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Hey Crazy, my turbo is worse off than that one! On mine, there is a 6 as the last part of the number. The rest is up to the past when it wasn't worn because that's all I could get from it.
Hey Crazy, my turbo is worse off than that one! On mine, there is a 6 as the last part of the number. The rest is up to the past when it wasn't worn because that's all I could get from it.
Shit I was hoping to get an accurate number from you. I don't know if you realize/understand how important a compressor map is? I am trying to figure out as accurate as possible the choke/surge line for this turbo on a different motor than intended. Sure it's been done on on the 4.9 motor but to my knowledge wasn't intended for this motor correct?
An ill suited turbo can choke at low rpm and surge at high rpm, I am trying to avoid this for both of our sakes and find a happy medium where the turbo operates most efficiently based on the fact that we're both running two entirely different motors than intended.
I know that it has been done on that Fiero, but I don't see any type of A/F ratio or dyno slips posted a long with it. All I see is one mediocre 12 second 1/4 mile time and subsiquent selling of the motor or a plan to "remove it and put it in storage"
In essense, this really does or says nothing in terms of reliability. All it says is that this guy bolted one on and pushed the peddle on the right to the ground. It says nothing about whether or not it can/will last or that it was done correctly, or that the 12 second run can be replicated.
Shit, I've posted a 12 second run with half the pistons and half the turbo.
What I'm saying is that although this has been done, it doesn't seem to have done correctly, only bolted on and that is easy to do.
Replicating an insanely high dyno or a sub 10 second quarter mile more than once is not, which I'm sure isn't your intention, mine either.
Last edited by CallMeCrazy; 08-03-05 at 11:28 PM.
Originally Posted by CallMeCrazy
When I get my turbo installed and blow the motor, I'll let you know how it works.
lol I'm sure that isn't what you want either. All I meant is that I'm more into the scientific aspect which goes hand in hand with reliablity. If you do it right, it will last. If you do it wrong, you might get one 12 second pass and melt/crack a piston or two. That's the type of situation I am trying to avoid, which I'm sure you are too. All I'm saying is that it would 've been nice to get some accurate A/F ratios/dyno slips with realtime A/F ratio from that guy rather than "I bolted it on, now I'm removing it and selling it" know what I mean?
If you happen to know of any dyno slips with the boost pressure stated, it would help out immensly. I could use it to find out CFM or lbs/min of the turbo based on CID of an N/A engine vs FI with this turbo.
I'll be sure to post when I get some more info. Good luck with your project.
Last edited by CallMeCrazy; 08-04-05 at 07:14 PM.
So going by your motor which is 4,900cc or roughly 299 cid (not sure what your redline is??)
(299 × say 6000?) ÷ 3456 = 519.10 CFM
The engine will flow 519.10 CFM of air assuming a 100% volumetric efficiency and assuming a common redline of 6K. Most street engines will have an 80-90% VE.
Your 299 cid would flow 441.23 CFM with an 85% VE. A good rule of thumb is that for every 10 hp a gasoline engine makes, it needs roughly a lb of air/min delivered to the intake manifold, so, you'd multiply 441.23 CFM by .07 giving you 30.89 lbs/min and putting your motor at roughly 300 hp naturally aspirated, am I right?
Add in pressure ratio, you said 6-8 psi?
(6 + 14.7) ÷ 14.7 = 1.41:1 pressure ratio. Looking back at the RHC6 chart, you'd be operating on the low end, BUT, I still haven't figured out the density ratio. If you give me your redline and your plans for the motor (how much are you looking to get out of it and at what boost level?) I can figure out where the turbo operates most efficiently.
I still need to come up with a compressor map, but bear with me, I have a lot going on right now.
Last edited by CallMeCrazy; 08-08-05 at 09:54 PM.
crazy , im a simple redneck type tinkerer ...heres my deal
I want low boost , talking 1-3 psi off the line ....i dont want full boost till 3300 rpm , and i want that boost (7 psi) to stay constant till 5,000 rpm ...
I was useing stupid math myself ...i said hey , this turbo will produce enough to make 7psi at 8,000 rpm in a sr20det ...so it should be good enought o pull 7 psi at 4500 rpm on 5.0 liters (twice the air going thru at half the rpm ?)...
if you want to know what i REALLY want to do ....look no further than the paxtons sitting on 5 liter mustangs
My point early on in this thread is with a high compression 4.9L, you DON'T want to make it efficient until high rpm. The high compression and boost will destroy weak pistons like 4.9's have. Be careful. I would recommend not hitting more than 2-3 psi until above 3500-4000 rpm.
Unless you drop the compression I don't feel you will ever have a good running 4.9 Turbo.
Originally Posted by CallMeCrazy
The redline for the 4.9 liter is 5200 RPM's. As for the amount of boost, I want no more than 6 psi when all is said and done.
Some 4.9 liter engine specs:
200 hp @4100 RPM's,
275 lb/ft @ 3000 RPM's,
Shift points @ 4900 RPM's.
I'll have to dig up the cam profile if it is needed. Let me know.
Basically I would like to add a few hp above the 4100 RPM line, and not let boost come on till about the 2500 RPM line. I'll scan over everything you've supplied and see if I can't do the compressor map myself for my particular turbocharger. But please, feel free to beat me to it...
Tom is right Stoney. We want the high end power and keep the natural low end torque for now. I just hope this diesel turbo does the trick...Originally Posted by N0DIH
As for the compression ratio, I've thought about taking the heads off and giving some more room in the combustion chamber area. That should lower it some...
alright, so the 5,200 rpm redline changes things a little bit. ( I still need to know the exact CID of your 4.9?)
299 x 5200/3456=449.88 @100% VE which is nearly impossible naturally aspirated.
299 x 5200 x .85/3456 =382.40 @ 85% VE which is more realistic. You CAN however have more than 100% VE with the addition of a well thought out turbo and efficient intercooling.
An 85% VE of 382.40 x .07=26.77 lbs/min
26.77 x 1.41 Pr=37.75 lbs/min under 6 psi of boost. If you give me your compression ratio I can figure out what it would be under 6 psi of boost as well.
Here are some things I still need to figure out a compressor map:
1) What engines came with this turbo?
2) Of those engines, are they ALL turbo charged or are some naturally aspirated?
Assuming that some are naturally aspirated, I need to find out what their CID is and estimated HP and TQ at various rpms. I'll also need the same info for the turbocharged versions as well as how many lbs of boost the turbos run stock? With this info, I can figure out the % difference between the N/A and FI in VE vs HP/TQ in all models and come up with a realistic equationf of how much CFM/lbs/min the turbo must push.
If you guys can find me this info it would help immensly.
Originally Posted by CallMeCrazy
The exact displacement of the 4.9 liter is 300 cubes. No more, no less. Sorry I didn't post that earlier.
Compression ratio is a concern for this engine: 9.5:1 ratio. I've long thought about lowering it via machining the combustion chamber area on the heads.
As for the turbocharger, it is from the GM diesel 6.5 liter engine. My particular turbo is a GM3 from a '93-'94 Suburban 2500 series that had the turbodiesel engine. As far as I know, those engines were the only ones unber boost. The gas engines used in those autos were the Chevy 350 engine and a 7.4 liter variant. Otherwise, it was the turbodiesel 6.5 liter. The output for this engine was around 190 hp...Not sure at what RPM's though and I cannot find torque rating either.
Let me know if I need that stuff, and I'll attempt to dig it up again.
6.5 Liter Indirect EFI V8 Turbo-Diesel (L65)
195 horsepower at 3400 rpm.
430 lb.-ft. of torque at 1800 rpm (automatic).
Originally Posted by N0DIH
I'm getting this sinking feeling that I have another too-small turbocharger...That's a lot of power at a very low RPM range, huh?
Do you happen to know the redline of the 6.5 TD and roughly how many psi?
Sorry, I don't. Maybe Tom will have something for us when he posts again. I will tell you that I heard somewhere that it was 8 psi or more, but that would be very unconfirmed...Originally Posted by CallMeCrazy
Redline I simply don't know either...Maybe I can dig up a dashboard panel picture from a Suburban or something...Lemme go and see...
So far the boost pressure is at 7 psi stock without intercooling for the GM 6.5 liter turbodiesel engines. I still can't find the redline information, but wouldn't it be safe to assume that the redline on these engines is just a few hundred RPM's over base hp ratings? Just a thought.


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"Austin Nichols" <email@example.com>
Re: st: Help with data cleaning
Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:11:57 -0400
Melonie Sullivan <firstname.lastname@example.com>:
You may want to reconsider what you want; creating a duration variable
is frowned on for most purposes, since spells may be of unknown
duration if beginning or end dates are unknown (and you are virtually
guaranteed to have at least some end dates unknown). See -help st- or
Maarten Buis's intro at http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/wp/survival.html
or Stephen Jenkins's course at
http://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/teaching/degree/stephenj/ec968/ for more
info on analysis of spells.
I'm not sure you actually want to drop the duplicates, as opposed to
recoding that info in another variable--isn't it informative that a
planned release didn't happen? As for defining spells, you may want to
just make a spell within some person ID of each Pcode that encompasses
any overlapping spells; the outer envelope, in other words. And then
create variables that define what happens during that enveloping
spell. For Pcode 10, presumably you want to know the start and end
dates, even if it happens during a spell of another type. The thread
beginning at http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2008-05/msg00242.html
might be of interest to you; there are many others in the Archives
that are relevant as well.
You may want to provide more specifics about the planned analysis, and
provide some example raw data with ID variables with a target data
structure, and some example analysis commands, to get better advice.
On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 10:06 AM, Marcello Pagano
<firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
> For Melonie:
>> From: Melonie Sullivan <firstname.lastname@example.com>
>> Subject: help with data cleaning
>> To: "stata listserve" <email@example.com>
>> Date: Saturday, June 14, 2008, 5:26 PM
>> Pcode Admit Release
>> 32 7/9/2003 4/5/2004
>> 32 7/9/2003 8/19/2004
>> 10 8/1/2004 8/11/204
>> 25 8/27/2004 11/4/2004
>> 25 11/4/2004 2/24/2006
>> Above is an example of juvenile placement history data;
>> placement type code, admission and release dates. In
>> attempting to generate a variable reflecting duration of
>> placement, I am running into several problems.
>> Unfortunately, I have over 16,000 records of this type, so
>> hand cleaning these particular problems seems rather
>> overwhelming. Can you suggest coding that will clean this
>> data of the following problems?
>> (1) A double entry as in placement type 32; two entries
>> with overlapping dates, i.e., this is a single placement
>> lasting from 7/09/2003 to 8/19/2003. (A planned release on
>> 4/5/2004 did not happen.) How to collapse these kind of
>> entries into a single entry with the correct release date?
>> (2) Youth are often in detention (Type 10) placements while
>> in other types of secure confinements (type 32), so that
>> days in lock-up are double counted when attempting to
>> calculate days in lockup during a given time frame. I need
>> to eliminate this double counting.
>> (3) In attempting to simultaneously identify a given
>> placement event and the service dates, I have some
>> contiguous or run-on entries that need to be collapsed into
>> one, as in placement type 25 above, I need to identify one
>> placement with service dates of 8/27/04 to 2/24/06.
>> Many thanks for any suggestions,
>> Melonie Sullivan
>> Executive Director, FamiliFirst
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RumChata. Rum and horchata = awesome. You can drink it on the rocks, in coffee, in mixed drinks – I even made french toast with it. Cost, around $23 at your local liquor store if you're lucky. (Thanks to Victory for telling me about it!)
Mango Cilantro candles at Bath & Body Works. $9.50 for the small size. (Huelen ricas!)
I don't know enough about Vicente Fox to know whether this is a chévere find or not, but his book is $1 at Dollar Tree.
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Randi is a military mom with an autistic three year old named Shannon She tells me that PlayDate is too important for her and her little girl, "They know what her issues are and more importantly they know how to communicate better with her and help her to be more successful." PlayDate is not only for Shannon's growth but also Randi's, "Sometimes as a Mom of a special needs child we get so wrapped up in things that need to be done that that it's easy to forget the things that a Mom needs to do. It's nice to get my hair cut or just quietly read a book or get a cup of coffee and not have to worry about Shannon and her care." More than 30 percent of the children who are at PlayDate have parents who are active or retired military.
Christina Nulk founded PlayDate in 2007. It started with four children and has now grown to more than 70 special needs kids. She says that autism services in Colorado rank 47th in the nation and that Colorado ranks 12th in the nation for the number of autistic people, "We are able to look at the skills they need and teach them how to interact with their environment, to be able to help them communicate and help them succeed in their activities of daily living."
Rachel is another mom who believes in PlayDate for her six year old son Isiah, "For them to be in a place that they are safe and well taken care of and getting developmental coaching is a huge relief. We have been very happy here."
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#441 Sat 24 Nov 12 12:24am
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I think it depends on the dish. Some dishes rely on browning more than others for the flavour. For instance, I would brown meatballs if I'm going to serve them in gravy, because that browned-meat flavour is really what gravy is about, but I wouldn't bother if I'm going to serve them in tomato sauce as the sauce has plenty of flavour and umami on its own.
So I reckon you would get away without browning for a chilli - I'm sure it adds depth of flavour but with so much else going on you might not notice if that note was missing - but for plain Scottish mince, you absolutely have to brown it, as that's where most of the flavour is coming from (there's nothing else bar onions, carrots and seasoning).
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hi Jamie,
your the greatest cheif iv ever seen im my life you inspire me in food
i was about to study cooking in royal academy of culinary arts but my dad wont let me until i finish univirsity but i will alway love cooking and trying to invent new recipes
i saw you when u were travelling in diffrent countires and trying to see the secrets in their food now im inviting you to come to jordan and see our food
#445 Sat 24 Nov 12 3:34pm
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Ooh, what do you eat in Jordan?
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Hi Jamie,
I�m a Portuguese mother of a beautiful family. I love to cook although my time is short. Recently I have followed your programs "jamie's 30-minute meals" and love to see "Jamie Does... ". But became a little sad when you were so near by (In Spain) and never came to Portugal. We have delicious plates. The dish that we eat during the year and is our traditional dish for Christmas is made with stockfish. We have more than an hundred ways of cooking it, and many more Portuguese recipes that are delicious. We have a saying "We live to eat and not eat to live".
Would love to see you in Portugal !!!
Isabel Parran�a.
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How do I make Bread pudding and oven time Thanks Peter
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#448 Mon 26 Nov 12 7:37pm
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Welcome to the forum webb32
Do you meant ' bread and butter pudding ' which is made with buttered bread like egg custard soaked through it.
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=bread+ … ,s:0,i:122
Or Do you mean Bread Pudding which is a altogether more like cake in texture ( all be it a sort of moist cake )
the links are more so you can see the difference rather than for tips and a recipe.
Once we know then its easy t give you the correct tips and recipes
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I have just joined so hi to everyone! I am a novice cook but very eager to learn as much as I can as I LOVE food and cooking
Can I please ask for help with a christmas cake. I am going to make Jamie's traditional cake recipe, which I'm sure will be gorgeous, but I would like to attempt a meringue topping (snow effect-hopefully!!). My question is, if I cook the cake now and feed it for a couple of weeks, can I put it back in the oven to cook the meringue topping??
I'm being a little bit cheeky and using Lorraine Pascale's topping she used on her christmas wonderland traybake, which calls for 20-25mins in the oven!
Thanks in advance for any help/advice you're able to offer me.
Look forward to reading some interesting and helpful blogs you've all posted to date.
#450 Tue 27 Nov 12 12:35am
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Welcome to the forum CostalKid
I am not sure that that sort of topping would work on a rich fruit cake.
When you make a Rich Fruit cake like a Christmas Cake you layer of marzipan on the cake before you ise it and this helps serve a few purposes ,
it helps prevent any staining onto the icing from the cake
It gives a flat surface for the icing .
The icing on the cake also keeps well and heps to preserve the cake in good condition.
There are several different types of icing that you can put onto the cake , but the sort you see whipped up looking like snow is simple to make.
I havnt got the recipe to hand at the moment but its generally to be forund on the outside of the icing packets ( as far as I can remember).
I can also remember as a child my brothers favorite icing was some sort of american frosting that we had to boil sugar for and then beat up I really have no idea of the recipe as it was way back in the late 60's and we'd found the recipe once in a magazine I think . But that ising when we managed t get it to work ( as children without such eqiptment as a sugar thermemeter and with a degree of impatiience ) when we did manage to get it to work the result was a crisp light dried sugary icing not unlike meringue.


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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Cinderella beware, the Florida Gators crush dreams.
It was the Gators who sent home perhaps the biggest March Madness darling ever when they defeated 11-seeded George Mason in the Final Four in 2006, and now Florida has ended the run of this year's team-of-the-moment, Florida Gulf Coast.
No. 2-seed Florida surged at the end of the first half to take the lead from the Eagles and never looked back, claiming a 62-50 victory over FGCU on Friday night at Cowboys Stadium.
By maintaining sunshine-state bragging rights, Florida (29-7) advanced to the South Region final to face Michigan on Sunday.
FGCU had the sentimental support of a big chunk of the 40,639 fans at the South Region semifinal. The Eagles (26-11) also had the full attention of the Gators.
"For whatever reason, the two teams that they played they felt disrespected them," Florida coach Billy Donovan said. "We went into the game with a lot of respect for them."
The Gators took a four-point lead to halftime and extended it by scoring the first seven points of the second half. Florida guard Kenny Boynton completed a three-point play to begin the second half and Mike Rosario followed with two straight baskets.
Suddenly, FGCU found itself playing from behind by double-digits for the first time in their tournament run. The Eagles didn't get many open looks -- and not enough dunks -- against a stifling Florida defense and FGCU failed to make a second-half run to get back into it.
"We did a good job of putting pressure and making those guys feel uncomfortable," Rosario said.
FGCU committed 20 turnovers and took it away from the Gators just 10 times. Eagles coach Andy Enfield said some of FGCU's mistakes were uncharacteristic of his team.
"I was shocked at some of the bad turnovers we had," Enfield said. "It wasn't what Florida was doing. We did it to ourselves."
Meanwhile, the Gators did enough with a patient offense to stiff-arm the Eagles. Rosario led Florida with 15 points, Scottie Wilbekin added 13 and Casey Prather came off the bench to score 11.
Sherwood Brown led FGCU with 14 points.
FGCU got its Dunk City mojo working early when Chase Fieler touched off a run with a 3-pointer. Brown followed with a dunk and the Eagles were flying.
By the time Fieler hit his second 3-pointer of the run, FGCU had a 15-4 lead and all the early momentum.
However, the Eagles went into a scoring drought after Eddie Murray's dunk at the 7:14 mark of the first half. FGCU went more than six minutes without a field goal, only scoring when Christophe Varidel went to the free-throw line to hit three straight.
Florida took advantage by going on a 16-5 run in the final 5:10 of the half.
Michael Frazier hit 3-pointers on back-to-back trips down the floor to cut FGCU's lead to 24-20 and set the Gators rolling.
Rosario's 3-pointer with 1:38 to go in the half gave Florida a 27-24 lead, it's first of the game, and Boynton completed a three-point play to boost the lead to six points.
Despite its loss to Florida, FGCU managed to bring the Fort Myers, Fla., school into the forefront of the college basketball nation's attention in the last week.
"Florida Gulf Coast wasn't a very well-known school and now the whole nation knows about it," Brown said. "We're happy that we could do that. There's a lot of big things coming to FGCU."
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my package of parts with the port doors and forward assist came in yesterday so i assembled the two uppers i got from CDNN.
they assembled very smoothly and everything fits perfectly on the two BAC forgings.
No package yet I have two receiverless barrels and another I want to put a flat top on. Hopefully the mail man will make me happy tomorrow!
my package of parts with the port doors and forward assist came in yesterday so i assembled the two uppers i got from CDNN.
they assembled very smoothly and everything fits perfectly on the two BAC forgings.
Same here, i just came from the Del Mar gun show, picked up a standard charging handle, forward assists assy, barrel nut, and port cover for $40 altogether. everything fits great. Thinking about getting the "molon labe" lower receiver from DSA...next trip to oregon that is...
Well the mailman finally dropped off my package from cdnn If you were wondering who got the last $49 receiver if was me. I ordered 4 and only got one. At least they still shipped my order for free even though it didn't meet the minimum $ requirement. Upon nit picking over the receiver: it has a cardinal forge mark behind the ejection port; engraved DSA over the gas tube hole on the front; a couple of the tops of the "T" marks are wavy but I wouldn't of noticed it if it wasn't for other posts; and there is some pitting in the finish on the left side of the receiver that you'd probably wouldn't notice normally. All in all I'm happy with the receiver but wish it had 3 more buddies in the box with it. I'm still on the list for the LAR uppers so hopefully that'll pan out.
I also ordered a $10 barrel extension from cdnn. It looks nicely machined. The feed ramps are standard (non-M4) with no sharp edges to score the shoulders/necks on your brass so they split upon the next firing. I usually smooth them out if they're sharp with a dremmel and a felt drum with red rouge, but this one doesn't look like it'll need it.
Here's some rec pics.
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Upper assembly parts
some nice $65 shipped ones here and a $70 noveskie.
DSG has some DSA uppers for $70. when you sign up on their new website you get $10 off so you could get one for $60 with the discount. probably cost like $5.80 to ship.
i need to take a look over at AIM--they have been having a hell of a deal on spikes lowers lately. though it looks like my DSA lowers finally shipped.
i wish we had got in on these cheap uppers sooner. when i first saw that $49 price i just assumed they were junk-- the two i got look and fit as good assembled as ones i paid $90 for.
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Oh I'll have to try that, I stopped doing Thieves Guild after the first quest so that I could continue other quest lines
The lore behind it, and your rise through power, is much more fleshed out than the other guilds. In the Dark Brotherhood, College of Winterhold, and Companions, you just follow the questline and are just handed the leadership title. With the Thieves guild, you actually have to earn it.
One of my favorite series. The Sheogorath fights were pretty great.
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Depends on what you do. If you max out enchanting, you can get your gear to reduce magicka costs for two different spells of casting. I have a battlemage that wears dragonplate armor with a beige hood, and my restoration and destruction spells don't cost anything.
Another solution is using the atronoch stone plus the atronoch perk in the alteration tree. The character I created with that is essentially an anit-mage, able to withstand sustained enemy magic attacks by absorbing them to replenish her magicka while hitting them with chain lightning and incinerate.
Additionally, with the Aetherium Crown from the quest added in the Dawnguard DLC, you can have two standing stone abilities at the same time. I put the Apprentice stone on it, so the magicka regeneration hit you take from the Atronoch stone is effectively negated, in addition to the increased magicka absorbtion you would get from fire attacks thanks to the weakness to fire that the Apprentice stone gives. It's a really effective combo for tackling enemy magick users.
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I just can't decide between Yol and Fus, but I think I need to finish Yol with 1 more word, because it is lackluster now.
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I really like the way the DB was handled. You are the chosen one and that works because the DB is as much a religion as a faction. And you're the one who brings it back to glory in perhaps the most impactful way an assassin can, killing the fucking emperor!
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A question if I may, I know this might have been responded before but looking for it in an almost 300 page thread is a bit much, is there an unoficial mod that fixes stuff like there was for Oblivion?
That Gildergreen Tree is annoying me a lot, I got a new seed but the old tree didn't go away so now I have this beautiful branches sticking out of this dead tree...
So, obviously, looking for more... scenery bug fixers, like the tree and having the Ghostblade actually sit in a weapons rack (right now it just flies away on the side no matter from what side I put it, on weapon plaque it sometimes sits like stuck on the right in the wall, which looks like crap) and so on.
I felt the guild quest lines was alot shorter in skyrim compared to oblivion. Especially the mages/college one. Apart from that, i got countless chars between my pc/xbox around the level 50 mark. Usually get distracted around that level and make a new char ha
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Checkmate: Tesla's Elon Musk Provides Driving Logs from NYT's "Peculiar" Model S Trip
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The driving logs disprove many of Broder's claims
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has fulfilled his promise to provide the driving logs from
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The New York Times
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Broder, the NYT staff writer that took a Tesla Model S for a test trip up the east coast this winter, published a final article that
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Musk first addressed Broder's claim that the Model S ran completely out of energy and required a flatbed truck to tow it in Connecticut. Musk said the car never, at any time, ran out of energy.
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Musk also said that Broder never set the cruise control to 54 MPH or drove at 45 MPH, as stated in the article. Instead, he drove at speeds of 65-81 MPH for a majority of the trip.
He also had the cabin temperature at 72 degrees, and when he mentioned turning it down in the article, he had actually turned it up to 74 degrees.
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Speaking of charging, the driving logs also showed that Broder recharged the car to 90 percent on his first stop, to 72 percent on the second Supercharge and to 28 percent on the last leg -- signficantly cutting charging times at each stop.
Finally, Musk's driving logs from the Model S show that Broder had taken a long detour in Manhattan, and upon reaching Milford, Connecticut (where the range display said 0 miles), he drove the car in circles in a for over a half mile in a tiny parking lot. The Model S wouldn't give in and die, so Broder finally took it to the charging station.
Musk added that Broder was biased against electric vehicles from the start, and had set out to make the Model S fail before even receiving the car.
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Broder, who had his article published last week, was given a
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Washington area in Maryland to Norwich, Connecticut, with many stops in between including Newark, Delaware; New York City; Milford, Connecticut; Branford, Connecticut and Groton, Connecticut.
During his trip, Broder mentioned many instances where the battery suddenly depleted quickly and he had to call Tesla for assistance on how to maximize range between charging stops (which were about 200 miles apart from one another or less during the trip). He said he received different advice from different Tesla employees, and even bad advice from one that said to sit in the car for half an hour with the heat on a low setting in order to warm the battery after it depleted from an overnight stay in Groton. At one point, Broder said the car even needed to be towed in Branford because the battery drained much sooner than anticipated.
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Jan, be proud of yourself! You did it and you did a great job!
OK, Patti and I are ready for our reveal! Patti is sending her quilt to her sister, Janice, as a love gift and Janice wants to work on some of the quilting, too. I machine quilted mine on my DM in a simple cross-hatch. Patti and I loved when others were in the picture with their quilts so we did the same. We have had so much fun on these projects. I am happy and sad to be finally finished! (it seems I was caught with me talking, both times!)
Patti and Judith--great job on your quilts!
Great job both of you! They turned out beautiful. It's fun to see them. I still have my second one to quilt. Oh well, one of these days....
Patti & Jan, you both did a fantastic job on your quilts. Thank you for sharing the photo & great to "see" each of you!
Judith and Patti, your quilts are wonderful! So happy to see them finished and for the inspiration for me to move it along and get mine put together?????
See what you started, Patricia Faye! You were the inspiration for putting ourselves in the pictures, too!
Ronda, this whole project has been so fun to work on and to 'get to know' all of you! It does feel soooo good to have finished Rosie, I know you will be pleased when you finish yours, too! I will keep checking in often.
I have just checked in and Pat and Jancie you quilts look lovley
Don't know if anyone is still following this thread but TA DA--second Rosie is finished!! Only 6 months later than promised but finished! Thanks again, Patricia Faye for leading this project.Attachment 452687


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Thanks again for the comments guys, much appreciated.
More to come soon!
You and Raf are a deadly accurate combo. Wow.. just wow. The contours on the chest/ab set look amazing.
templates and some advice, all the hard parts were made by Will (which consists in looking at a 2D drawing and sculpting a 3D piece from nothing). He is a great artist and a complete craftsman, but more than that, he is a true gentlemen.
Man I can't wait to get my order in. Anybody want to buy some music gear?! LOL. Looks great Will.
Thanks again guys, I really appreciate the feedback.
As stated before, in my opinion Rafa is just as much the architect of this armor as I am and without his templates this armor would not look the way it does. HE is a true scholar and a gentlemen
Quick update, I finished blocking out the cod last night. Hope to have some photos to post up by early next week
I have the V.2 armours on my SE Fett, and although the costume has been 501st approved costume, and very succesfull with the girls, there has been something troubling me about it... The chest armour seemed to be a bit too large, and flat, as you have now remade the moulds.. Nice work on them, I really like them!
Here is my Fett, currently...
Helmet is Bobamaker, Chest armour, yours, V2. Gauntlets, yours with reworked with fiberglass parts. Cod, steel, my work, knees, your V2.
I have some metal chest armour bits I originally meant to use on my Fett, though... I them made years ago, and they fit your V2. armour perfectly inside, just as you would have been vac formed over them... I am thinking of adding my metal armour on my Fett, as it will set the jetpack weight a bit forward..
Still your new V3 armours are tempting... VERY TEMPTING...
It seems that I really need to go over my metal ones, and add a hammer bang here and there, to get them even near to your new V3 armour!
If I am not succesfull, you will get some work for me, as well...
Great work with the V3, I REALLY like them!
Chibi, thanks for the kind words and yes I remember your build and costume VERY well (I think I even saved a few pics to show other people your work on it). You did an outstanding job on it!
Well here's another update (and final for a while, until I tackle the gaunts next year some time) on the V3 kit. This cod took me a bit longer than I originally anticipated, but I didn't want to rush through this just cause I was at the end (it was hard not to though I'll admit) and forced myself to give it the same care and attention as all the other pieces. Another huge thanks again to RF for his incredible templates. I must say I didn't expect the piece to look quite this way when it was done (particularly the lower groin area), but I'm very pleased with it and it was very comfy/form-fitting when I tried it on.
On to the pics.
After blocking out and finishing up the mold, I started working on the raised flat area with dent (out of wood). Kind of a pain, but worth the extra effort and this is pretty much how I did my other V2 cod mold as well. That method worked out pretty well for me so I decided to use it again on this piece (don't fix it if it ain't broke right? )
Here's the template (I really like the way Levi made this and the tiny little sharp 'tabs' connecting the lower groin frontal sides to the belt sides are a nice feature)
Here's the wood plate and bits in progress
I decided to just make these little guys out of wood. It's a great working medium for this type of stuff and also hard enough for vaccing as well as conducive to heat resistance
Some might think this next part is a little overkill, but it was my homage and salute to RF for taking the time to add such detailed curves to every aspect of these templates...I figured if he's going the extra mile, why shouldn't I (yes I'm paying attention to all of it brotha! ). As you'll notice, there's a slight indented curve on the front bottom of these...
And here they are all attached to the mold
So the large center dent that I cut out of the wood didn't look right in the first test pull, so I filled it in with some 'Rondo' and tried again. I usually will carve it out with the sharper bit shown then switch over to a ball bit and then finish it up with final sanding for smoothing out (very happy with that method)
And here it is in all it's white plastic glory....Cod, meet the world....world, meet my... uh...cod
One thing I should mention (and some of you might remember it from earlier in this thread) is that I widened the kidney/butt plate just a tad in order to give it a beefier look (it was pretty narrow looking, even though I know RF's templates are spot on). Naturally, in order to keep the matching cod the same in proportion and consistency, I had done the same to it as well. I pretty much just added a half inch to the top edge of the cod itself (cause it was pretty small) leaving everything else below it as is (I did have to make an adjustment for the raised rectangles and larger dent). Have no worries though, all the dents are still in the same spots for painting purposes and Rafal's templates should still line up correctly (albeit just lower) with them.
Here's how it matches up with the kidney -
And of course, as promised, here's the final 'family photo' of the new V3 family
ESB Set
And ROTJ Set
I'll try to get some size comp pics up with this kit and my V2 in a few days as soon as I get a chance, so everyone can see the differences.
As always, thanks again for looking and stay tuned for more in the 'not so far far away' future
Wow! You did a more than great job with that cod plate and you really outdid yourself with those 2 kits!
...And thanks again for the kind words!
Received my V3 knee armor and extras, thank you.
**** it RKD, you are making me want to replace my BM armour.
Wow...thank you for that kind compliment!
Been hard at work in the shop again. I finally finished up what I will now be referring to as my V2.1 armor (slowly replacing some of the pieces from the V2 set) for large guys. The chest set has been completed and is the same size overall as the previous V2 only with the more accurate and ergonomic compound curves (the same as my V3's). ROTJ pictured below, but I will also be doing ESB (which is basically the same except for no dent on the right breast plate) Here's some pics, enjoy!
Bells up next, stay tuned!
I can never remember which of your armor versions is equivalent to which of the WOF template sizes -- for reference/comparison purposes. I want to make sure I get the right size.
And chibifett -- I'd suggest getting a full dentless set of this armor in white and going Supertrooper. I'm planning out two sets, myself, currently. One for me and one for a friend. I'd love to see a full squad at C7.
Also, a confirmation from RafalFett -- Do I see it correctly that I should go with the ESB version when doing Pre-Pro 1 armor?
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All that to say, only slight trimming should be needed to make this v3 armor fit guys under six feet.
Here's how it breaks down Jonah -
V3 = Medium sized (akin to WOF medium size templates, but not based on them), studio scale per RF's templates
V2 = Large sized (akin to WOF large size templates, and based on WOF large size)
It's kinda confusing because the sizing is a bit backwards when referring to it in those terms. I kept the version titles on each as is because my V2 was my second attempt and V3 my third attempt correspondingly and wanted to keep those in that order solely in terms of what order I made them
Hope that helps cause I want to make sure you (and everyone else) gets the right size as well. Glad you brought that up so I could clarify!
I think you're right on Jeremy's size (as well as his loss of some due to age). The V3 is closer to what he wore, according to RF's information and scaled templates
While the upper dent is pretty close, the lower dent is positioned more to the right.
On a side note: you can see the repainted Pre-Pro #1 abdominal plate in the AoSW/C-IV exhibits, while the ESB Hero abdominal plate was repainted and now is part of the ROTJ Hero suit, which is present in the MoM, DaG and SWtE exhibits.
That's pretty interesting Rafal, I didn't know that. As always, thanks for sharing!
Thanks, indeed. So for my friend's PP1 project I'm going to go with IOA for all the armor pieces save the belly plate and the left gauntlet... *jots down notes* I need to print out a WOF template piece to double-check what size my steel armor is -- I know it's either medium or large, but I can never remember...
The Fate Of The Twin Armors: Pre-Pro #1, Pre-Pro #3 and ESB.
That's a lovely bit of reading material, there. You're one of my favorite kinds of people in this hobby. Driven to root out the facts, however it might clash with long-held ideas about how something was.
At the risk of slight derailment, have you thought of tackling the Supertrooper/PP1 flamethrower? Especially the nozzle bits. I've done a bit with it, but haven't had time to properly delve.
Also, what did they use to close the non-ROTJ gauntlets? They abut so cleanly the seam almost disappears, so it's not the visible hinge a lot of people use on their builds. Nor is it the overlap with velcro that the ROTJ used. Magnets? Hidden hinges?
Back to you now, Will.
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David Cameron and the Euro Head-Bangers.
The press are talking up the prospect of a Tory Euro-split. The likes of serial rebel Douglas Carswell are regularly talked about as if they are the same as the Maastricht rebels, and they will do for Cameron as John Redwood did for Major. Common Market or Quit is their rallying cry.
If we were to withdraw from the Eurosystem, but remain part of the Single Market, we would have to conform to all manner of rules and regulations made by the Eurosystem. It is not just that we would have no say in making such rules (not that we have much say now). Nor is it just that many so-called Single Market rules – such as the 48-hour week – are actually social and employment law masquerading as Single Market measures. The real problem with retaining a residual requirement to conform to Single Market rules, after withdrawing from all the rest, is that UK firms would still have to conform to Single Market rules even if they have no intention of exporting to the Single Market at all.But are they going to bring down another Tory Government?
I'm not sure. Carswell knows Cameron's not going to get a Common-market relationship in negotiation. He also knows he will almost certainly get an in-out referendum some time after the next election (assuming a Conservative victory...). Miliband has ruled out such a referendum. Carswell also knows he will be free to campaign for 'out'. Hence the long-running complaint that the media seem determined to run with a 'Tory split' story, when actually the party's rather united on the issue, and probably more so than Labour. Even Carswell talks with irritation about the endless 'Tory splits' questions he gets, when quite often he's actually supporting the Prime Minister.
Tory splits on Europe are largely tactical. There are a few who would take a hard line, a small number who would vote 'out' come what may. There are almost no federalists of the Michael Hestletine type left. Everyone else is sceptical, but not wanting to pull out now. Almost all, including Cameron, want to repatriate powers.
Most people in the country (if they care, which few do) want to repatriate powers too, but don't want to pull out. So the Tory party is in broad agreement with the country. This, however encourages the Tories to talk about Europe, as it's something they have in common (they think) with 'the man in the street'. The 'man in the street' however is thinking "I wish they'd shut up about Europe and sort the fucking economy out". To understand this better, read this by YouGov head, Peter Kellner on "Valence voters".
Suppose you feel that strongly about the role of the private sector in the NHS, either for or against. That is a positional view. But suppose you don't mind that much either way, and all you want is prompt, high-quality care when you need it. In that case, yours is a valence view. Most politicians, activists and commentators are full of positional views. But millions of swing voters aren't: they take a valence view of politics. They judge parties and politicians not on their manifestos but on their character.What banging on about Europe tells voters about the Tories' character, even voters who agree with them on the issue, is that The Tories aren't interested in concerns of ordinary voters. Labour's positional issues at least have the virtue of not being completely irrelevant to the man in the street, even if the voters largely disagree. It matters not a jot that the voters take the "right wing view" positional view on Europe, what's crucial is they don't hold this view very strongly and aren't that interested. Endlessly demanding a referendum may be delivering what the voters say they want in response to that question, but To which the average voter actually asks "to what immediate problem is a referendum on Europe a solution?". Almost no-one (3-5% at most) outside the bubble of the politically engaged think a referendum on the EU is important enough to spontaneously offer it as a top-5 issue to pollsters.
The headbangers, by which I mean those who simply will not be appeased by anything other than an immediate referendum, now, in which Cameron backs 'out', have largely gone to UKIP. And good riddance. What's left is a small rump of people for whom Europe is a major issue but who can be persuaded to back a realistic strategy of renegotiation, if the referendum is credibly promised.
My problem is that any Euro debate has the potential to cost the Tories dear. The best thing Tories can do to prevent a Labour victory in 2015 is just simply shut up about Europe. Don't mention it. Keep schtumm. It is enough that the voters agree with us. We do not need pacts with UKIP to defend the right flank. We don't need to have a pre-election referendum. All the voters want right now is lower prices in the shops and a growing economy. Deliver that, get a landslide. Fail, get voted out. It is that simple. Europe appears to be a distraction, of interest only to the political class, reinforcing the view that the Tories in particular aren't interested in the concerns of ordinary people. Whatever your view, you must acknowledge that withdrawal from the EU would be a major issue for Government, which would distract them from other, more pressing questions.
Above all, the headbangers need to stop spouting self-serving myths, which aquire truthiness by constant repetition. What are you, Labour? Most of our law is not made in Europe. We are not swamped by eastern Europeans, who aren't "taking our jobs. The EU is not a plot by dastardly foreigners to circumvent our democracy, when all the important stuff affecting people day-to-day is dealt with by Westminster. Even if a measurable percentage of law is "made in Brussels", much of it is detailed trade regulation, necessary for a functioning common market, and of little interest to the man in the street. And in any case, in order to get to 50% of law "made in Brussels" you need to include every law which has any influence at all from EU law, even where the law is not changed because of 'Europe'. We are not "run by Europe" and to suggest we are is paranoid fantasy.
Contrary to both Federast and Head-banger myth, renegotiation of terms is possible, both Thatcher and Major showed this. The Eurozone is going to go off and do its own thing. Which leaves the 'outs', of whom Britain as the largest country, is the natural leader. Some of the outs are still publicly committed to joining the Euro, but in practice are probably having second thoughts. The UK does have influence - the EU would be much less free-trade oriented were it not for us. It's true the 'Common Market' relationship is not on offer, but significant repatriation of powers over employment law and so forth could be.The EU is reforming, and a UK renegotiation will accelerate this process. The UK is a creditor nation, with a strong economy and goodwill, especially in the countries of the East for our open policy to immigration which contrasts sharply with the attitude of France and Germany. Remaining in, but on looser terms is true to 500 years of British/English foreign policy.
And let me be quite clear. Britain does not dream of some cosy, isolated existence on the fringes of the European Community. Our destiny is in Europe, as part of the Community...Margaret Thatcher, Bruges, 1988.
If your view is "Withdraw now, or by Thursday week at the latest, or you're a Federast" this post is not for you. This one is, and you should bugger off to UKIP, pronto. If, however you have a realistic view of what Europe is for, and does with us; and think the UK can influence its European future, then have a little faith in Cameron. He's got it right so far.
Cameron's strategy is right. It is consistent with British interests and conservative ideals. It is pragmatic, intelligent and opportunistic. It is sceptical, but not obsessed by the European question. Like Thatcher, who secured the rebate, and Major who secured the opt-outs from the social chapter and Euro, Conservative prime-ministers have performed well in European negotiations. Cameron will be no different. In contrast Blair gave up the rebate and got nothing in return, and Brown scuttled off to Europe to sign the Treaty of Lisbon while no-one was looking. Conservative Prime ministers succeed in Europe despite the head-bangers, not because of them.