[rescue] OT: jobops in austin and dallas

[Derrick D. Daugherty]

It's rumored that around Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 11:21:25PM -0500
Joshua D Boyd <jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 10:09:24PM -0600, Derrick D. Daugherty wrote:
> > It's rumored that around Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 10:00:31PM -0600
> > Amy <scoobydoo at ohno.mrbill.net> wrote:
> > > On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Derrick D. Daugherty wrote:
> > > 
> > > > > OUCH.  No warranty?  Oh. just read. '94. 8-(
> > > > >
> > > > > "sigkill" = your new plate. 8-)
> > > > > "EOF"
> > > >
> > > > actually '93...the fastest version ;)   damn..sigkill is a good
> > > > idea..hmm..do i need a third car?  i've heard rumor of a DEV CAR in
> > > > town..i like the old  X86 BSD idea too :)  but i'm not a big x86 fan heh
> > > 
> > > i have car envy. (and you've seen my car)
> > 
> > ;)  if you're standard savvy with a racing clutch i'll let ya take it
> > for a sping :D   for the first 3-4 months i owned it i would squeel in
> > glee everytime a drove it.  it's fucking dangerous, but fun.
> 
> So, what's different about racing clutches (as I show my idiocy).  I just 
> realized that I've been double clutching for some time now.  Didn't know that 
> this was supposed to be a hard special trick.  

a racing or more aggresive clutch basically engages _really_ quick..that
is..you're in free-spin one SPLIT second..the next you're engaging...so
it's almost a binary situation..there's no real in-between..it's engaged
or not.  so  5'oclock trafffic BLOWS...it's FULL ON...or FULL OFF...no
inbetween.  makes it tough.

this quick transference makes for a  huge power transfer....it's
proportional to your acceleration...so if you like to go from stop to go
fast..you want a 'stiffer' transmission... BUT..if you have a stiff
trans..and you do the daily driver shit..you wear it out..it wants to
go..not transition.  getttign to the transmission is expensive too..ya
gotta remove the engine to get to it... in a tiny rx the tranny sits,
essentially, between you and the passenger.  mine's gone up to 150deg f
before..it's _toasty_.   but it's a tiny car.

after several years of a standard i _still_ can't perfect the cluth-less
gear shifting.

> I think I'm developing an oil leak though.  Time to go back to the mechanic
> again.  

where is hte oil leak?  replacing a gasket can be _easy_ and _cheap_

^D