I guess it depends on your perspective. If you find the mechanical side to be easy, you're not doing it right (i.e. fully optimizing designs for minimal weight, maximum longevity, and minimal build costs). Repairing mechanical components is easier than repairing electrical components. Reparing and designing are two different things, though. In the electronics side, there isn't nearly as much emphasis on low mass or tight packaging.
I guess it depends on your perspective. If you find the mechanical side to be easy, you're not doing it right (i.e. fully optimizing designs for minimal weight, maximum longevity, and minimal build costs). Repairing mechanical components is easier than repairing electrical components. Reparing and designing are two different things, though. In the electronics side, there isn't nearly as much emphasis on low mass or tight packaging.
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It seems that your focus of study is geared towards manufacturing and production. I had to learn the history and the complete in and outs of how mechanical (new and old) components operated. There was obviously quite a bit of science involved to. I had to study at the BMW centre for development here in the UK.
When working on BMW?s I found diagnosing electrical faults a total head fvck (we didn?t really repair electrical components). Lucky we had a Master techy who knew a great deal. He was like a modern day yoda, lol.
Because i changed career and studied I.T (and now work within I.T), some of the stuff i didn?t understand now makes sense.
My girlfriend's Miata has only 70k, and it's a very fun car. I've driven some fast cars, including a Cobra with a built motor that put over 450hp to the wheels, but I must say that HANDLING is what makes a car fun IMHO, and in that respect, few cars beat the bang for the buck of the Miata.
(The two biggest competitors to a used Miata, in my opinion, are the Maxda RX7 and the Toyota MR2. All three are fairly under-powered but handle extremely well.)
No, manufacturing and production are aspects I'm having to teach myself. My studies focus on engineering science and on design. I've done professional work in IT as well as research in heat transfer, and I've studied sold-state electronics in my spare time on top of the required introductory electrical coursework. I'm currently working on my own numerical analysis codes in the hopes of making my own computer aided optimization routines based on my own conceptual genetic algorithms. These will integrate finite element analysis into the iteration routine for an automated "engineering in a box" sort of package. Maybe I should just sell the software package when I'm done and retire now instead of using it in industry.
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Originally posted by: kevinthenerd
No, manufacturing and production are aspects I'm having to teach myself. My studies focus on engineering science and on design. I've done professional work in IT as well as research in heat transfer, and I've studied sold-state electronics in my spare time on top of the required introductory electrical coursework. I'm currently working on my own numerical analysis codes in the hopes of making my own computer aided optimization routines based on my own conceptual genetic algorithms. These will integrate finite element analysis into the iteration routine for an automated "engineering in a box" sort of package. Maybe I should just sell the software package when I'm done and retire now instead of using it in industry.
I don?t have a clue what you just said. But it sounds good though, good luck :thumbsup:
What I would do.
Crank wheel to the right, drop clutch. Try to do a donut (only 1 rotation).
Look at the tire marks left behind. Should be rather straightforward from there.
Crank wheel to the right, drop clutch. Try to do a donut (only 1 rotation).
Look at the tire marks left behind. Should be rather straightforward from there.
Well, 390 hp is nothing to sneeze at, but what are you running in the 0-60ft? I've yet to see a Mustang that can properly hook up. Also, at just under 85 hp per liter of displacement in a supercharged motor, you have to admit that the engineering/development on the motor just plain sucks.
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i have to disagree. I got to drive both the RX-8 and the MX-5 around a race course (no, not an autocross track, a real minute and a half race course) at the mazda zoom-zoom event. The miata felt a lot more tossable and yet stable than the rx-8. Both are fun cars, but the miata is a lot more fun than the rx-8. Maybe if the rx-8 had more power...
This whole long thread and it took this long for someone to suggest doing a burnout/donut and seeing which wheels spin. This is of course assuming the Miata has enough power to spin the wheels at a stop, but with a manual I'd hope you could make it happen.
LOL it's quite obvious that while you may be studying in this area you still have A LOT to learn.
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Why would you take your car to a mechanic you don't trust? Anyway, check the work order. What it says is most likely what you got. LSD increases traction and stability, so that's likely what you got. With an open diff, you can induce oversteer simply by unweighting the inside rear wheel and then goosing the throttle.
Miatas are among the best handling production cars in the world, especially for their price, and the most popular amateur racing car in the world.
Miatas are among the best handling production cars in the world, especially for their price, and the most popular amateur racing car in the world.
um, no. it's easier to spin with an open differential. either you or they were confused. the whole POINT of an LSD is that it moves power the wheel with the most grip, meaning you put the power down WITHOUT wheelspin. sounds like your old one wasn't working, or wasn't even an LSD in the first place.
I don't know why you people think these things. Open diff equall one tire doing nothing but tracking around while the other tire spins away when you floor going around a corner which means you stay planted. LSD means both tires spinning when you floor it going around a corner making you go flying off into a tree. Some LSDs will switch back and forth depending on which tire has the better traction but it is still easier to spin out with one of those then an open diff. Thats why 90% of the cars on the road have a open diff. Of coarse you can still spin out with an open diff if you really want to.
An open diff might actually make it a whole lot harder to break the tail loose - you'd start spinning the inside wheel and then you wouldn't be able to break the outside one loose - and if it did go it'd be unpredictable and you'd spin instead of slide. The LSD would ensure that both wheels lost grip at about the same time, making a slide predictable and controllable.
Is it? You just haven't seen a properly built V8. A guy I know made 800hp out of a NATURALLY ASPIRATED small block.
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