aMaff

heh, fair enough. My first suspension install on the protege took almost that long . Times drop exponentially the next few times

With me and a friend, I was able to remove all 4 corners of the suspension on the miata, dismantle everything, put everything back together, back on the car, and have the car back on the ground in under an hour and a half . That was a fun wrench day. one of the few where nothing broke LOL

_Kansei_

nothing broke.. seriously nothing? Damn I want a car from the south to call my own haha

I saw what I think is a new product from CRC (I think in the latest Sportscar Magazine (the SCCA mag)) (see look josh, when I'm awake I can properly close nested parentheses) called 'freeze off' or something along those lines, specifically designed to target all those pesky rusted bolts and nuts on our cars.

I think I need to buy a case of that crap. --maybe just dip the car in it

aMaff

yeah...well it was the first of 2 times where nothing serious went wrong during an install.

sumo_Bob

Watching helplessly as my p5 is getting rained on only 2 days after washing her.

aMaff

Don't feel bad. I usually get rain within hours

sumo_Bob

Hours?... usually it happens right as I'm drying the car. I thought this time was different. It was so clear sat and sun, and overnight it just starts raining. Bastards!!

JoshP5

Wheels and tires, as we know them, may change radically in the future. NIST )National Institute of Standards and Technology( is funding a Michelin proposal to pursue their Tweel project, in which the wheel and tire are combined in a single unit.

Liquid_Ag

the tweel is sweet, but old. is there any progress?

aMaff

No date on your internet source. You must not have taken many research-based classes huh?

And I say that because like Rob said, that's been around for years. I haven't heard anything new since..................

It did look pretty cool tho. Imagine the side wall flex on those!! Tweel r-comps?

JoshP5

Look smartass, just because you haven't heard anything about it doesn't mean it isn't in the works. It's a 2007 award. I included it here because it was just announced that this project is being funded. I never said this is a novel idea.

However, in order to get funding from NIST you need some novel aspects. With most of the country's money being spent oversees, anything that gets funded these days that's not defense or homeland security must be pretty solid. Since the link is just an abstract for the proposal, the specific technical aspects are not included.

For future reference, I recommend not questioning my research experience.

aMaff

I still haven't seen the date on that article

I remember reading abt the tweel 2 or 3 years ago tho. Pretty sure michelin did a thing w/ audi for it.

_Kansei_

I won't buy them because they are ugly and I'm vain. They definitely need a pseudo-sidewall, and having the ability to adjust tire pressure is really important for me so I dunno.. I'd have to change the width of the tweel to get more or less traction front or rear.. bleh

For 95% of cars on the road today get the tweel noise down and ride comfort up and you have a winner.

Plus it can't be that hard to get a NIST grant, I'm pretty sure that's who my "Interaction Design and Innovation" professor just got a huge grant through to develop a multidisciplinary collaboration environment (a physical space)... just to see if making it a physical experience would actually make multidisciplinary research and development not a failure.

edit: I can has MLA formatting?

Hyperion

we have a strong cold front coming through with 20-30mph winds and the road to my campus goes along a bay, the waves were hitting the break wall and splashing 10ft up onto the road...somehow I had good timing and missed soaking my car in salt water twice lol. feel sorry for the many cars that did get sprayed

JoshP5

Yeah, I'm sure your prof barely lifted a finger to get that grant.

_Kansei_

I know he worked his *** off applying for the grant but I was just pointing out that the project he's working on (which he has students volunteering on) isn't anything really cool or innovative, it's just a "hey maybe this will make that work a little better" research project.

I never said the process to get the grant was easy, just that their selection criteria is obviously not that crazy, unless they see something in the project that my prof doesn't even see. Sorry my "it can't be that hard' wording wasn't specific enough.

IN OTHER NEWS:

I played around with my gauge pod wiring and am just leaving the boost and EGT gauges unplugged since their senders both broke (thanks prosport for making rubbish, luckily the oil pressure gauge is holding up as that was the most important one to have). I got sick of seeing the EGT gauge try and flicker to life, flopping the needle about nonsensically.