J Block wrote: Testing 123, check, check, check. Lets start with my favorite car (aka the blue money pit)I actualy drive it once a week, weather permitting.
Not only is that awesome, I have a ton of respect for you driving it weekly, instead of stuffing it in a trailer or garage. Welcome!
J Block wrote: Hint: notice the little fin between where the nose attaches and where the shock cover fits? That totally gives it away
Hopefully someone with more open-wheel knowledge will pipe in, but I'm at a loss... Anything with a carbon fiber tub is going to be on the high side of grassroots for this crowd
Welcome to the forum! 
DrBoost wrote: Maybe I'm wrong, but this feels frighteningly similar to a small boat that is powered by paddles....
A chalupa?
Engineer with a BA...That's rare or not an engineering degree.
Block what was your BA in back in 77 at the University of New Mexico?
J Block wrote: Testing 123, check, check, check. Lets start with my favorite car (aka the blue money pit)
Legitimate enough for me!! Is that a Model A (I know practically nothing about pre-war domestics)?
Klayfish wrote:J Block wrote: Testing 123, check, check, check. Lets start with my favorite car (aka the blue money pit)Not only is that awesome, I have a ton of respect for you driving it weekly, instead of stuffing it in a trailer or garage. Welcome!
Thanks. I told my wife, "This ain't no trailer queen, it's a driver, get in lets go!"
It was my dad's project until he got to frail to work on it and he gave it to me 6 or 7 years ago. I've worked on it enough that I'm past the 1 to 1 ratio, you know work on it an hour so you can drive it for an hour
I Am Keyser Söze wrote: Engineer with a BA...That's rare or not an engineering degree. Block what was your BA in back in 77 at the University of New Mexico?
Long story... In those days the car companies were wanting people with architecture degrees because the said they were beter designers. So I was doing both architecture and engineering. Was starving as a student and closer to the finishing the architecture degree so I did it first. As soon as I got the degree, moved to California and 3 days later I was hired by an engineering firm. Studied a bit more engineering, took the old national EIT exam, registered with the state and completed the intern requirements. Never took the PE exam, at that point I was so deep in racing that a PE really didn't mean much and now you know the rest of the story.
I'm still curious about that cf tub, but I too am at a total loss.
Oh, and welcome!
Isn't it funny how, back in the day, employers were more concerned with if you could do the job than what University you were in debt to.
Oh Yeah! Welcome to GRM.
J Block wrote: Okay, now I've got it. A coke and piece of pie to the first person to correctly identify the make and model of this car.
Based on the cap to the left, I will say 2001 Ford F-150.
J Block wrote: Okay, now I've got it. A coke and piece of pie to the first person to correctly identify the make and model of this car.
Based on the cap to the left, I will say 2001 Ford F-150.
In reply to pinchvalve:
So funny you had to say it twice?
Here's another hint on the tub:
This one was originally built in '05 and the photo is from a repair in '08, but this model is still in use today.
BUZZZZZZZZZZZZ! That means time is up! It was close but nobody got the pie.
The correct answer is: a Dallara open wheel racer. Originaly designed with a mono shock for use in Europe and converted by Dallara to double shock for current use in the Indy Lights series, today
Like This game?
We can do it again and call it "What is this car?"
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: Some kind of Indy Lights car? It looks like maybe a mid-80s March? I am not that familiar but they had that swale you can see behind the damper openings.
That answer is close, maybe just the Coke?
Welcome.
Keep it stock (-ish) and I'll bet you that coke and pie we won't be stumped playing "What car ...?".
Stan
Okay, no pie but the coke
Watch for a new topic called What's this car and the next one will be "stockish"
J Block wrote: Hey Mazdeuce, glad to comment on what you post. Heck feel free to email me if you have a specific question.
Thanks for the offer, I will almost assuredly want to pick your brain at some point. I did get things hooked up and reading and recording data from the OBDII port last night after a few false starts. I was a geophycist in a previous life so I'm not exactly a stranger to the art of making sense of strings of numbers, but until I get some data sets recorded that I can compare, it's all just squiggly lines. I'm really looking forward to this project. Any recommended books right off the top of your head?
Hey, wait a minute!! I posted the pic of Jane in the Cobra a few minutes ago, didn't I? Yeah, it took a bit of figuring out before, but I'm a PRO!! now!
Chuck
There are plenty of books. I would suggest: 1) Buddy Fey's book if you can find one 2) Making sense of squiggly lines 3) A practical guide to race car data analysis 4) Analysis techniques for race car data acquisition
The books might be a stout to start with, but all the info you likely need is in there.
Thank you very much for the list. I ordered A Practical Guide To Race Car Data Analysis last week and it should be on the truck on it way. I'm pretty excited about that book. I'll add the others to my list and try to get them at a cost rate that doesn't freak my wife out.
What's this car round 2 is a new topic. Take a stab
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