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An Ocilla, Ga., contractor was the recipient of a $28 million contract for the construction of modular barracks, classrooms and a new dining hall at Fort Gordon, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The corps Savannah District awarded the contract May 1 to PPSC/FBS Joint Venture for the project, which will be completed within 90 days of the issuance of a notice to proceed order.
Because modular barracks are factory assembled, the installation process progresses more quickly than standard barracks projects. Once completed, Fort Gordons new modular barracks will provide housing for nearly 1,500 soldiers.
Similar barracks were recently completed at Fort Stewart/Hunter Army Airfield, Ga. and Fort Bragg, N.C.
The contract includes the purchase, construction and installation of two classrooms, four two-story barracks, three Company Administration buildings and a dining facility. While all facilities are within Fort Gordons cantonment area, the dining facility, barracks and Company Administration facilities will be grouped together on one site. The classrooms have a separate site.
The contractor will provide design and engineering services during construction, along with all site preparation and development including utilities, telecommunications, fire alarm and suppression systems, security alarms, sidewalks, landscaping, awnings, handicap ramps, steps and parking lots. Like all modern Army construction projects, the modular facilities have been designed to achieve a minimum Silver rating from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system, in accordance with the U.S. Green Building Council.


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Take one look at the box score for the Indianapolis Colts victory over the San Francisco 49ers and you will easily have to do a double take at Andrew Luck's stat line. That's right folks, the Colts officially have a running game, at least for one game.
Everyone listened to Old Man Irsay blabber on about the Colts making a "MONSTROUS" trade on Wednesday, but it was the same garbage fans heard before when the Colts traded for Vontae Davis and before signing Darrius Heyward-Bey. Except, this time, the announcement lived up to the hype as the Colts had traded for Cleveland Browns running back Trent Richardson.
But with all eyes on Richardson on Sunday, it was actually the Colts current starting running back, Ahmad Bradshaw, who made everyone remember he was playing. Bradshaw finished the game with 19 carries for 95 yards and a touchdown, while Richardson had 13 carries for 35 yards and a touchdown.
Luck's stat line: 18-of-27 for 164 yards, zero touchdowns and zero interceptions. But that was just his passing stats. On the rushing side, he finished with four carries for 24 yards and the Colts third rushing touchdown of the game.
It was an abnormal game for the 49ers defense, which limited the Seattle Seahawks to only 207 yards of total yards last week, but against the Colts, they gave up 336 total yards, had no takeaways, and were able to sack Luck only once.
The sack on Luck might even be bigger than the Colts rushing stats. Luck was sacked 41 times last season, which is not a great stat to see on your franchise player's line. The Colts set out to fortify the offensive line this offseason, but so far it has not worked out, seeing as they allowed seven sacks in the first two games.
Maybe the duo of Bradshaw and Richardson is exactly what the Colts need to alleviate their offensive line woes, keep Luck healthy and off the ground and finally balance out their offense. Either way, the Colts rushing game has grown significantly this season and does not appear to be slowing down anytime soon.


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On October 23–26, I was stationed at Robinsons Supermarket at Forum Robinsons (in Mandaluyong) as a member of an experimental auction team (with a sensory evaluation component in it). This activity, a component of a brainchild hatched by Matty and me last year (when I was still a postdoc fellow) finally started becoming a reality in the Philippines! We had first tested the idea purely through sensory evaluation activities during Madrid Fusìon Manila. What made the latest activity doubly exciting was that this was our first experiment in an urban shopping mall (our sincerest and most heartfelt thanks to Robinsons Malls for partnering with us on this) and our first test of a novel variation of the Becker-DeGroot-Marschak auction (devised by Matty)... and one more thing, this was the first time that I acted as animator in an experimental auction!
Members of the team who made this experimental auction possible was Anna de Guia, a MSc student in UPLB whose research topic was about the "non-use value" of heirloom rice... and she did the liaising work with Robinsons; Lucy Samadio, a technician at the Grain Quality and Nutrition Centre who's been assigned to assist me in my experiments; Mike Guay, a MSc graduate from McGill University and whose expertise is in crunching data from experimental auctions; and Xel Ancheta, who's into development communications in UPLB.
October 22nd
We started "backstage", well, the receiving dock for our materials. We brought the Market Research Team's booth, several kilograms of rice, and the Market Research Team's copy of the Sensory Evaluation Team's traveling circus kit: rice cookers, extension cords, travel boxes, cups, spoons, scoops, plates, bowls...
The staff at Robinsons Supermarket kindly helped us unload the stuff from the van and deliver them to the bundling area where our stuff would be put in storage for the rest of the weekend.
On the shop floor, we had help from our driver, Kuya Dennis, in reconstructing the booth by the health and wellness section of the supermarket. With so many hands on deck, I found myself with nothing to do but take photos. I had never felt so lazy in preparing for an event! Honestly, I wasn't used to having such a big team there to get organised. Back in the day, Lenie and I set up the rice tasting area by ourselves in Eastwood (International Rice Festival) and at the Asian Development Bank (World Food Day) because the others were prepping the other bits of the IRRI exhibits. Then, in Asia Society's event where I did the rice tasting activity, Chill and I were assisted by staff from Asia Society in getting the IRRI booth set up. During the International Rice Congress in Bangkok, I did the rice tasting booth prep, the cooking, the clean-up all by myself... with Communications staff helping me out if they're not occupied by their assignments. Therefore, watching the others do all the prep made me feel like a useless member of the group.
October 23rd
I still found myself with nothing much to do because Ate Lucy took care of mise-en-place. Xel and Anna took charge of prepping the booth. Matty and Mike went off to buy an extra table for the post-auction survey transactions. I found myself just standing or walking around, checking if the booth wasn't cluttered or going through the questionnaire to check if we might have missed questions (as if we could do anything about it at that point).
I never expected that this weekend would prove to be one of the most tiring work weekends I've had in recent times... right up there with the International Rice Congress...
As soon as the rice started cooking, it was just a waiting game for us. The time that we've practised long and hard for (and the cause of nausea for the two unfortunate iPhone 6's from all those endowment simulations) was rapidly approaching... and I drew the short end of the stick. I got first dibs at being animator. A task that we prepared for because Matty was flying off to India in the middle of the experiment and he wanted someone with, what he describes as, a "strong" personality to handle the animation as Plan B... Which became Plan A.
Three hours after we began the experimental auctions, we realised that we were going through a learning curve: Mike's recruiting skills were starting to get honed; my animation skills were getting a lot of practice. We realised quickly that the words that we used had to be carefully chosen and repeated across respondents to avoid results being affected by the variations of what we said. If a plan didn't work out, we needed to approach it in a different way. It was good that Matty and I went through several scenarios during months of rehearsals because I wanted to understand how the auction works, and to know how far the stories could be changed and what to do when certain responses came up. On the other hand, we also had to learn how to use a vacuum sealer... They learned how to operate it. I never had a chance to use it.
The first day of the experimental auctions ended ten hours after we've begun. We interviewed 30 shoppers that day... if I'm not mistaken, I was averaging 15 minutes per auction. We were all well-rested over the lunch break. Not bad, I thought. But to get to our target number of respondents, we had to up our game.
October 24th
We aimed to have shorter auctions (I was doing it at 11 minutes by the end of the second day, I think) and faster recruiting times. We did get 36 respondents. Good job! we all thought. However, I was starting to feel exhausted from standing and talking THE WHOLE DAY. Mike's recruiting skills were getting so good that right after I've handed off a respondent to Xel for the post-auction survey, I'd turn around and see Mike's next recruit! There was minimal lag time and so I only had a few seconds to rest my voice. By then, Mike placed me on constant supply of throat lozenges, thank goodness! All I wanted to do, by the time we called it a day, was find a chair and take my weight off my feet for a few minutes. Matty, on the other hand, came better prepared as the documentations guy. The GoPro Session was placed in strategic spots to capture the auctions... and then I got nudged and pushed here and there to keep me within view of the camera. Tsk.
October 25th
By this day, we were all in the groove, so to speak. Matty, Mike, and I still had to iron out tweaks in the animator's and recruiter's scripts... Matty was flying out at noon so we had to squeeze as many insights from him as possible that would help us improve the experimental auctions. I was only able to slash 1 minute off my average auction time... my overworked throat was forcing me to become more efficient in doing the animation but I couldn't shorten my spiel any further without cutting out major parts of the survey. I knew that my voice was approaching its limits and I had to save whatever's left if I wanted the auction team to finish strong. Anna acted as timekeeper and so we were able to conduct 42 (yes, 42!) auctions by the time the supermarket closed. Still short of the 44 auctions that we were aiming for, but it was the best that we could do.
October 26th
The last day. It was the If-I-wasn't-doing-the-auction,-I-wasn't-talking day. We had a slow start, methinks, because it was a slow day for the supermarket. The other merchandisers had told us about it previously so we were expecting it. However, we never expected to encounter two (to put it kindly) strange respondents. The first strange respondent didn't finish the auction, as he stormed off in the middle of the sensory evaluation. I had a feeling that he didn't like being a participant in an experiment in which he had to follow instructions, so he opted to explode and then move off. I was actually thankful that he did that because he wouldn't like the auction if he didn't like the rice tasting segment. And so with a smile, I bid him good day and thanked him for participating. The second strange respondent had more of a distracted air around her. She found a friend of hers shopping at the same time and so stopped responding to the survey questions to talk with her friend. After a few minutes, I asked politely if she was still interested in participating in the market study... if I was less polite, I would have told her to bugger off so that the next respondent could start.
By lunch time, I really needed to rest my feet and my throat. I asked (implicitly) if we could take a longer break because I was just ready to drop. I was granted that wish but the Starbucks choco frap was definitely NOT a good idea. If anything, it just accelerated the worsening of my voice.
Not a problem though because the group opted to stop early, after respondent number 28th: we interviewed more people than we originally planned! At last, I could sit down and rest my feet. I was about to talk and then realised that my voice had left the building! Oh no! No matter how many throat lozenges I'd take, my voice wouldn't go back. I really had to rest my throat. But at least my voice faded out after the last auction. Whew!
Packing up proved to be a breeze for me because Mike, Anna, and Ate Lucy did all the heavy lifting (with the help from the supermarket staff). I just sat and kept quiet. I felt, once again, that I was a useless member of the team. But what could I do, right? I was way too exhausted for words.
And that's my work weekend of firsts. It was a good activity: we developed a partnership with one of the major supermarkets in the metro and the lab rat learned a lot about people skills through practice. Now, I'm excited with the results. I'm expecting that we got good results from this experiment. I am keeping my fingers and toes crossed.
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We are not off the grid, not by a mile. But sometimes I dream of a bluegrass life with banjos, no shoes, all homegrown food, lots of campfires. I would probably learn to knit. Of course, as I'm writing this I am listening to the sound of the beloved washing machine clean things for me. My dreams only extend so far. And, who would make the wine? That would be a real problem. Seems like a lot of work, making wine.
I'm off track.
My point is, that thanks to the Okee Dokee Brothers the boys are also pretty into songs about camping and playing banjoes. (Parents, do yourself a favor, and buy their album Can You Canoe….it's pleasant and nice even for grown-up ears. There is one song that makes me cry. Every. Time.) So, banjo-love is something we share in this house. That inspired the shirts. As we veer into the world of Angry Birds, Transformers, Star Wars, Angry Bird Star Wars and all other forms of cross-marketing clothing I just wanted a banjo shirt. So, I made them. Raglan sleeves, of course, from Sewing for Boys. Like I said, they are the cutest ever.
The banjos were made with pain-staking freezer paper stenciling. First I placed the blue circles and then overlaid a second stencil for the banjo. I had to cut two different, identical stencils because using the stencil effectively shredded it.
The thin lines of the stencil came out a little fuzzy and imperfect, it probably would have worked better as a screen print but I wasn't sure how many of these I would make. Despite that, the shirts came out pretty well and the boys like them. Double win for mama!
Of course, you can't wear just a shirt as much as J would love that! So I also cranked out Treasure Pocket Pants…you guessed it, from Sewing For Boys.
J got a pair of twill pants, the fabric is from an amazing yard sale I went to a while back, and it's a wonderful woven plaid. I love it. I opted for a more subtle design on these, they are intended to have a strip of contrast fabric down the side but I knew J wouldn't go for for that, so I made them a bit boring with a small bit of color on the pocket.
C's are made with knit fabric and a little skull-fabric detail. He NEEDS his pants comfortable, it is essentially the only important criteria for judging pants and even jeans are rejected for their lack of comfort. So, I went with knit. It was relatively easy to switch to knits for the pants. I used my walking foot, stretch needle and a bigger seam allowance to make up for the ease built into patterns intended for woven fabric.
Things got a little fussy when making the pockets, knit fabric just isn't that interested in behaving when it come to lots and lots of seams and the added fun of elastic. Please forgive the pants photos…I ran out of M&M's and had to work quickly to get a picture at all. That's the only problem with bribery, it only works when you've got the goods.
Have you seen the amazing things up on the KCW Pinterest board? There are some incredible things being created this week!! I'm adjusting my list a little. Since I made 4 raglan shirts instead of just 2, I decided to try and squeeze in just one Luka Hoodie and two Explorer Vests. Not sure all of that will happen but you can be sure I will obsess more than I should.
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Seriously? Those banjo shirts? I want one, too!!! They, and the models of course, are so stinkin' cute! Oh, and my husband makes wine. So, you are set. You would just have to tolerate us as your neighbors. Of course, we would have to modify the "off the grid" lifestyle a little. You know, washing machines and all, like you said. ; )
I almost forgot to thank you for the model comment. They are awful cute, aren't they?
Oh wait! The pants, the pants. Love the pocket details in both, my friend.
Ha! You are the best. I can hear your enthusiasm from here! You are my gal for wine! I hope you like bluegrass.
These shirts are amazing looking! And I love the picture of the shredded stencil. Fabulous work and nice attention to detail.
I think to live an off the grid life you need good neighbors to help out with the making. We do t know how to make wine, but we can make hard cider and beer! 😉
Fantastic. This is really working out for me. You are tasked with beer and cider…is cider gluten-free? Thanks for the nice compliments. That stenciling was insane.
Those shirts are seriously awesome. You are a super crafty woman.
Great shirts, love all the little details in your clothes – and I like the imperfect lines on your prints – adds something to the overall effect. Looks like a productive KCW for you! I have seen a few freezer paper tutorials – must give it a go.


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By Marc Mason
I wasn't going to do a "best of" or "top ten" list this year. I really wasn't. But my old pal Doc Beechler ran his own list, and when I saw it, I had to challenge it for what I felt was a very incomplete look at this year's work. Then I realized that I could come up with ten great books (not necessarily the ten best published this year- I didn't read everything, obviously) that I could easily point to and saw "people of Earth- READ THESE."
So, people of Earth, if you're looking for some awesome graphic novels to spend some time with: READ THESE.
The first thing that comes to mind is ALEC: THE YEARS HAVE PANTS from Top Shelf. This massive 600+ page omnibus collects almost every single bit of Eddie Campbell's amazing autobiographical comics under one cover. I can't think of a more consistently excellent autobiographical work ever produced in the medium- it's deep and richly thought out without diving too far into its own navel and shows the growth of the man and the artist across a lengthy period of time. As usual, Top Shelf brings superior production values to the table, and that makes this book tough to beat.
If you're looking for artistic ambition, go no further than RETURN OF THE DAPPER MEN from Archaia. Janet Lee's stunning art illustrates Jim McCann's modern fable in a way never really seen before in comics. The success of this book demonstrates the strength of the graphic novel to challenge and amaze and succeed in the marketplace, even when it isn't from Marvel or DC. Produce something that exudes greatness and the people will find you. If you haven't found this on your shelf yet, get cracking.
Speaking of high sales, Oni Press' SCOTT PILGRIM VOL. 6 (and the entire series, really) dominated the charts this year, and with good reason. Bryan O'Malley's series had been growing in popularity with each new release, and having the last part arrive to coincide with the film adaptation was exquisite timing. Of course, it helped that the resolution we got was immensely satisfying. Scott finally pulled himself together, gained some self-awareness, and became a person worthy of love- not just worthy of Ramona. Readers' patience was rewarded, and that's a rare thing, indeed.
John Layman and Rob Guillory's CHEW (Image Comics) is definitely a book that pays off for readers that stick with it and pay close attention. From Layman's twisting and turning plot mechanics to Guillory's gift for planting Easter eggs in the backgrounds of his wonderfully detailed pages, CHEW delights with wit both verbal and visual. It walked off with awards at both the Eisners and the Harveys this year, and they were well-deserved. No one else in "mainstream" comics is doing anything as challenging or unfettered. One of the few comics that comes out monthly that is legitimately worth your money.
That said, if I was going to steer you toward another book that came out monthly and was worth your time and effort, it would be the second volume of BATTLEFIELDS from Dynamite Entertainment. This year we got another nine issues of Garth Ennis' incredible World War II comics, and while they weren't the equal of volume one, they were still absolutely amazing. No one in the past twenty years has even come close to matching Ennis' prowess at depicting aspects of that conflict and in finding stories with a rich emotional core that fit within its parameters. One of the gutsiest things an author must do is provide the ending that works and is deserved, not the one the reader wants. This book gives you the endings that are earned.
On the subject of war comics, Frank Miller and Dave Gibbons' LIFE AND TIMES OF MARTHA WASHINGTON (Dark Horse) is full of terrible conflict indeed. This massive omnibus edition includes every story featuring Martha, including some stuff not previously collected. This book initially came out as a hundred dollar hardcover, making it way out of my budget, but we finally got a paperback version this year, a happy occasion indeed. MARTHA was a book that Miller wrote when he was still taking comics seriously, and Gibbons puts just the right amount of softness on the satirical edges. Violent, profane, sexy, and smart, this character's adventures were always something to appreciate and treasure. I'll miss her, but having this book around makes that much easier to bear.
Dialing back to material before Martha (who debuted in 1991), IDW delivered the best archival project of the year- of the past few years, really- with THE BLOOM COUNTY LIBRARY. These beautiful hardcover editions of Berke Breathed's classic cartoon strip send me spiraling back to my teen years, smiling all the way. Using restored versions of the strips, the series lets us see the characters (Opus, Milo, Steve Dallas, Bill the Cat, and friends) in ways we haven't seen since some of the strips actually appeared in newspapers. Material is uncensored and/or restored from edits made for previous print collections. Breathed pipes in with observations and to explain some story moments and jokes. Background work is reproduced. This series is essential for any serious fan of great strip work.
Few anthology series could ever be considered essential, because they're usually way too hit-or-miss to merit serious consideration. Not so for FLIGHT VOL.7 (Villard) which continues to be the single best anthology on shelves today. Editor Kazu Kibuishi has a gift for bringing together talent and getting the best from it- and that includes his own work as well. FLIGHT offers amazing storytelling, stunning art, superior production value… no mean feat for a book on its seventh try. But a scan across the series shows that virtually nothing has changed since book one. They've all been this good.
Another series that has been good from the start and never wavered in quality is Joann Sfar and Lewis Trondheim's DUNGEON (NBM) which saw a couple of volumes translated for North American audiences. The standout was DUNGEON: MONSTRES VOL. 3; the series turned its eye upon the female characters of the Dungeon world, and the results were powerful and moving. The pair put in the spotlight found challenges that were emotionally unsettling as well as violent and gut-wrenching, showing a darker side of the world that reminded us that it is not a world of light and happiness. These books have their amusements, but they are also full of war and death. I have repeatedly stated that I believe Trondheim is the world's greatest living comics creator. Check out these books to find out why.
Amusement can be found, though, in massive amounts by looking in the right place. That place would be AFRODISIAC (AdHouse) by Brian Maruca and Jim Rugg. This book is a glorious tribute to many things- the history of comics, blaxploitation filmmaking… but mostly it's just hilarious. The character, Afrodisiac, is shown in various incarnations, each drawn in the style of different eras in comics production, with multiple changes in name and origin, just as characters have been treated by their publishers across the decades. The results are stunning- few books this funny are this intelligent in their execution. The creative duo were the gents behind STREET ANGEL a few years ago, and this book demonstrates, once again, that together, they make material that is worth its weight in gold.
And there you go. Ten great comics and graphic novels for 2010. Click a link below and go buy a couple. Trust me- you'll be glad you did! See you in 2011!


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Wedding blues as couple search for pure gold
A newly engaged London couple, dressed as bride and groom, will lead a petition march along Oxford Street tomorrow morning, to call on jewellers to take action to ensure the gold they sell is mined ethically. The couple will be joined by a giant gold bar as best man and the three CAFOD 'golden girl' ridesmaids. A twenty strong congregation of CAFOD campaigners will carry a 100 metre long signed gold chain petition to deliver to jewellery retailer Argos on New Oxford Street. Picture editor Zoe Gahan and actor and programme researcher Mathieu Laroche, both 30-years old from Shepherd's Bush, are set to marry in July next year. They want to seal their commitment with wedding bands made from gold they know has not led to communities being forcibly relocated or water sources being polluted. They said: "We want to be proud of our wedding bands, not feel guilty wearing them." The walk from Oxford Circus tube starts at 10.30am, finishing at Argos at 106 New Oxford Street as the bride and groom hand in the 100 metre gold chain petition to Argos (between 11am and 11.30am). Why is this happening? The exchanging of gold rings often symbolises romance, love and commitment. However, gold mining has been closely linked with conflict, corruption, environmental destruction and social problems for those working in and living near mines. Zoe's interest in ethical gold was sparked in 2000 when she visited a gold mine in Indonesia while working in the country. She said: "I was shocked by the level of destruction it caused. I never thought twice about how gold was mined before. But there I met people who had been forced from their homes to make way for the mine, the rainforest was torn down and rivers had been polluted with mercury." The stunt aims to raise awareness of CAFOD's Unearth Justice campaign, which is calling on UK high street jewellers to sign up to the 'Golden Rules', twelve principles for ensuring that gold mining does not destroy communities and the environment, and to work to ensure the gold they sell has been responsibly mined. Zoe said: "It's about time people became more aware of just how dirty gold mining can be. When I saw CAFOD had launched the Unearth Justice campaign we signed up immediately. Similar campaigns using consumer power have helped change conditions in clothes factories in poor countries and putting an end to conflict diamonds, now it's time people know gold is not as shiny as it seems." Source: CAFOD


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What's happened to Kim? Car crash claims as North Korean leader vanishes
THE 11-day disappearance of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has fuelled rumours of a debilitating car accident.
He vanished from state media on October 7, when he was shown visiting a Pyongyang souvenir factory.
And he didn't resurface until yesterday, when he was photographed visiting a new eye hospital.
With no explanation offered for his absence, it's now being claimed he was in a car crash.
"There were rumours that Kim was involved in a traffic accident"South Korean source
His disappearance meant he missed a celebration marking the anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party.
Protocol dictates he should have visited the mausoleum that houses his father and grandfather to pay his respects.
Nor was he present for the 70th anniversary ceremony honouring the anti-imperialist group formed by grandfather, Kim Il-sung.
A South Korean government source told the Chosun Ilbo newspaper that rumours of an accident remained unconfirmed.
They said: "There were rumours that Kim was involved in a traffic accident while driving his own car.
"Considering how tightly information is controlled in the North, we are closely monitoring Kim's whereabouts."
It's also speculated that the leader went into hiding while the US and South Korea conducted joint military drills.
Kim has disappeared before, vanishing from the public eye for 46 days in 2014, apparently to deal with gout or arthritis.
Intelligence officials in the South also said that the leader was recovering from an operation to remove a cyst on his right ankle.
The cause of his alleged health woes is unconfirmed, but his weight is believed to be a dangerously-high 20 stone.
Already known for his big appetite, Kim Jong-un was this year rumoured to drink 10 bottles of wine a day.
He appears to support his own weight in the new, carefully-staged photos of his visit to Ryugyong General Ophthalmic Hospital.
North Korean state media said he was "pleased to picture the people enjoying the benefits of the socialist healthcare system to the full."
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Discussion in 'Fox 5.0 Mustang Tech' started by 5spd GT, Nov 12, 2005.
Mustang dyno, Bar none.
That is my thinking as well
Thats why they are there. Can you imagine trying to set A/F ratios and timing with only a track to work with? So many variables it would be impossible to determine. Having said that, i'm not a dyno man myself. Run what you brung.
If that is what you think, no one is going to cause you to think otherwise. You know that you are not going to change your mind and you will just keep on debating, you made this thread just to stir siht up.
Look it's Aaron - No need for that response. I'm aware you don't like me. No need to repeat, unless you want to of course
I was trying to prove a point...it appears it is going in that direction. Feel free to express your opinion and prove whichever side wrong This is an open forum...but atleast attribute to the debate for either one side or both.
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I have nothing against you...
You still haven't answered the one simple question I've asked 5 spd -- how much road racing experience do you have to base your 'there must be more variables' thought on?
Your original premise was basically track or dyno -- you don't have to try and optimize your use of the track (that is try to turn the best lap or run time) in order to use the track to monitor the effect of changes. The key to using the track is to alter how you drive to eliminate variables. It can be done and is regularly done at both the strip and the road course. Most all of the variables can be minimized by the driver to the point that meaningful data is obtained. They can also be minimized for the dyno runs -- however, that's not in the complete control of the driver. You have to 'trust' a BUNCH of stuff from the dyno operator. And my experience has been that many times -- they either don't want you to know, or they simply just don't know enough themselves about how the system even works to help you with that. When something as simple as strap down technique and tension can result in a 15HP difference -- well, that's a problem....
By the way - the Mustang Dyno's are eddy current -- tell 'em what number you want, and they can get it for you. Over and over again. If that's what you mean by repeatable and consistent -- go for it.
5spd - tell us all about your road racing experience. What kind of car? What sanctioning body? How many seasons have you raced? Did you build/tune the car yourself? What were your results like? What driving schools did you go to? We need that information to put your comments about the variables present in that kind of racing in perspective. I suspect the reason you can't believe I'm debating it with you is because you have no experience road racing. Am I wrong?
The track can be just as good as the dyno for the avg. joe if you take down the weather conditions so you can calculate the corrected altitude ect.
Also the trap speed is the avg of the last 66ft (I forget), so your 60's and et maight be off but the mph should be about the same for most of the runs. For instance everyone talks about fast cars that are slow take a Z06 for instance most with a marginal driver runs 12.50's to 12.80's ok but if you look at their trap speed its all around 111-114 indicating thru the use of a ¼ to hp cal that you are indeed making about the said 400 at the crank. Combine that with your corrected altitude number and compare the results. Its cheeper and more fun than your beloved dyno.
"The funny thing is you can get those variables by watching...."
That's what I thought....
No matter what actual(base line) number the dyno post if it be 200rwhp or 500rwhp. If you put bolt ons on the car you will receive a different number whether it be lower or higher. I think thats the point 5spd is trying to make. I understand that racers of all breed go to the track to tune the car to get optimum performance but for a guy like me, I simply dont have the time and could never get enough passes in. Thats why they make dyno's. Its a tool, like any other. Yeah I've seen a dyno tell an s10 chevy it was making 700 horses but we all know that is invalid. If the person using the dyno knows what they are doing, you can get realistic numbers. Set it up on the dyno, fine tune it at the track. Dyno will only get you so far though, The car is meant to be driven down the road.
One variable we haven't talked about is automatic trannies. The majority of cars sold have them -- and the majority of serious drag racers run them. They give dynos fits for repeatablity - especially with the loose converters that most drag racers use. I've seen a number of back to back pulls - same car/no changes between pulls - with pretty signficant differences both in the peak numbers and in the curve. Track's probably gonna work better for you in that situation -- and the auto tranny usually allows for more consistency/less driver variability at the track. Which is of course why so many people use them.
On the original topic, the track tells the whole truth. The timeslip can be anaylzed to see if there was driver error.
The track should be the bragging rights, for either a quick ET or a high MPH.
Not the dyno, they are too inconsistant, and should be used for tuning purposes not to show up one of your buddies or come here and tell us how fast your car should be.
We have had our disagreements in the past...I've seen it carried over
Even a specatator can see more variables involved in drag racing compared to auto-x. The auto-x has much more that can effect lap time. I'm still stunned.
I never said you had to run your best at the track to see a gain. Never. The track easily has more variables that can turn in a negative route. Dyno ='s put car in 4th (manual t5) make a low-high rpm pull by just stabbing the gas. No shifting. Track ='s shifting at different points (how can you shift at the same rpm exactly and same time.) How can you engage/disengage the clutch at the same speed? How can you make track 'stickiness' the same? How can you make head wind the same when the track is one big one way street Etc...etc...Other than that they have the same...
Cool, but that isn't what I mean and you know it:Word:
The sweet smell of nostalgia...
What about track prep, shifting at the same rpm (exactly), shifting the same speed, engaging/disengaging the clutch the same, headwind, etc...the dyno doesn't have to deal with those.
Yep, the mph should be "about" the same. You said it yourself They can be thrown off greatly depending on how bad the mistake is in that 60ft.
Actually most zo6's run 12.3-12.5's with good drivers and trap 117mph or so. Your numbers are bit low. I have always been the one to emphasize track mph...and not E.T. I'm very aware of that.
Beloved dyno?
I simply said, if you were to add a horsepower producing mod...what has less variables to deal with so you can see a more accurate gain? The dyno or track?
Beloved? Funny, that is what my name means
Lol...bad try. The loose converters show up at the track as well Mr. Yount
Yeah they provide more consistency...but that is for bracket racing as well and has nothing to do with their "inconsistency" at the dyno. But they don't get "loose" at the track? Okay your arguments are starting to crumble...
Right but the dyno shows the power output.
I never said this is used as bragging rights. Lol...to much twisting going on here.
Again (how many times...lol) if you were to add a power giving mod what would have less variables to deal with (consistent)? Dyno or track?
I wasn't saying you said bragging rights, it's stangnet and the internet in general that use dyno numbers to brag or compare cars.
As for weight differences, you can wiegh the car and adjust from there.
If you ***** up bad enough to throw the mph off by more than 3 you will know you messed up. I don't see people only making 1 dyno pull normally they make three. The same should go with testing at the track. The only thing that might significantly affect the mph in the factors aforementioned is the headwind. Track prep and were you shift ect is not going to effect it more than 3 mph. That is if you shift and leave in your realitivly normal way. Like xp8 said if you know what you are looking at on the slip you can tell if there is driver error ect. The only thing a dyno is good for is tuning.
If you really think you are right go to the track take a vid of 3 of your runs, write down all the weather conditions, then go to the dyno the same day. If i cant predict what your hp is with in 15 (allowing for dyno varibility) I'll pay for the track and the dyno.
Or wait a week or so and I will do it with mine (hopefully if its running by then)
Try again 5spd -- auto tranny drag cars with loose converters are EXTREMELY consistant at the strip clicking off very close times/mph over and over. That's why the majority of cars that are only drag raced run auto trannies -- they're more consistent than most drivers can be with a manual tranny. If you don't think they are, then clearly you've not spent much time at the drag strip - even as a spectator. Notwithstanding their amazing consistency at the track - the numbers they lay down at the dyno are frequently VERY inconsistent. So -- please explain that to us 5spd. I'm sure you've 'watched' enough racing to have an answer that is at least entertaining for us.
I'm very patient tonight - I'll try once more. Tell us about all the road racing experience you have that has allowed you to draw all your learned conclusions about consistency, repeatability and testing at the road course. Or are you claiming internet expertise in road racing because you've watched some on TV? If you haven't had any actual experience doing it - perhaps you've crewed for someone that has -- helped with set up or pit stops for a road racing car; is that where the expertise came from? Maybe you could at least tell us what road racing you watch on TV so we could all be 'experts' too!


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