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slowpoke

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  1. Wow, fun, what’s the capacity compared to the standard?
  2. Hey, you still got all this stuff? I was thinking of refreshing my engine this winter, this might be another way to go about it… i wouldn’t want the side drafts but maybe the rest… what compression ratio were you trying achieve? I’m up in the SF bay area but as they say…. Have a pickup. thanks
  3. Tell me more. Why didn’t it suit your needs. What was it like?
  4. watching this thread!!! Good luck Bibm5!
  5. check out the Alfa GTV's. i would say our 70's nemesis. Had one of those. they've gone up a bit in price as well... conversely, it would seem there are very few bargains AT ALL in Craigslist today... inflation, grrrr.....
  6. Ok, just to summarize: - e12 head - 9.5CR - for 89.22mm bore I think I’ve got an e12 head, now you’re encouraging me to pull my head and figure out if my block has been bored out. did i get the above correct/
  7. Let’s get a list of the items that were stolen…. Then we can all be on the lookout for them!
  8. Looking for reputable shop suggestions for head and block work in the NorCal region. I’m in South Bay would would drive if needed.. Engine’s really tired and I’d like to rebuild and pep it up some. Looking for more compression (and cam and and…) - seems like 9.5 or 10:1 is the most i should go on CA pump gas, and that means new pistons. Am i getting that right? The car’s mostly used for track days so more pep is always better. I’d love to be able to, heaven forbid, pass a Miata. Turns out the 70whp i have isn’t getting it done… thanks,
  9. Post refresh what kinds of compression you talking? I’ve got a cam i could throw at it but I’m looking for “more than stock” compression…. Would this work? I’m in the Bay Area and ideally we could meet in the middle and i could drop it off at a shop on the way home! My engine needs a refresh but “swap in a new one” seems better than “pull, fix, reinstall”. Thanks
  10. All, I’ve been totally “burned” buying used pistons. Brandon, I’d propose you get the rings out and do some clean up or let folks know that they are quite possibly trash. It’s hard to tell from a picture good or not…. At least one of those looks similar to one of pistons that i bought which was at best a paper weight. though i do thank you for helping keep parts in the stream!
  11. Willing to ship to west coast? I’m checking to see if this works for me. My engine’s mostly an oil burning furnace at this point…. No power, lots of smoke…
  12. yep, still available. send me a PM and we can talk.
  13. If i was going to keep my car I’d consider it. How are they different from the.... e21 longer control arms? That’s what i was looking at. Can you use stock fenders? I was hoping to get the additional camber without cutting.. I’d accept some interior fender rollling though.
  14. As for your FEA you may not be using the right constraints. You’ve got a fixed support on the bearing surface and i think that would apply if the bearing were infinitely stiff and the hub was welded to the bearing, neither of which are true. For example, if there is a load into the page on the top and out of the page at the bottom of the hub face, then the face will tilt and the bearing surface will deform like an oval. That absolutely happens or hubs would never crack. You could try some runs at those conditions. Also, this is aluminum and therefore can’t be designed for infinite life, so do you have life calcs to know how many cycles these hubs should last before they fatigue fail. can you convert cycles into miles? Just some thoughts. good luck, and we’re all hoping you’re successful. At least i am.
  15. Cyrus, I'm with irdave on this one. In fields where rigorous engineering is required there's LOTS of design reviews. And the reviews focus on risk, forces, factors of safety, life time, etc. etc. etc... The BEST engineers are very willing to put all their calculations, testing up for review and peer evaluation. They know a review is a critique of the design and not a critique of their own engineering capability, experience, etc. It is merely that, a critique choices and analysis that led to a specific design. Remember, all design is inherently a series of compromises around a set of constraints ideally optimizing along one vector... a review of the constraints, compromises and your optimization vector is always worthwhile, especially if its done by a knowledge peer group. it appears that this forum has a number of knowledge folks that can (and have) been critiquing your design. I urge you to thank them for the effort they've applied. Their comments seem valid. Their goal isn't to crush your new business endeavors but rather help you deliver great products and for the community have a richer set choices when it comes to building up their cars. Sharing your work, as it were, can: show folks the rigor you have applied, stimulate conversation, drive out potential failure modes, improve designs, and at the very least build trust and confidence in your ability as a designer / fabricator in the community you wish to foster as customers. I, also, have some questions about your design, and would really like to understand the load cases you've considered and the calcs and FEA you've completed. at the very least you'll be able to show off all your engineering muscles. i'm confident there's people in this group that will "get" the math. thanks again for all the work you've already put into this and for helping grow the 2002 community!
  16. interesting... how does valving compare to, let's say, IE stage 2 stuff? springs are pretty easy to swap out, but valving - any ability to adjust for more track use? how's the gecko quality compared to other brands. and finally, just looked up Danjer --> awesome!!! love to see folks making parts for 02s!
  17. replied.. funny, me and a couple buddies had a Gen1 MR2 as a Lemon's car for a number of years... fun, but we blew a number of engines... ended up scrapping it and buying this. now selling this cuz'in i got a better race car...
  18. does it need to be a square tail light? i live in the bay area and have a 1969 2002 that needs to go... got a roll bar and one racing seat. been to a number of track days. fun. used to have a full interior but gone now. no rust except a tiny hole in spare tire well. paint, P.O. did a paint job looks like in his garage. ping me if you're interested. not perfect but i think it might be a good project for you...
  19. Had to take the rear windows out to get the cage in but I’m putting them back in this weekend. The fronts are in and work fine. The car is waterproof, meaning if it’s raining nothing came in when all the windows were installed.
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