Daniel5691

jej3

Oh Dear Lord.... I've been off RL for a couple months and I don't know if it is comforting that Kibort never changes or more reason to walk away for another couple of months.

If I'm in the minority of owners that DO NOT CARE about what fantastic information Mark K has to share about Amsoil, stock engines being pushed to their limits on race tracks or his generally trying to disprove fact, I am sorry.

I'll share Greg's "Please make him stop" because SERIOUSLY.... PLEASE. MAKE. HIM. STOP.

Alan

Greg - its much easier when all the thread pages look like this:

I do highly recommend it - it has made my rennlist experience more enjoyable by far...

Alan

GlenL

That pattern is not hard use. My #1 track uses its full NHRA strip as the straight and it's a 70MPH to 145MPH blast of 3-4-5 and then there's a long sweeper. It is very different and more demanding than the tracks you drive.

Mark, this isn't correct. I also don't think you understand the difference between a scalar and a vector. A scalar is just a number; it's a magnitude. A vector is a magnitude plus a direction. You asked if a "g isn't a g" and direction is why it matters. This led to my discussion of vehicle acceleration versus cornering. What direction is the oil moving as it resists the acceleration vector being applied to it?

Mark, I did this in a numerical simulation. Cars can do 1g laterally (some more, some less). What is the acceleration axially (fore/aft) that pushes the oil backwards? What is the force pulling the oil forwards? When is the backwards force greater than the force pulling the oil down the oil pan back into the sump?

In my car running at WOT, the oil does not flow down the pan until sometime in 5th gear. So how much is being pumped out of the sump? How much simply rolls back out of the sump? And then the money questions:

When accelerating straight ahead, does the pickup get uncovered or suck foam?
Does the foam created in long accelerations get sucked in at the next corner?

I've got graphs of this and know it's a problem. That's why I enjoy knowing I've got the super-cool Ishihara-Johnson windage kit in the bottom of my engine. All those fingers, scrapers, and baffles include a cover for the sump and moving trap doors that keep oil in the sump. Power ON: oil stays in the sump. Power OFF: oil rushes in.

I'd need to dig through records to see how many track hours I've got since my rod bearing failure. It's a lot. It's more than any other 928 in my area. (I'm excluding Wisconsin. Those boys are crazy.)

Gosh, Mark, cut loose and say it: the sweet spot is at the top of the TORQUE curve. The bottom of the HP curve is idle speed.


And, Alan, that's just mean. I've got plenty of people on ignore. I choose to just ignore them.

The Fixer

[QUOTE=jej3;12642422]Oh Dear Lord.... I've been off RL for a couple months and I don't know if it is comforting that Kibort never changes or more reason to walk away for another couple of months.

+1, What a bore already. Egos run-a-muck. Big fish in little pond.

Going to watch the news now.

The Fixer

1 more thing that has occurred to me for a long time regarding the "big names" mentioned here.

They never stop in to a guys thread that's restoring their car or making a repair and say "Good Job" or "Nice Work". Unless they want to sell something..

If it's Not about Their career, their legendary lap time or "better" product

They're just absent.

Randy V

Pot meet kettle.

Jaeger

Didn't others start this argument with Mark Kibort on Rennlist? so then its festering in mark for some time, insulting him for quite some time, and so it becomes like a western duel.

And yes naturally its tied into ego and the harm to one's ego and to a subject that they take quite seriously or did at some point, and nobody wants to be belittled. I think they should go at it on the track and then everyone can at the end stop acting all high and mighty and see the different strengths each driver and car has in this race, learn to be noble winners and graceful losers. God knows the world could use a lot more of them. And losing is a great way to learn how to improve one's self.

Charles Parkinson

MK - Full a#$hole marks for that one. I have seen numerous posts from you over the last decade that make similar statements to people who disagree with you and interestingly, they always seem to be people who have done a *lot* to help others on the board over the years. Having a dig like that at one of the boards most helpful members is a new low.

Perhaps you had the best years of your life being a high school bully - and before you assume I'm a "little man" etc, I jammed plenty of other kids heads down the toilet at school etc - but I knew when it was time to grow up and stop being an a#$hole.

Have a lovely day.

SeanR

Which is why he gets very few responses to his technical questions. Fun to watch though.

Rob Edwards

Meh, I was being a snarky jerk and MK was slinging it back, deserved on my part. For every snarky thing I actually post, there are about 10 compositions that get deleted instead of posted. Shoulda taken the high road and done that here.

Though I do think the pscychology study is amusing.

yardpro

This threads is like all the others.... Especially the Hp vs torque debate.....

ltoolio

I still haven't heard a clear statement as to which oil is best to use under these racing circumstances.

mklaskin

Did you ever read the "braking into turn 2 at Laguna" thread?

mark kibort

Rob knows this, and you should too.... i always keep my discussions on track, unless im insulted, then i dont.. I usually am known to fire back with the same measured response. usually those that insult, have the small mans complex, or just doing it for laughs. I have no problem with the later. I dont think a lot of guys here have grown up to your self proclaimed standards... Now, did you not read all that Rob had posted?
usually, people do mock what they dont understand. its no different around here and i get that.
I use this place to help and to learn... others are here for other reasons and thats ok.. i have a thick skin!