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wheel4hummer
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Tea. Because Caffeine gives me diarrhea.
wheel4hummer
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I wonder if the game will look nearly as good as the trailer that they rendered?
wheel4hummer
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Quote from danowat :On the surface, a very twee pop dity, but it's actually a very deep piece of songwriting.

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Whenever I see that song, it reminds me of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKaIK6OAEhA
wheel4hummer
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Quote from DeadWolfBones :They can't charge you for anything.

Not true. The law is different in different states. In my state, it most definitely IS a crime, and you most definitely WILL get punished for it.
wheel4hummer
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Quote from Riders Motion :Well having the engine attached to the car is a good thing to start...

Technically, engines aren't really attached onto the car. Well, I guess an engine mount does count as being attached so never mind.
wheel4hummer
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Quote from Mischief007 :Are you two serious? I got amazing mileage for a forced induction engine of this size. This is a very reliable engine as well. It responds to mods very easily and I'm talking about small cheap mods. It is a car for this market.

The world doesn't revolve around Europe .

Yeah, except in the 2001ish model year GTP, in which an oil leak could cause the car to go up in flames. :P
wheel4hummer
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I'm 17, and I haven't even had a job yet. Unemployedness FTW! I will get a job when the time comes, after I'm done with school though.
wheel4hummer
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Quote from MAD3.0LT :but big turbo's can work on small engines if you know what ur doing

They'll still take a while to spool.

Quote from MAD3.0LT :
i have seen a CA18DET with a TO4Z work very well 430 HP at the wheels without nos and around 480 with nos and full boost was hit at 4000 RPM not 5100 without nos

Probably because the nitrous made the air going into the engine cooler. Cooler air is more dense. The mass air flow is increased. The increase in mass air flow makes the turbocharger reach the desired pressure ratio at a lower RPM. Anyway, there's more to a turbocharger then just it's physical size.
wheel4hummer
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NFS? Network File System? What's that have to do with racing sims?
wheel4hummer
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Quote from S14 DRIFT :It's more than that. I'm crap on the phone and I cannot even cut my own hair, let alone someone elses.

Then prostitute yourself. Or go learn how to do something useful.
wheel4hummer
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Quote from S14 DRIFT :That's why you generally get smaller turbos on little 4cyl's because unless they're at 4000 or 5000rpm they can't generate any boost.

Well, smaller engines in general. Amount of cylinders has nothing to do with it. There are six cylinder engines that are smaller then four cylinder engines, eight cylinder engines which are smaller then eight cylinder engines, etc.
wheel4hummer
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Quote from S14 DRIFT :Well for one, how can I get a job when there are actually only 3 jobs in Newbury/Thatcham (my local area). These are either hairdressing or being one of those call centre operatives. Not doing either of those

So what? You must not be that bad off then, if you are able to refuse job opportunites. Hey, if I was poor, and I could get a job as a hairdresser or call center operative, hell, I'd do it.
wheel4hummer
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Quote from S14 DRIFT :Nope W4H. As said earlier I accept some of the blame, but it's a 2 way thing, yknow?

Okay, never mind then.

Quote from S14 DRIFT :I'd move out but as I said, I can't afford it, and have nowhere else to go. But maybe you've got it wrong.. I'm not attached to my Mum at all. I'm only here because I can't go anywhere else, trust me.. if I could. I would.

Why are you unable to get a better job?

Quote from S14 DRIFT :Dunno about her abused stuff passing down to me, she says it has nothing to do with it.

It's pretty much unavoidable, but whatever you say.
wheel4hummer
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Quote from S14 DRIFT :
She, apparently, was abused when she was growing up, all sorts of bad things. Not sure if this is one of the reasons why, but hey.

Then don't take what she says as a personal attack. She was abused, and therefore was psychologically changed pretty much for life, which is usually the end result from adults who were abused as a child. Therefore, anything she says may not be what she is feeling. If she's rude/mean to you, it's because this was ingrained in her mind. She was abused growing up, which means that her mind as a child absorbed that and so she subconsciously acts the same way as the people who abused her, even though she probably dislikes them. It's often said that what people hate most about other people is how they see themselves. Same concept. Her hate of whomever abused her has basically made her act similarly (although, most likely alot more mildly then how she was treated).

Quote from S14 DRIFT :Yeah, trying the whole positive. My Mum's 'issues' with me are out of my hands and I won't worry about trying to change it. It's easier said than done,

They aren't her issues with you, they're her issues with her. Don't get your issues confused with your mother's issues. Move the hell out. You don't have it very bad off. If you're going to make a big deal because your mother is being mean to you, then you will not have a very good life. I have family member(s) that are an example of this.

Quote from S14 DRIFT :I have quite a short temper and there will be a time when she just crosses the line.

Is it really completely her fault when she "crosses the line"? Maybe it's partially your fault for drawing the "line" that low. Although you may not be blaming her for "crossing the line," your statement seems like you are. Just don't worry about what she says, move out, and move on. It sounds like you've become too attached to your Mom. Even though you are complaining about how your mother is acting, you don't want to move out because you don't think you'd make it on your own. Maybe due to the way she raised you. But you'll have to overcome that. Don't become that stereotypical person that lives in their mother's basement.
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Wikipedia injustice
wheel4hummer
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercharger#Automobiles

There is a section that says the following:
Quote from wiki :
Boosting (attaching a supercharger) to a stock production naturally-aspirated engine, has returned as a practice, because of the increased quality of the alloys and the precision of the machining of modern engines.In the past, boosting greatly shortened engine life, because of the extremely high temperatures and pressures created by the supercharger, however, modern engines, made of modern materials, are over-designed to be stronger than required, thus, boosting is not a serious reliability concern. Commonly, boosting is done with small cars, the added supercharger's weight is less than the weight of a larger, greater-power engine. This decreases the fuel/mileage ratio, because mileage is a function of the car's total weight, a significant part of which is the engine. Nevertheless, adding a supercharger often voids the car's drive-train warranty. Moreover, an improperly installed supercharger, or one with excessive boost, will greatly reduce the life of engine, the differential, and the transmission, because they were not originally designed and made to operate at the additional, greater rates of speed, time, and torque.

Which clearly is completely false. There is no truth in that paragraph. At first, I deleted the whole paragraph. I check back on wikipedia today, and to my dismay the paragraph has been restored! WTF? So just now i added in three or four citation needed tags. Wikipedia is horrible. Don't use it if you actually need real information.
wheel4hummer
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In the junkyard.
wheel4hummer
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Quote from Klutch :More torque = Faster spooling afaik

Not really. Anyway, amount of cylinders has little to do with amount of torque, or RPM at which there is peak torque. There are four cylinder gasoline engines with peak torque at 2400RPM btw.

Quote from Klutch :its why putting a massive turbo on a V8 can work, where as putting a massive turbo on a small 4cyl has trouble spooling it.

No, it's because V8's generally have larger displacement then four cylinder engines, so there is more air flow through the engine. Meaning more fuel, and more exhaust to spin the turbine.
wheel4hummer
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Quote from Klutch :To be honest, you need to stop biting the bait.

If she starts getting angry or whatever, just sigh and walk away.

theres really nothing you can do until you can get a better paying job and move out, or move in with a friend or something

wheel4hummer
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Quote from tristancliffe :And spokes. They have a critical part to play in stopping the hubs rubbing on the rims.

You don't need spokes or hubs on a wheel!



wheel4hummer
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Amount of cylinders really doesn't have much to do with forced induction, I don't think.
wheel4hummer
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But superchargers don't have mad tyte JDM BOVzzz!!!!
wheel4hummer
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It makes sense that boost would build until a certain point, and then steadily drop with RPM. Because, the blow off valve would be open when you aren't on throttle, and then, you run out of gas and floor it. The engine is still turning, and pumping air. It spools the turbo up once the blow off valve closes. Since you are flooring it, but no fuel is being added, it's pretty much air alone that is keeping the turbo spinning. It stays at maximum boost, wastegate is opened, but then the engine obviously is slowing down from internal friction, and the friction of the tires on the road, wind resistance, etc etc. So since the RPM is dropping, less air is flowing through the engine, and the boost drops. Until eventually the engine stops, and therefore there is no more boost.

EDIT: OH, I tested it out in LFS and I see what everyone is talking about. The boost actually increases from the point at which you cut the ignition, and when the RPM is dropping. That obviously is incorrect.
wheel4hummer
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If you change the multiplayer password, the master server will refuse your connection. However, if LFS was previously unlocked, it will remain unlocked, so you still have S2 content. It's just single player only at that point, though.
wheel4hummer
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Too bad teachers can't beat students anymore.
wheel4hummer
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Quote from chanoman315 :the one that crosses the stare with you, like she sees you and you see her at the same time, stay like that a little bit.. i know it works

Yeah, but I cross stares with multiple girls. One of them I already know, but haven't talked to for at least a year.
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