And they don't play too late. The latest I have hear is 10 on a week night and midnight on the weekends.

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