Lord, I Don't Have Time for This
02-13-2014 | 11:49 AM
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WRT drivetrain longevity, mechanical sympathy is a real thing.
Imagine two Miatas, both with 249.6 hp and both with their factory 5-speeds with the same amount of wear and tear.
Car one is owned by a 30-year-old father of two, who rarely gives it the beans from a dead stop, uses a sprung organic clutch and drives like he wants to hang onto the car a good while.
Car two is owned by a teenager with a Monster drink in his hand and a straight-brimmed hat on his head. He routinely challenges others to race, clutch kicks every roundabout, and runs a solid 6-puck clutch.
Same power level, same trans, but it's obvious one should last longer than the other.
EDIT - Tim beat me to empathy/sympathy concept.
Imagine two Miatas, both with 249.6 hp and both with their factory 5-speeds with the same amount of wear and tear.
Car one is owned by a 30-year-old father of two, who rarely gives it the beans from a dead stop, uses a sprung organic clutch and drives like he wants to hang onto the car a good while.
Car two is owned by a teenager with a Monster drink in his hand and a straight-brimmed hat on his head. He routinely challenges others to race, clutch kicks every roundabout, and runs a solid 6-puck clutch.
Same power level, same trans, but it's obvious one should last longer than the other.
EDIT - Tim beat me to empathy/sympathy concept.
10 years later the transmission/rear ends still goes down the road without a whine. Shifting is a bit notchy but I suspect it has more to do with the mobil-1 oil (which will soon be changed).
Sometimes one just gets lucky.
-Zach
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02-13-2014 | 12:28 PM
#25
No time to learn, no money to do it, and it's a daily driver, amirite?
I'm also about to ask him to take his masturbatory mechanical musings elsewhere unless he decides to invest a bit of his own effort.
I'm not your momma. I don't care about your dreams. But I will help you if you help yourself.
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02-13-2014 | 04:00 PM
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Joined: Sep 2010
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From: Lake Forest, CA
Alright, thank you, man. I know where to get some good forged rods, so I'm good on that account. And how well does a stock 5spd hold up to that much power. Sorry, every single person gives a different answer for that, lol. 250whp, 300whp, "at 200whp plus, it gets sketchy"
If you don't have time to search and learn, you don't have time to modify your car. /thread
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02-16-2014 | 02:26 PM
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From: Lake Forest, CA
These noobs spamming the forum! that Philooo dbag who blew up my email inbox by making worthless comments on everything... So happy when I clicked on the thread link and his posts were nowhere to be found 
You're on the same track fredericksdan.
You're on the same track fredericksdan.
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02-18-2014 | 11:21 PM
#32
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^This.
No time to learn, no money to do it, and it's a daily driver, amirite?
I'm also about to ask him to take his masturbatory mechanical musings elsewhere unless he decides to invest a bit of his own effort.
I'm not your momma. I don't care about your dreams. But I will help you if you help yourself.
No time to learn, no money to do it, and it's a daily driver, amirite?
I'm also about to ask him to take his masturbatory mechanical musings elsewhere unless he decides to invest a bit of his own effort.
I'm not your momma. I don't care about your dreams. But I will help you if you help yourself.
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02-18-2014 | 11:33 PM
#33
Thank you for your gratuitous help. Sixshooter, since I can see you to be a tired old man who is so sick of reading these posts on the forum, how 'bout you stop; as well, quit responding? I did not ask you to baby me. I asked a simple question. If the last 10 or so threads were the same, why the hell do you respond? As well, I don't have time for this. Good for you all if you are older and have learned to manage your time, but I gotta learn in my own way while working a job and trying to make it through school. Thank you for turning me off of this forum with all your cranky-asses. I'm tired of the same bullshit from almost everyone who has been on here for over a few months. You have just proved me point. I'm rage quitting, lol.
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02-19-2014 | 02:23 AM
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I wouldn't ask, except that I'm frankly amazed that the Ghia would be held in higher esteem than the Muira. Possibly the most beautiful car ever produced IMHO.
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02-19-2014 | 01:27 PM
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From: Chicago. (The less-murder part.)
Strictly for aesthetics? Or does the ongoing financial commitment of the Muira trump any potential shortcoming in the Ghia's looks?
I wouldn't ask, except that I'm frankly amazed that the Ghia would be held in higher esteem than the Muira. Possibly the most beautiful car ever produced IMHO.
I wouldn't ask, except that I'm frankly amazed that the Ghia would be held in higher esteem than the Muira. Possibly the most beautiful car ever produced IMHO.
But the Ghia is a car that I could actually live with every day. Italian design, tempered by German engineering. What could be more ideal?
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