i built a car - Page 11

alex.s · February 8th, 2015, 11:02 AM

they oil the roads here because its so dry and hot the rubber asphalt looses all its oil and then they put sand over the top for a week so you can drive on it without sliding off the road from the oil. its the cheap way to raise the life time of a road. if it was a road that got high use, it would have been beaten to crap already and would have need to be repaved.

alex.s · February 17th, 2015, 03:19 PM

so things are running pretty well. over the weekend i cut up the steering rack and i fixed a bump steer issue and so yesterday i had some fun going up and down the hill. boy do these tires suck! at one point i got a bit out of shape and had fun alternating between losing the front and losing the rear. holy crap what a toy! it felt like a real car! with some better tires, this thing will be an absolute monster. and this is with only sub 100hp... i'd estimate it does a 0-60 in somewhere around 6 seconds. hard to tell without a speedometer. with some better tires and a higher compression ratio, this thing will be a real strain on the cheek muscles. both top and bottom. things have shifted into what i guess you might call 'tuning' as i'm trying to get the suspension setup better and smoothing over the rough edges and whatnot. the seats need a ton of love. but she's definitely making progress

she's a real fun car to drive now. a bit sketchy still though because of the tires. also the suspension is really stiff for hitting potholes

MrAtom · February 17th, 2015, 04:53 PM

Congrats! Its one hell of a project and youre nearing the end of it.

choneofakind · February 17th, 2015, 06:26 PM

...that decides it. Alex, I'm driving this monstrosity when I come west in April. Pretty pleeeeaaaase?!?!

Singh2jz · February 17th, 2015, 06:48 PM

Admit it, you made this for us! Everyone here gets a free test ride..haha

Jono · February 17th, 2015, 07:06 PM

Looks fun. Is the front track wider than the rear? It looks that way. Why is this?

alex.s · February 18th, 2015, 12:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jono

Looks fun. Is the front track wider than the rear? It looks that way. Why is this?

needs wider rear rims

MrAtom · February 18th, 2015, 01:02 AM

If youre familiar with regular car reviews, you should let mr regular do a review on it if he ever goes to california again. Thatd be great.

Jono · February 18th, 2015, 12:58 PM

Gotcha! You should let Matt Farah from The Smoking Tire drive it. I think he is out in LA. Make it happen.

alex.s · February 18th, 2015, 01:09 PM

not technically street legal so i'm not really sure if that would happen. but it is junky enough to be featured on smoking tire :P

Jono · February 18th, 2015, 04:07 PM

It'd be like this but better since you made your ride!

Link to original page on YouTube.

alex.s · February 18th, 2015, 04:11 PM

i can't help but laugh at that thing. guy treats his car like i treat my bikes

Singh2jz · February 23rd, 2015, 07:37 PM

Go Jay Leno hunting! He might wanna buy it..

alex.s · February 24th, 2015, 12:14 AM

haha i'd love if he would drive it but i dont know if he would fit! i've seen he has an ariel or two in his garage. i love his car show. i hear he is often out on mulholland. maybe if i get it registered and go cruise a bit...

nickjpass · March 22nd, 2015, 08:41 PM

how is car

alex.s · March 22nd, 2015, 10:14 PM

cars okay. i've been doing little things. the passenger side cockpit has made a lot of progress and there is actually foot bracing and stuff now. there is a really small short somewhere though. very small. but its causing the battery to die after about a week, so i installed another secondary battery cutoff at the front. so when its not running i'll just leave it cut off. haven't figured out where the draw is coming from yet. i also have a passenger side mirror that needs to go on. i ditched the ariel clone bodywork because i dont like the style and it was shittily made. i'm working on something new for it. on the list to buy is a trailer, new tires and new rear wheels. a helical diff by quaife. i need to do a little work on the tank vent (it needs to be closed unless its running) but she does nice donuts.

corksil · March 22nd, 2015, 11:23 PM

Dude buy a camera. Post some pics. It will get lots more attention directed toward this build, which will garner more help.

alex.s · March 22nd, 2015, 11:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by corksil

Dude buy a camera. Post some pics. It will get lots more attention directed toward this build, which will garner more help.

.... uhhh.... what?

i have cameras and i have posted lots of pics and videos... and i'm also not sure what kind of help you think i'm looking for...

Singh2jz · March 23rd, 2015, 12:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alex.s

haha i'd love if he would drive it but i dont know if he would fit! i've seen he has an ariel or two in his garage. i love his car show. i hear he is often out on mulholland. maybe if i get it registered and go cruise a bit...

Yea I've seen him a couple of times in Rnickeymouse's videos. who cares if he can't fit, get him to at least try lol..hahaha

alex.s · March 23rd, 2015, 10:19 PM

i would love for him to give it a shot, but its not exactly street legal right now :P

corksil · March 23rd, 2015, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alex.s

.... uhhh.... what?

i have cameras and i have posted lots of pics and videos... and i'm also not sure what kind of help you think i'm looking for...

Don't make assumptions. I don't assume that you're looking for help. But perhaps you could benefit from it.

I have built a lot of cars for clients, and the biggest motivator and helpful force in all respects is enthusiasm. When people get excited, they take on an attitude of "how can I help?" --- and that's precisely what's required to keep difficult and complex projects moving along.

Just trying to help. I've been through this circus before.

corksil · March 23rd, 2015, 11:50 PM

Followup ten minutes later.

I just scrolled through the last few pages and saw a few pics. One was of a d15b w/intake directly on the throttle body. I am no mad scientist, but I have noticed that those engines respond well to a longer intake passage. Resonance tuning and other black magic type stuff... Longer intake piping creates a resonance tuning effect that increases horsepower at a specific point in the rev-range. Don't ask me how to explain it, just trust me.

It looks to me like you're building a go-kart.

Power to weight ratio. That is all that determines speed and performance characteristics. The lighter the car, the less power required to make it "fast" -- but fast is a matter of perspective.

An amish dude racing down the street in a four-horse carriage feels like the king of the world because it's the highest speed of travel which he has experienced in his existence. If you put that same amish dude in a modern production vehicle and take him down I-95 at 70mph, he will pray to his god and curl up in the fetal position while doing his best to proclaim that he is invincible.

The experience will change him.

The point I'm trying to make here is that speed is a matter of desensitization. 20mph to an amish dude is fcuking FAST! But once you expand his boundaries of what is possible, capable, and REAL -- the perspective will change.

Be safe, whatever you plan to do. Machines can be fixed, people -- cannot.

iamjacob · August 27th, 2015, 01:43 PM

Hey Alex, any updates to speak of?

alex.s · August 29th, 2015, 12:08 PM

moved to LA, car is in san diego under a tarp. needs lots of love but i just haven't had the time for it. maybe in a year or so i'll be in a different position and can start playing with it again. its fun, but wild and scary. especially with bald 10 year old tires

nickjpass · September 10th, 2015, 08:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alex.s

moved to LA, car is in san diego under a tarp. needs lots of love but i just haven't had the time for it. maybe in a year or so i'll be in a different position and can start playing with it again. its fun, but wild and scary. especially with bald 10 year old tires

February 8th, 2015, 11:02 AM	#401
alex.s wat Name: wat Location: tustin/long beach Join Date: Sep 2009 Motorcycle(s): wat Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 5 MOTM - Oct '12, Feb '14	they oil the roads here because its so dry and hot the rubber asphalt looses all its oil and then they put sand over the top for a week so you can drive on it without sliding off the road from the oil. its the cheap way to raise the life time of a road. if it was a road that got high use, it would have been beaten to crap already and would have need to be repaved. __________________________________________________

February 17th, 2015, 03:19 PM	#402
alex.s wat Name: wat Location: tustin/long beach Join Date: Sep 2009 Motorcycle(s): wat Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 5 MOTM - Oct '12, Feb '14	so things are running pretty well. over the weekend i cut up the steering rack and i fixed a bump steer issue and so yesterday i had some fun going up and down the hill. boy do these tires suck! at one point i got a bit out of shape and had fun alternating between losing the front and losing the rear. holy crap what a toy! it felt like a real car! with some better tires, this thing will be an absolute monster. and this is with only sub 100hp... i'd estimate it does a 0-60 in somewhere around 6 seconds. hard to tell without a speedometer. with some better tires and a higher compression ratio, this thing will be a real strain on the cheek muscles. both top and bottom. things have shifted into what i guess you might call 'tuning' as i'm trying to get the suspension setup better and smoothing over the rough edges and whatnot. the seats need a ton of love. but she's definitely making progress she's a real fun car to drive now. a bit sketchy still though because of the tires. also the suspension is really stiff for hitting potholes __________________________________________________
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February 17th, 2015, 06:26 PM	#404
choneofakind ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: . Location: . Join Date: Feb 2011 Motorcycle(s): . Posts: Too much. MOTM - Feb '13, Feb '14	...that decides it. Alex, I'm driving this monstrosity when I come west in April. Pretty pleeeeaaaase?!?!
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February 17th, 2015, 06:48 PM	#405
Singh2jz ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Inderveer Location: San Jose Join Date: Nov 2012 Motorcycle(s): '07 ex250-F/J Posts: A lot.	Admit it, you made this for us! Everyone here gets a free test ride..haha __________________________________________________ The Bike \| The Truck

February 18th, 2015, 01:02 AM	#408
MrAtom . Name: . Location: . Join Date: Aug 2014 Motorcycle(s): . Posts: A lot. MOTM - July '15	If youre familiar with regular car reviews, you should let mr regular do a review on it if he ever goes to california again. Thatd be great.
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February 17th, 2015, 04:53 PM	#403
MrAtom . Name: . Location: . Join Date: Aug 2014 Motorcycle(s): . Posts: A lot. MOTM - July '15	Congrats! Its one hell of a project and youre nearing the end of it.

February 17th, 2015, 07:06 PM	#406
Jono ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Jono Location: Memphis, TN Join Date: Sep 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Triumph Street Triple, 2009 KLX250SF, 2003 Suzuki SV650S (Sold), 2006 Ninja 250 (Sold) Posts: A lot.	Looks fun. Is the front track wider than the rear? It looks that way. Why is this?

February 18th, 2015, 12:58 PM	#409
Jono ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Jono Location: Memphis, TN Join Date: Sep 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Triumph Street Triple, 2009 KLX250SF, 2003 Suzuki SV650S (Sold), 2006 Ninja 250 (Sold) Posts: A lot.	Gotcha! You should let Matt Farah from The Smoking Tire drive it. I think he is out in LA. Make it happen.

February 18th, 2015, 01:09 PM	#410
alex.s wat Name: wat Location: tustin/long beach Join Date: Sep 2009 Motorcycle(s): wat Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 5 MOTM - Oct '12, Feb '14	not technically street legal so i'm not really sure if that would happen. but it is junky enough to be featured on smoking tire :P __________________________________________________
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February 18th, 2015, 04:07 PM	#411
Jono ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Jono Location: Memphis, TN Join Date: Sep 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Triumph Street Triple, 2009 KLX250SF, 2003 Suzuki SV650S (Sold), 2006 Ninja 250 (Sold) Posts: A lot.	It'd be like this but better since you made your ride! Link to original page on YouTube.

February 18th, 2015, 04:11 PM	#412
alex.s wat Name: wat Location: tustin/long beach Join Date: Sep 2009 Motorcycle(s): wat Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 5 MOTM - Oct '12, Feb '14	i can't help but laugh at that thing. guy treats his car like i treat my bikes __________________________________________________

February 23rd, 2015, 07:37 PM	#413
Singh2jz ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Inderveer Location: San Jose Join Date: Nov 2012 Motorcycle(s): '07 ex250-F/J Posts: A lot.	Go Jay Leno hunting! He might wanna buy it.. __________________________________________________ The Bike \| The Truck
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February 24th, 2015, 12:14 AM	#414
alex.s wat Name: wat Location: tustin/long beach Join Date: Sep 2009 Motorcycle(s): wat Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 5 MOTM - Oct '12, Feb '14	haha i'd love if he would drive it but i dont know if he would fit! i've seen he has an ariel or two in his garage. i love his car show. i hear he is often out on mulholland. maybe if i get it registered and go cruise a bit... __________________________________________________

March 22nd, 2015, 08:41 PM	#415
nickjpass #squid Name: nickypoo Location: Five Guys Join Date: Jul 2011 Motorcycle(s): Track dedicated 2008 ZX6R Posts: A lot. MOTM - Jul '16	how is car __________________________________________________

March 22nd, 2015, 10:14 PM	#416
alex.s wat Name: wat Location: tustin/long beach Join Date: Sep 2009 Motorcycle(s): wat Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 5 MOTM - Oct '12, Feb '14	cars okay. i've been doing little things. the passenger side cockpit has made a lot of progress and there is actually foot bracing and stuff now. there is a really small short somewhere though. very small. but its causing the battery to die after about a week, so i installed another secondary battery cutoff at the front. so when its not running i'll just leave it cut off. haven't figured out where the draw is coming from yet. i also have a passenger side mirror that needs to go on. i ditched the ariel clone bodywork because i dont like the style and it was shittily made. i'm working on something new for it. on the list to buy is a trailer, new tires and new rear wheels. a helical diff by quaife. i need to do a little work on the tank vent (it needs to be closed unless its running) but she does nice donuts. __________________________________________________
	1 out of 1 members found this post helpful.

March 22nd, 2015, 11:23 PM	#417
corksil ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: TC Location: Hawaii Join Date: Sep 2013 Motorcycle(s): A lot. Posts: A lot.	Dude buy a camera. Post some pics. It will get lots more attention directed toward this build, which will garner more help. __________________________________________________ Just batshit crazy. All his posts are endless diatribes. Some are actually entertaining but mostly batshit crazy.

March 23rd, 2015, 10:19 PM	#420
alex.s wat Name: wat Location: tustin/long beach Join Date: Sep 2009 Motorcycle(s): wat Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 5 MOTM - Oct '12, Feb '14	i would love for him to give it a shot, but its not exactly street legal right now :P __________________________________________________
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March 23rd, 2015, 11:50 PM	#422
corksil ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: TC Location: Hawaii Join Date: Sep 2013 Motorcycle(s): A lot. Posts: A lot.	Followup ten minutes later. I just scrolled through the last few pages and saw a few pics. One was of a d15b w/intake directly on the throttle body. I am no mad scientist, but I have noticed that those engines respond well to a longer intake passage. Resonance tuning and other black magic type stuff... Longer intake piping creates a resonance tuning effect that increases horsepower at a specific point in the rev-range. Don't ask me how to explain it, just trust me. It looks to me like you're building a go-kart. Power to weight ratio. That is all that determines speed and performance characteristics. The lighter the car, the less power required to make it "fast" -- but fast is a matter of perspective. An amish dude racing down the street in a four-horse carriage feels like the king of the world because it's the highest speed of travel which he has experienced in his existence. If you put that same amish dude in a modern production vehicle and take him down I-95 at 70mph, he will pray to his god and curl up in the fetal position while doing his best to proclaim that he is invincible. The experience will change him. The point I'm trying to make here is that speed is a matter of desensitization. 20mph to an amish dude is fcuking FAST! But once you expand his boundaries of what is possible, capable, and REAL -- the perspective will change. Be safe, whatever you plan to do. Machines can be fixed, people -- cannot. __________________________________________________ Just batshit crazy. All his posts are endless diatribes. Some are actually entertaining but mostly batshit crazy.
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August 27th, 2015, 01:43 PM	#423
iamjacob ninjette.org guru Name: Jacob Location: Stockton, CA Join Date: Dec 2013 Motorcycle(s): 2011 250R SE Posts: 326	Hey Alex, any updates to speak of?
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August 29th, 2015, 12:08 PM	#424
alex.s wat Name: wat Location: tustin/long beach Join Date: Sep 2009 Motorcycle(s): wat Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 5 MOTM - Oct '12, Feb '14	moved to LA, car is in san diego under a tarp. needs lots of love but i just haven't had the time for it. maybe in a year or so i'll be in a different position and can start playing with it again. its fun, but wild and scary. especially with bald 10 year old tires __________________________________________________

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