SharkSkin

1,793 posts, mostly questions -- yet you won't answer my simple question at the end of post #41?

Dang.

danglerb

Oil filled shocks offer resistance to motion that increases with the speed of motion, they only act like classic dampers at lower rates of motion.

RyanPerrella

just trying to be thorough Dan, Dang, or Dangler, whatever your name is.

At this point there isnt just 1 thing to list about you, there are dozens. I want to make sure i am getting it all in. I am no doubt missing many things....like the idea of just junking the 928 engine and putting in a chevy powerplant. I remember those days. In fact why dont you just forget the hybrid motor, or whats it you want to do today, just do what you originally had in mind and just throw a chevy pushrod engine in the bay and call it a day. You can probably get a brand new, not rebuilt but brand new 400hp whatever for less then $5000. Do it man, then your set.

Originally Posted by RyanPerrella
did he actually say that a "shock was supposed to transmit vibration"?

MY GOSH, thats not good.

"Oil filled shocks offer resistance to motion that increases with the speed of motion, they only act like classic dampers at lower rates of motion."

Hey dude, i didnt quote you, funny i missed that one though. It was funny, i believe it, it sounds like something you would say though.

RyanPerrella

I am not going to continue to bicker with you back and forth. Just get the damn point that i am trying to make ( as well as others) and just hold off on your ideas occasionally ok.

Its a suggestion but i would hope you take it to heart and just stop and think about it for a few minutes. Hold off on the idea's of getting the flux capacator to work in the 928 for now, and just LISTEN. Process that ok, at least attempt to.

SharkSkin

Shocks act as dampers along their axis of motion *all the time* unless they are broken.

Since you won't answer my question directly I'm left to guess that you can't or won't see the irony in your behavior.

Normy

What about good old fashioned installing anew shockss, and installing cadillax motorsports.?

Canopy ([[You use an ice storm to keep you in charge.....

its flaming against me, I don't know. We need to reset this.

Normy

gay

Normy

Helllo-

SharkSkin

There is no "group think" as you suggest -- we all have a very wide range of viewpoints and opinions, and we are not trying to be of the same mold. The fact that a significant number of people think most of what you post is inane is not evidence of a conspiracy, but it may be a clue you could benefit from paying a modicum of attention to.

Funny that the only post above this one where someone said "can't" was purely a joke. Maybe you really just have some sort of mental block, an inability to see irony in any form. Best of luck to you.

danglerb

I can see how someone might take that view, but I don't agree with it.

I basically like the 928, but its a car not a holy relic. If I want more traction, I buy wider tires. If I want better brakes, I buy better brakes. The idea of messing with the factory paint I really don't care for, so that makes me very resistant to buying a newer car that I would want to remove the sunroof on. Perhaps that makes me spend a bit more than is smart on an older car, but its my choice.

I don't see the point in criticizing the personal preferences of others just because they differ from my own.

My radical departure from accepted Porsche dogma consists of;

Buying a 1983 instead of a newer model.
Fixing it instead of selling it.
Putting in a more powerful motor from a different model.
Putting in a more durable better shifting transmission from a different model.

How many years in Porsche Hell do you think thats going to get me?

Vilhuer

They are both Russian and were Soviet Union makes. Since US hasn't allowed export if spare parts since 1959 Cubans have had to be invertive. They have kept fifties Chevys etc on the road by installing Lada 4 cylinder engines in them etc. If US engine still works but gearbox is too far gone why not put Lada gearbox internals in it. Should be good for next 20 years of trade embargo and will probably long outlive Fidel and his brother. After which it doesn't matter as communists are thrown out of the island.

daveo90s4

Danglerb,

A couple of suggestions:

1. After nearly 1,800 posts, covering a range of improvements you'd like to male to your car, I'd have thought that by now you'd have narrowed down most options on most issues to a stage that you could begin to actually make some of your proposed improvements. So why don't you now start to implement some of the things you've been discussing, and post when you come to specific technical problems and when you overcome specific technical difficulties. Remember the Nike slogan "Just do it". In that way you'd get your car improved (?), you'd gain gain credence and prove your doubters wrong, and by posting solutions would be making a positive contribution to this valuable forum.

OR

2. How about starting a new "Danglerb Q & A" thread, or more likely "Danglerb Q & Q" thread. Easy to ignore by those who want to ignore, easy to locate by those who want to read for amusement, easy to locate by those who want to take your innovative out-of-the-box ideas seriously. (Up to you though to check that such a personalised thread is consistent with rennlist rules).

But it does seem that your current modus operandi is generating more comments about you than about the technical topics you are raising, and that this is unlikely to be conducive to you receiving the technical responses you are seeking. Unless the personal attention is your real aim, it is my opinion and suggestion that you should seriously consider changing your modus operandi.

danglerb

This is what I am talking about in reference to shocks, http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.c...=136068&page=5

Everything planned from the PPI except AC is done, all new fluids, with things like a full tune up on hold pending a decision on the motor. Electric fan goes in next, but waiting on ordered controller to arrive.

The rest depends on what I find next first, a nice 87/89, a better 5 spd, Euro S intake, etc. Each one of those has its own set of WYIT things I need to sort out and be ready to change, like replacing the original Boges with Bilsteins during the tranny swap.

People that want to find fault will find it. The scope of areas where I can help out is pretty small, but there are answers to some peoples problems in all those posts, just a lot of chatter like this as well. This thread is a good example, is it a stupid question, I can't really say as nobody has offered up much actual information one way or another yet, and with two pages of attacks any information is buried anyway.

My anti-fan club does tend to follow behind anyplace I post, my plan is to stay polite, never make personal comments, and to continue to post as I see fit, but to try and avoid too many big mud holes.

Daniel Dudley

If I didn't want to get pissed off about someones political views, I wouldn't go to OT.

If I didn't want to get POed about this post, I wouldn't participate.

Yeah, sometimes it seems as if Danglerb is enjoying his rebuttals, wouldn't happen if you didn't participate. If he has a car, and he doesn't flame people, let him play. He has a real young attitude about cars, reminds me of being a teenager myself. He obviously enjoys being a maverick, and isn't it interesting how he can get so man goats while following the rules. If he is a troll, why give him what he wants ?

Let the guy play, and see what kind of car he builds.

IMO, it may just PO some of us that he doesn't rise to our level of annoyance. Hey guys and gals, this is 928 world. Can we get along ?

If owning a 928 and talking about them isn't fun, why bother ? YMMV, hope you have a pleasant day.

RyanPerrella

yeah you can post as you see fit, but i hope eventually people stop even responding to your ideas. When i first posted i was trying to warn you not to go there with this latest of ideas. You of course didnt listen. I would hope future topics this troll brings up arent responded to. If you have an honest problem then i am sure people would be glad to help out. But enough with this supposed ideas outside the box. Again, you know the answer to the question, ITS COST PROHIBITIVE.

And tell me this, why would you consider a $10,000 custom trans as a substitute to replace a $375 bearing, NOW DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO YOU? OK SO WHY AS THE DAMN QUESTION???????