The Pitstop

12:58 AM

@Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 Do you know of any worth while books on engine building? I'd like to build my first car engine, SBC 350, possibly turn it into a 383 stroker. If not should I just do the usual Googling around? Also, where would you usually start with an engine that has been sitting for years but not seized?

JoErNanO

8:50 AM

@DucatiKiller Thanks for the answer. A new spider spring costs 30EUR aftermarket and 60EUR from ducati themselves. Gotta check the inside of the basket, and the disks since the clutch was slipping whilst accelerating after upshifting.

I've got a bad feeling about this.

Rory Alsop

10:15 AM

facebook.com/d2mcanal/videos/827840600606967

from the 1940's but a very cool way to get from no knowledge of a differential to comprehension

Zaid

10:37 AM

@JonathanMusso I know of a great resource : mechanics.stackexchange.com :D

Bob Cross

12:13 PM

@RoryAlsop will know...

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Q: Shrill tone at peak boost: hose clamp, gasket or blow off valve?

Vehicle in question: 2004 Subaru WRX wagon. This weekend, I replaced the intercooler hose (y-shaped upset the intercooler), the throttle body hose and the blowoff valve hose (routes the over boost back to the intake when the throttle closes suddenly). New hoses are silicone, thicker than stock...

Jonathan Musso

@RoryAlsop Great video, thanks for sharing!

@Zaid Most certainly!

JoErNanO

12:47 PM

@DucatiKiller Got another clutch question for you:

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Q: What are the differences between a normal and an anti-hopping/slipper clutch?

Obviously an anti-hopping clutch won't make the motorbike hop. How is this achieved? What are the mechanical and functional differences between a normal and an anti-hopping/slipper clutch?

motorcycle clutch

Or for anyone wanting some rep, obviously. :)

Rory Alsop

@BobCross I can't think of anything different to what @Zaid said. I'm surprised you're getting peak boost though, if you're venting...

Bob Cross

That's the whole puzzler: clearly not venting a lot. The tone isn't changing in pitch either. It's not a pretty tone: if I hadn't tightened the blow off valve right down, it would sound like the gasket was buzzing.

I'll pull the blowoff valve at home and replace the gasket, looking for damage or junk but I thought it would be a fun puzzle.

@RoryAlsop, the other possibility is that I'm over boosting and blowing the valve open. That isn't something that I've experienced on this car so it's not a sound that I'm listening for.

Rory Alsop

1:17 PM

Hmmm - from your description of the sound that seems odd

Bob Cross

I know, right? I'd expect a leaking gasket to just ... leak. There should be a rising pitch or change in amplitude. So far, I haven't been able to make the pitch change at all. There might be a slight change in amplitude but I couldn't do a lot of experimenting in traffic. :-p

It is funny working with this stuff. Turbocharged intake paths are as close to steam punk as I'm likely to get on a car. "This pipe blows really hard into this box that blows into this other pipe...."

Lynn Crumbling

2:06 PM

waves

JPhi1618

Looks, but then acts like he saw something else in the distance

JoErNanO

@LynnCrumbling Squints eyes thinking "Who the hell is that? Do I know him?"

JPhi1618

@JoErNanO, who are you to judge a question? Joking right?

JoErNanO

@JPhi1618 Na man. There are no stupid questions. There are just question which are on-topic or off-topic on SE sites. That's all we can evaluate IMHO.

One might think this is a stupid question:

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Q: Can I return an Alamo rental car to an Enterprise location?

I have a car that I rented through Alamo rental but the nearest Alamo location is over an hour from me, not to mention traffic. Can I return the Alamo car to the Enterprise (a parent company of Alamo) location 30 minutes or less from me. I am located in Newark, Texas.

usa car-rentals

I don't. I think it's a question. Someone has a problem. The answer might be "duh". Regardless someone has this problem or else they wouldn't be asking.

We've all asked "duh" questions at some point in our lives. Heck we didn't know how to use the potty at some point in our lives. :)

JPhi1618

1@JoErNanO, yea, but at some point all the can I smuggle X on a plane questions stop being questions.

JoErNanO

2:13 PM

@JPhi1618 They are questions. Who am I to say if the guy actually wants to do this? Or if he is a troll? Or an elf? Or a Bazooka collector?

More importantly, do I care?

Lynn Crumbling

gimme a few to catch up today... just back into the office after a week in SF

JPhi1618

@JoErNanO I like that Alamo question. It does seem dumb to an outsider, but if you've rented from them, it's pretty clear that they are the same company.

JoErNanO

@JPhi1618 See? There is more than meets the eye. I'm happy to read that. As a plus, I had no idea. Why don't you answer it? :)

So these tools are gonna cost me a fortune! /cc @Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

Not to mention the clutch.

Been online all morning looking for spares.

Zaid

2:48 PM

@BobCross I urge you to watch that video

Bob Cross

3:00 PM

I did. It's a swell set up. It's also out of scope for my little wee garage.

I don't have a way to produce 14 psi of over pressure with an airtight seal

At this point, I'm doing the obvious things: tightening one clamp at a time. Test run. Repeat.

JPhi1618

How much boost can you get from a leaf blower?

Bob Cross

My little electric one? Not much.

At this point, it's a thought problem. I now how to recheck all the fittings and gaskets. If there's a possibility that the blowoff valve is doing something strange, I'd think the symptoms have occurred to someone before.

JPhi1618

3:22 PM

amazon.com/…

For anyone that uses a computer at work and needs to type on their phone a lot (for SE, or for texting the wife, etc), I found this keyboard.

I've been using it for a few months now, and it's great. I can answer my wife's questions while leaving my phone on the charging dock, so its quick and a lot less conspicuous than pecking at my phone for a minute.

@Zaid What car is that in the video? I can't tell?

Zaid

3:44 PM

@JPhi1618 he had a few projects. I believe it's something with a turbocharged Mitsubishi engine

JPhi1618

Ah, ok, so an Eclipse or something.

Zaid

@JPhi1618 you don't get boost. Just moar air

JPhi1618

Why did Bob say "It's also out of scope for my little wee garage."... Was he using more than a basic air compressor?

Zaid

@JPhi1618 even if he was you don't need something fancy for boost leak testing