WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ABILITY TO THE "RED X" COMMENT?

[padam]

Perhaps the moderators can edit/limit the plethora of INACCURATE INFORMATION presented by the: "seat of the pants,"or my buddy's "guess" or totally uneducated popular guesstimate.......to which group of members do you subscribe to?...........
BOB RENTON

Is this guy for real or is he a troll?
I can’t decide.

He seems like the type of engineer I’ve worked with in the past , very intelligent but completely lacking in practical knowledge.

I’ve heard that the engineers once proved mathematically that 10 seconds was the quickest a car could run a 1/4 mile from a standing start.

 

[Kern Dog]

Start your own forum, Bob. Who knows more about these cars than you?
Of course, all of the responses will end with "Just my opinion" so who knows if they'd be any more factual than what we see here.

 

[icetech]

I highly doubt any misinformation is being posted.... BTW.. i did see a documentary about street racers where i learned that if you keep downshifting you can keep going faster and faster forever... Well.. until you floor board falls out and is aluminum and makes sparks...

I also learned that if you go too fast it will cause damage to your manifold....

But there is no misinformation here

 

[dadsbee]

"In My Opinion", Bob has never helped anyone with factual information to actually fix their car, it's always just a narcissistic belittlement.. and that's a fact! You can RED X that all you want....

 

[Cranky]

I disagree with that.. the other problem was the red X would get hit by people on phones by accident and then get asked why and stuff.. just a pain in the butt
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I did that more than once on my phone it was a pita to go back and remove it!

Somebody say 318 ? Meek, mild-mannered 318 ? A long, long time ago in a street race far, far away... a kid in a 318 Sport Satellite whooped ( and I mean an epic whoop ) a candy-*** driving a small block Chevy Corvette.

Too many morons out there that don't think a Mopar small block of any kind can be made to run fast....and it's not that difficult either!

Mine has trick flows and a howards roller (coulda made a better cam choice..) it runs decent with 4.57s but isn't impressive.. barely have any miles on it yet though. will get it sorted. Bad thing is it's a '85 bottom end, all stock with unknown miles.. pistons .055 in the hole. Doesn't help. 9.4:1 but i can use cheap gas!

The teen a buddy and I messed with might have had 7.5-1 by the time we slapped on 360 heads lol and on top of that, the short block had 115k miles on it!

Perhaps the moderators can edit/limit the plethora of INACCURATE INFORMATION presented by the: "seat of the pants,"or my buddy's "guess" or totally uneducated popular guesstimate.......to which group of members do you subscribe to?...........
BOB RENTON

How would you like that job Bob? I think we even have an opening! Geez man, if you see something that you think is wrong, just say so or hit that dirty little 'report' button!!!

 

[padam]

I highly doubt any misinformation is being posted.... BTW.. i did see a documentary about street racers where i learned that if you keep downshifting you can keep going faster and faster forever... Well.. until you floor board falls out and is aluminum and makes sparks...

I also learned that if you go too fast it will cause damage to your manifold....

But there is no misinformation here
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I love a good fnf reference.

 

[Cranky]

Perhaps the MOON is made from green cheese....?....(hearsay or a popularopinion)......
BOB RENTON

it's not green

It's blue!! The moon is blue....I know this because I've been there.....lived on it for about a year!

 

[DeltaV]

it's not green

Turn on the green light!

 

[toolmanmike]

Geez man, if you see something that you think is wrong, just say so or hit that dirty little 'report' button!!!

Or not. Let's save the Report Button for important stuff. I get real tired of closing reports for stupid stuff.

 

[68BabyBlue]

"In My Opinion", Bob has never helped anyone with factual information to actually fix their car, it's always just a narcissistic belittlement.. and that's a fact! You can RED X that all you want....

In contrast to another engineer on here who has posted infinite amounts of practical how to do stuff. That guy drives a '69 Super Bee...I'm a lawyer not an engineer, but I can understand what he says.

 

[RJ Squirrel]

Just have a couple of these and relax.

 

[YY1]

The obvious issue is-

Who gets to be the judge?

Even "facts" are difficult to "moderate".

...and we're back to-

Type out "disagree" and offer a counter point and if possible, a source.

 

[WileE]

Instead of the letter "X", how about using the letter "V"

 

[RJRENTON]

It's blue!! The moon is blue....I know this because I've been there.....lived on it for about a year!

FROMAGE BLEU.......I should have remembered that.....sorry .....must be having a senior moment......
BOB RENTON

 

[SlinktRR]

While I was never a proponent of the red X and glad it's in the dustbin of FBBO history, I definitely appreciate this thread.. thanks RJ I needed a good laugh today lol

And I really hope you were being facetious...

 

[RJRENTON]

While I was never a proponent of the red X and glad it's in the dustbin of FBBO history, I definitely appreciate this thread.. thanks RJ I needed a good laugh today lol

And I really hope you were being facetious...

OF COURSE I WAS......being facetious......(maybe...??).....does one know???......
Cheers,
BOB RENTON

 

[RJRENTON]

Is this guy for real or is he a troll?
I can’t decide.

He seems like the type of engineer I’ve worked with in the past , very intelligent but completely lacking in practical knowledge.

I’ve heard that the engineers once proved mathematically that 10 seconds was the quickest a car could run a 1/4 mile from a standing start.

Your last comment has nothing to do with anything......would 1/8 mile = 5 seconds or 1/2 mile = 20 seconds or .....????...who issued the statement? ......I've got more practical experience than you might imagine.....
BOB RENTON

 

[kiwigtx]

OF COURSE I WAS......being facetious......(maybe...??).....does one know???......
Cheers,
BOB RENTON

We spend enough time just dealing with regular issues like arguments and spelling or placing threads in correct location Bob.

I don't have enough spare time plus the expertise to be judging every post on its merits for factuality also. Nobody does have really.

And then Mods will only be accused of being biased with fact-checking if we start deleting posts if in our opinion the material doesn't stack up with common belief.

Leave things as they are..... we have a good balance.



.....just my opinion of course.

 

[icetech]

I gotta go home and pull the pig outa my car... i hate rear end dope sooo much Just hoping i can find something wrong and get it to make less noise...

 

[Cranky]

We spend enough time just dealing with regular issues like arguments and spelling or placing threads in correct location Bob.

I don't have enough spare time plus the expertise to be judging every post on its merits for factuality also. Nobody does have really.

And then Mods will only be accused of being biased with fact-checking if we start deleting posts if in our opinion the material doesn't stack up with common belief.

Leave things as they are..... we have a good balance.



.....just my opinion of course.

to the last thing you said! lol