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Re: I decided to do a thing ....and perhaps more.
@edcentric said:
The thinner spoke wheels on the smaller tires should looked balanced.
Are you going for the 'high front end' ala Gasser look? Or are you going to put some rake into it?
You are going to use a 5 or 6 spd trans so that you can road trip this right? Such as Power Tour.
What comp ratio will you end up with (and what fuel)?
What power are you expecting, 700hp? 750hp?
Yes, the thinner spokes up front on the lower narrower tires up front and the deep heavier wheels on the massive rear tires is how I am going. Part of the plan is to incorporate the different rim diameters in the look and feel of the rake of the car. Since the wheel wells on the car are cut higher in the front than the rear I plan on matching the distance between the top edge of the rims front and rear by using the different rim diameters. They will be about 2 inches above the rims front and rear with a total rake of between 2 to 3 inches higher in the rear. So no gasser look. The front will be close to stock height with an overall slightly higher look.
I have a 6 speed auto that is The same as last year's F150 and Mustang feeding 4.56 gears and 29 inch tall rear tires.
The comp ratio is 11.2 and can run 89 octane and up thanks to the EFI on the engine. I plan on running 93 pump gas most of the time. The engine was dynoed and tuned 2 weeks ago with both 93 pump and 110 ULR. The results are 723hp/716lbf on 93 and 748/733 on 110 at the flywheel. The total weight of car components is now known @ 2764 lbs!!!
Edited: I put in the wrong axle ratio and now corrected.
Mt_Goat
Folding Milestones Achieved!
In a hard-fought race, @Colgere, then @Gargoyle, and finally I (BlueTattoo) have recently passed the 100,000,000 point mark Folding for Team 93.
BlueTattoo
Re: I decided to do a thing ....and perhaps more.
Since I now have some time on my hands I can post more details and pics.
This is a pic from the shop a while ago showing the difference in the rear tubs. The left side is the new size and the right side is stock. Note the relationship of the trunk hinge as a constant for reference.
This is the finished hood in initial primer. The scoops are fully functional and there is an airbox built into the hood that surrounds the air cleaner.
Mt_Goat
Re: Fountain Pens
So during my leadership training at General Motors, I discovered that all the leadership at the company used Moleskin style notebooks and fountain pens in meetings to take notes. Here I was with my computer thinking these dinosaurs were living in the stone ages. Thing was, these men and women in meetings never seemed to forget a thing. They could recall a detail on a meeting a month ago before I could search for it. I was amazed! So I swallowed my pride, bought some notebooks and some disposable fountain pens, brushed up on my cursive, and started taking notes. Sure as Sunday, written notes kicked the computer's ass. I was remembering things better and more clearly organizing my thoughts as I wrote during meetings.
So I don't work for GM anymore but I take that bit of advice with me now. In every location I work now I have a stack of notebooks and a pile of disposable fountain pens. I even bought a couple Lamy at their store in San Francisco over Valentines day as a gift for @Sazbean and I. Ill likely take this tread as a little challenge to get some better fountain pens for my note taking.
sazboom
Vermintide 2
So now that the NDA's finally been lifted I can actually say some stuff about this.
First off, Vermintide is one of my favourite coop games of all time. I love Warhammer, I love L4D style gameplay and I love getting to play as a Dwarf. Vermintide was all of this in spades. The only problem I ever had with it is that it was optimized like ass and didn't honestly look all that good (Although the skaven hair was always really nice)
So without further ado some screenshots from my first game.
This game is beautiful
My first run in and victory with a Stormfiend (Warpfire spewing Rat Ogre)
More Stormfiend
The Stormvermin look really good, they're fun to kill too.
More pretty scenery
All told, the game runs amazingly I manage an average of 70fps with a drop down to about 60/55 when I'm getting blasted with fire particles, it looks goddamn beautiful really really great job on the textures in my opinion.
Combat has been heavily improved, weapons can get stuck on or bounce off enemies, if you don't charge up a sweeping attack you could get stuck in an enemy's side for a second. Had I not been using that hammer I'm sure I would've bounced off a couple shields.
Loot has been heavily improved, instead of singular die rolls at the end of matches you get lootboxes (Don't worry there's no plan on monetizing them) and if you don't like what you got then just like the last game you can break it down and build something you do want (Immediately after this I tore down two of the pickaxes I got and built a greataxe)
Now for something a bit more personalish I guess. The last time I had this stupid a grin on my face, the last time I played a game where I exclaimed out loud how much fun I was having I was playing the Overwatch beta with IC and squeeing over Tracer. I get to be a Dwarf in my favourite fantasy setting slaying rats and chaos warriors and the whole thing is just so much fun. If I get good enough I can look like this.
That's Bardin as a Slayer, some of the most badass Dwarfs in the setting who take death oaths, cut their hair into mohawks and just keep on fighting until they die in battle. They're awesome and I want to play as one, I've played the Warhammer Fantasy RPG where I got to roleplay as one and it was one of my most enjoyable experiences.
TLDR This game so far is awesome, I can't wait for release and I'd love to play it with Icrontic. I'm sorry for ranting like this I'm just so excited.
Ilriyas
Re: Pokemon GO
Jelly! Mime is the only Gen1 Pokemon that has not made his way to SoCal (and therefore into my Pokedex). Congrats on that!
As the for the Dragonite, If you only have enough candy to evolve one...
If the shiny has a 15 Attack, or maybe even 14 attack, go with it. At that level the cool factor is enough to make up for the couple more seconds a battle is going to take when you use him.
If you have a perfect (or close to perfect at least with 15 attack) evolve that one.
Unfortunately you missed out on Draco Meteor (the event specific charge move) so that is not a consideration. No matter what you decide, get some TMs and make him Dragon Tail / Outrage.
I would love to discuss any and all of this with you if you have any further questions. Maybe we can setup a time to Discord and chat. As for tonight, there are Party Hat Pikachu to be caught so I may not be available until much later... though if you are still in Europe, that may work out?
On a side note: Rumors on the Internets say Bulbasaur is our next community day focus.
