Post by Slow Steve on Jun 24, 2008 17:23:29 GMT -6
I know it hasn't been very long since the June race and I see that Lucky 13 hasn't posted his usual montly "Roll Call" post yet but doggone it I've gotta get this off my chest somewhere...
I haven't slept well a single night since the June race due to waking up in the wee hours of the morning pondering thoughts such as "what if I increased the negative camber of my rears by another one degree... or should I try another two degrees?" and "what are the theoretical vs. practical benefits of concentrated versus dispersed mass given identical COM?" and "running positive vs. negative camber on my dominant front wheel and the assocated tradeoffs... (mitigate rubbing friction vs. running on those doggone tread bumps and the awful sound it makes rolling down the track???)"...
Heeeeeeeelp me! This stuff is making me nuts! I need some catharsis to purge my mind (or lack of) of the incessant thoughts ruminating throughout my pea brain at all hours of the day and night!!!
So to that end, I am going to STOP messing with this car (it seems the more speed I try to squeeze out of it the more I screw it up!) and just stop the insanity of trying to get a few more thousandths and be done with this until I leave for vacation this Friday.
So... with that thought in mind, count me in for one car in the Limited class; introducing "Sushi":
This is one of two cars I started last Friday, and I didn't really have time to try to make it pretty but if it will run straght I'll be delighted. I painted the car green hoping that through osmosis I might be able to pick up a little bit of speed via Wasabi emulation (ProQuest Steve you are my inspiration/provide my motivation - Thank You!)... I realize I'm resorting to voodoo science but I need all the help I can get!
Best of luck to everyone a week from next Saturday and hopefully Max and I can tune in via Yahoo to watch the race from vacation. What do we need to do to be able to watch the race live? I do have a Yahoo e-mail address and Yahoo Messenger.
Warren, if you see this message can you let me know when would be a convenient time to drop off the car between now and
Thursday evening?
Thanks!
Steve B. (Mad Max Racing)
I haven't slept well a single night since the June race due to waking up in the wee hours of the morning pondering thoughts such as "what if I increased the negative camber of my rears by another one degree... or should I try another two degrees?" and "what are the theoretical vs. practical benefits of concentrated versus dispersed mass given identical COM?" and "running positive vs. negative camber on my dominant front wheel and the assocated tradeoffs... (mitigate rubbing friction vs. running on those doggone tread bumps and the awful sound it makes rolling down the track???)"...
Heeeeeeeelp me! This stuff is making me nuts! I need some catharsis to purge my mind (or lack of) of the incessant thoughts ruminating throughout my pea brain at all hours of the day and night!!!
So to that end, I am going to STOP messing with this car (it seems the more speed I try to squeeze out of it the more I screw it up!) and just stop the insanity of trying to get a few more thousandths and be done with this until I leave for vacation this Friday.
So... with that thought in mind, count me in for one car in the Limited class; introducing "Sushi":
This is one of two cars I started last Friday, and I didn't really have time to try to make it pretty but if it will run straght I'll be delighted. I painted the car green hoping that through osmosis I might be able to pick up a little bit of speed via Wasabi emulation (ProQuest Steve you are my inspiration/provide my motivation - Thank You!)... I realize I'm resorting to voodoo science but I need all the help I can get!
Best of luck to everyone a week from next Saturday and hopefully Max and I can tune in via Yahoo to watch the race from vacation. What do we need to do to be able to watch the race live? I do have a Yahoo e-mail address and Yahoo Messenger.
Warren, if you see this message can you let me know when would be a convenient time to drop off the car between now and
Thursday evening?
Thanks!
Steve B. (Mad Max Racing)