Learned'd VIII: Less Bewbs, Same Nonsense

[Dattebayo]

Use muggy weld for cast or anything that gets intensely hot.

http://muggyweld.com/

Whoa. That stuff looks cool, like you could weld your manifold boss holes for unneeded sensors shut when you decide to go full standalone or whatnot... Nice. Or even add stuff?

I'm trying to even think of when you would need to weld a block? After throwing a rod?

[MinisterofDOOM]

Time for duck tape! Or, f*** it, JB Weld the crack and let it cure over night. Duck tape for good measure. Write an article about it!

Replaced the line properly today (even easier than I expected, aside from dropping a hose clamp as I was maneuvering the hose out from under the intake expansion box) so there's not much article there. But I did get some pictures to make an article out of my manual-override climate control hack: factory-automatic-climate-control-bypas ... 94319.html

[Dattebayo]

In one of my recent evening meetings one co-worker brought up how Fireball (the liquor) has "ingredients from auto coolant" in it and is poisoning everyone who drinks it.
Meanwhile, I found several places around here have voluntarily removed all of the product from it's shelves. Hell, one guy when I approached him about it went into a rage inspired rant about how the company wouldn't take the product back without a re-stocking fee.

Idiots. Absolute mindless sheeple children.
If any of these people could make informed decisions at all, they would know that propylene glycol is in all sorts of foods and drinks, including many sodas and sugary foods on the market already. Many of these products contain much more of it than is in the liquor, let alone how much is in a single shot (or even several, for you sugar-bombing drunks out there). And I don't see them going after the whole industry...

I suspect the same jerks that complain about mercury in vaccines and fluorine in the water...

[Bubba1]

Nailed it!
Even in retirement you can't get away from jury duty, huh?

I think the option to decline jury duty begins at 65.

[Dattebayo]

[SX APPEAL]

In one of my recent evening meetings one co-worker brought up how Fireball (the liquor) has "ingredients from auto coolant" in it and is poisoning everyone who drinks it.
Meanwhile, I found several places around here have voluntarily removed all of the product from it's shelves. Hell, one guy when I approached him about it went into a rage inspired rant about how the company wouldn't take the product back without a re-stocking fee.

Idiots. Absolute mindless sheeple children.
If any of these people could make informed decisions at all, they would know that propylene glycol is in all sorts of foods and drinks, including many sodas and sugary foods on the market already. Many of these products contain much more of it than is in the liquor, let alone how much is in a single shot (or even several, for you sugar-bombing drunks out there). And I don't see them going after the whole industry...

I suspect the same jerks that complain about mercury in vaccines and fluorine in the water...

I do take quite a bit of amusement any time someone claims "this liquor" or "that beer" is hazardous to one's health when its quite obvious and well proven that the most hazardous ingredient in most any alcoholic beverage is (spoiler alert) alcohol...

and I've done a fair bit of research on the subject

[Dattebayo]

Yeah, well I'm currently trying to mostly curb and eventually quit drinking altogether, but at least I don't need a stupid excuse to blame someone else for intoxication making me sick...

[txchamps]

Grammar police here...

It has occurred to me that the title of this thread, "Less Bewbs, Same Nonsense" could be misleading to some people. Generally, the adjective "fewer" would be correct in this case, as we are using a plural, and the intended meaning is that there is a smaller (indeed, zero) number of such objects. However, as worded, the meaning could be taken to be a plethora of SMALLER bewbs. Some poor soul who is a fan of the smaller variety may be, even as we speak, frantically searching this thread for examples of such. I am posting this in the hopes that this poor soul reads it, and is thus saved from the frustration and the ensuing deep depression of finding no bewbs at all, large or small, anywhere in this thread.

Thank you for your indulgence.

[MinisterofDOOM]

In one of my recent evening meetings one co-worker brought up how Fireball (the liquor) has "ingredients from auto coolant" in it and is poisoning everyone who drinks it.
Meanwhile, I found several places around here have voluntarily removed all of the product from it's shelves. Hell, one guy when I approached him about it went into a rage inspired rant about how the company wouldn't take the product back without a re-stocking fee.

Idiots. Absolute mindless sheeple children.
If any of these people could make informed decisions at all, they would know that propylene glycol is in all sorts of foods and drinks, including many sodas and sugary foods on the market already. Many of these products contain much more of it than is in the liquor, let alone how much is in a single shot (or even several, for you sugar-bombing drunks out there). And I don't see them going after the whole industry...

I suspect the same jerks that complain about mercury in vaccines and fluorine in the water...

My favorite thing is the purely-negative misuse of "chemicals" by these sorts of people. s*** like labels stating "Chemical-free." Did they stop teaching basic chemistry and biology in school or something?! It's like a label stating "Element-free!" on your cast iron or something.

Grammar police here...

Less vs fewer is one of my favorite grammar rants. I rant it all the time myself.

[Dattebayo]

Grammar police here...

Less vs fewer is one of my favorite grammar rants. I rant it all the time myself.

I never really thought about it until I saw Apollo 13 a few times. My favorite is forward vs. straight.

[Kompresshun]

Mornin'. How's everybody?

We had an open house this weekend and seemed to have a couple more bites on our house. Still no offers yet though. I wish someone would lay some cash down because i'm ready to get moved. I've been holding off on digging into the Miata too because I don't want to tear it apart with the house on the market, but i'd like to get started on it soon.

I did start sanding the body this weekend though. I'm gonna try to get it ready for paint over the next couple of months I hope or at least somewhat close.

In other news - my kid broke the rear cupholder in the Pathfinder and of course epoxy wouldn't fix it. The good news is that you can buy a whole new one. The bad news is it was $65

Oh well. Apparently it's a common part to break on the Frontier/Pathfinder/Xterra so if it's made it 113,000 miles I guess that's fair enough.

[WDRacing]

Use muggy weld for cast or anything that gets intensely hot.

http://muggyweld.com/

Whoa. That stuff looks cool, like you could weld your manifold boss holes for unneeded sensors shut when you decide to go full standalone or whatnot... Nice. Or even add stuff?

I'm trying to even think of when you would need to weld a block? After throwing a rod?

That stuff is badass.

[sx moneypit]

Howdy folks!

[txchamps]

I never really thought about it until I saw Apollo 13 a few times. My favorite is forward vs. straight.

My wife (who is from Texas) always admonished me "Never say 'Go Straight', always say 'Go ahead on' " Apparently a holdover from the 1960's drug culture.

She's always "straight" nowadays

[frapjap]

Howdy everyone.

Damned kids, stealing your paint supply monies! Was the paint bad enough that the Miata needs a respray? Is the color going to change? I'd love to see one of those in dark red, like the '89 and '90 240sx. It won't take long at all to block out the entire car.

Been slammed here lately. 10-12 hours has been the norm. Can't wait to get back to exercising regularly and not having sore feet and back after many hours on the plant floor.

Still looking for a hobby. Thought about learning to play the banjo. Made some contact on Craigslist, but after receiving 1 email back from each seller and sending out another asking what a good time to pick it up would be, they've both gone dark. Whatever.
Instead I bought an electric snow thrower on woot.com yesterday. Should make the lady happier when I'm away and it snows.
I'm looking forwards to Carlisle- and its in freggin July.

[Kompresshun]

I told her I was going to sell some of her stuffed animals to help pay for the damage

The paint is rough on the Miata. It just looks dull in photos, but it's cracking all over the body. I'm not sure if it's the factory paint, but it appears to have a lot of sun damage to it or it had a very poor respray done to it at some point. I've lived with it for over a year and it's starting to bug me now. I need to hunt down a new trunk lid for it too, because the previous owner had someone back into it. I fixed most of the damage to where it's not very noticeable, but I don't think i'm gonna be able to get it good enough for paint. It's right where the third brake light sits and that's a really hard area to work with. Other than that the body is straight.

I have considered a slight color change, just to make it different. I like the factory Classic Red, but there are a lot of red ones out there. I've thought about painting it a slightly darker metallic red, similar to our Kia. I don't want to do a major color change, so I can avoid having to spray the door jambs and ect but it's not off the table. I would love to go black or maybe white too because it would look awesome with the red and black seats.

Honestly, I wouldn't mind the color of the new Miata:



Ray, have you thought about tinkering with R/C cars or planes? I know you can get pretty invested in them, but i've heard it's a lot of fun too.

[RicerX]

Honestly, I wouldn't mind the new Miata:

FTFY

[Kompresshun]

^That too. I still want to keep my current one though, since it's the first year they made them.

[WDRacing]

Man, the new Miata is sexy.

[frapjap]

I told her I was going to sell some of her stuffed animals to help pay for the damage

The paint is rough on the Miata. It just looks dull in photos, but it's cracking all over the body. I'm not sure if it's the factory paint, but it appears to have a lot of sun damage to it or it had a very poor respray done to it at some point. I've lived with it for over a year and it's starting to bug me now. I need to hunt down a new trunk lid for it too, because the previous owner had someone back into it. I fixed most of the damage to where it's not very noticeable, but I don't think i'm gonna be able to get it good enough for paint. It's right where the third brake light sits and that's a really hard area to work with. Other than that the body is straight.

I have considered a slight color change, just to make it different. I like the factory Classic Red, but there are a lot of red ones out there. I've thought about painting it a slightly darker metallic red, similar to our Kia. I don't want to do a major color change, so I can avoid having to spray the door jambs and ect but it's not off the table. I would love to go black or maybe white too because it would look awesome with the red and black seats.

Honestly, I wouldn't mind the color of the new Miata:

Ray, have you thought about tinkering with R/C cars or planes? I know you can get pretty invested in them, but i've heard it's a lot of fun too.

Thats almost exactly what I was thinking for color. A deep metallic red would look hot on that small car and its curves. I think Ford has something like that on Fusions, too. White metallics are hot, love, love love that color. Cadillac had one called Metallic White Pearl on their flagship. Its amazing how "deep" it looks in person in the sunlight. Not over done, just awesome.
A trunk lid shouldn't be tough to come by, just keep an eye out in the yards or that stupid "miata club" on bookface.

I haven't given any thought to r/c cars. Planes seem cool, but I recently flew a guys at the park while I was walking the dog. Its alright, but planes probably aren't the answer. But cars, that could be neat. I ruled out building model cars, but an R/C one that I can drive in the snowy yard might be entertaining. I'll have to research the costs.

[SX APPEAL]

I used to race 1/10th scale touring cars back in high school. If you want to race them competitively (any type, not just touring cars) you can spend tons, easily as much as you would spend in lower level auto-x racing with a REAL car lol. If you just want a fun backyard toy, which is the preferable option IMO, a few hundred to a thousand will get you a nice fun nitro monster truck with all the support gear.

[frapjap]

Very cool! Can you elaborate on some practical, low cost of entry suggestions to get started?

[Kompresshun]

Thats almost exactly what I was thinking for color. A deep metallic red would look hot on that small car and its curves. I think Ford has something like that on Fusions, too. White metallics are hot, love, love love that color. Cadillac had one called Metallic White Pearl on their flagship. Its amazing how "deep" it looks in person in the sunlight. Not over done, just awesome.
A trunk lid shouldn't be tough to come by, just keep an eye out in the yards or that stupid "miata club" on bookface.

Yeah I love the idea of the metallic red, but metallic white would look amazing on it too. It'll probably come down to red though honestly, because it'll take less paint to spray it but white is still very tempting. I've had a couple of leads on trunk lids too, but I just haven't made buying them a priority. They are out there for sure though.

Can you elaborate on some practical, low cost of entry suggestions to get started?

Ray, these are what I was looking at getting into before:

http://www.amazon.com/Axial-AX90034-SCX ... ial+rc+car

http://www.amazon.com/Axial-Racing-9002 ... xial+scx10

They are a little high I guess to get started with but the platform has a lot of modifications available. They are also electric, so you don't have to deal with fueling them. They're not made for speed though - they're made more for obstacles and going through mud. Think if it as miniature offroading that doesn't break the bank nearly as much...

I still think about getting into to these a lot if I could convince the wife to let me invest in them. There is so much you can do to them it's insane. Lift kits, different bodies, different wheel/tire combos, mini-winches, lockers, and ect. Nearly everything you could do to a real 4x4, just on a smaller scale.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BGBGNSBPIc[/youtube]

Then there's always Traxxas R/C cars which are made in electric and fuel powered. They typically are extremely fast and are more for stunts and stuff like that. The nitro powered trucks are pretty pricey though and since you're typically thrashing the hell out of them, they have more upkeep since you're going to potentially be breaking stuff all the time.

http://www.amazon.com/Traxxas-Nitro-Pow ... xxas+nitro

Here's an electric one, which is a little cheaper:
http://www.amazon.com/Traxxas-58064-F-1 ... as+rc+cars

Most hobby shops stock these type of vehicles, so you could stop in and take a look at them. They may be more expensive there though, so i'd get a feel for what you like and then buy it online somewhere. I personally love the Axial stuff, but I enjoy tackling obstacles more than I do thrashing stuff and jumping them off of sweet a** jumps. That was stuff I enjoyed when I was a kid, but now i'd rather not constantly break stuff that I have hundreds of dollars invested in.

[SX APPEAL]

This is what I had in mind:
http://www.amazon.com/Traxxas-T-Maxx-4W ... axxas+maxx

This is probably the best option in the world as far as entry level, ready to run backyard fun. It's available in Nitro (fuel) or electric configurations, its been around forever, its (sorry bad example) kinda like the Honda civic of the R/C world. You could literally build one from scratch just from all the aftermarket parts available for it. Best bang for the buck IMO.

[frapjap]

I hear ya, Chris. I don't really want to break and repair the thing all of the time. However, driving it around the snow could be a lot of fun, especially since they're 4wd. Plus, I could make jumps out of it and not damage the truck too badly if it lands in the soft stuff.

I may try out the sinple Traxxas maxx just because of the 4wd.

Do either of you think constant exposure to moisture is going to be bad for these things?

[SX APPEAL]

The only things you'll have to worry about as far as that goes are the radio receiver and, if you get an electric model, the electronic speed controller and battery pack. Easiest thing to do is wrap them really well in plastic, or slipping them inside a balloon and then sealing the open end around the wires with silicone works really well. Read an article about waterproofing R/C vehicles a while back and that was one of the recommendations. I'd recommend the Maxx for snow duty, 4WD and big a$$ tires will get it done.

Also don't worry about breaking the thing all the time. Yes it's going to break, but spare parts are cheap and it takes only minutes in most cases to swap them out. When I was racing touring cars, a lot of times you'd hit a board too hard in a heat, break an A-arm, and it was no big deal because you had three more in your tool box and it only took 10 minutes to change one out, so you were good to go for the next heat. We broke more stuff racing those things than you probably would just having fun in the yard though. Lots of high speeds in close proximity to unforgiving barriers with cars that were built for lightness not strength.

[Kompresshun]

Personally I think Axial's are much better made unless you want to haul a** and thrash on it. Traxxas makes perfectly fine stuff, but i'm more of a fan of Axial stuff for it's easily modified platform and reliability.

Both should hold up just fine though. I wouldn't personally just sink mine into snow, but it should do fine as long as you don't let it get soaked down.

[AZ89two4Tsx]

[Razi]

[frapjap]

At least one of you guys has the decency to wave "hi" before walking out!


The drivers side low beam in Lindsey's car burned out this week. I finally got around to changing it last night. WHAT. A. b****.
I thought I could get to it by removing the battery but was sorely mistaken. In the end I wound up removing the drivers side wheel, part of the front splash guard, almost the entire fender liner, and all of that barely gave me the room needed to pull the stupid-a** bulb. I have the right tools so it wasn't all too hard, but it did take an hour.
What the hell happened to popping off the weather cap, pulling the bulb and replacing it in 3-4 minutes? A dealer or service place would've charged and hours labor on a $8 part. Insanity.