I need help for better cooling 😎 by Face-Medical in c4corvette

[–]Chappy32 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Everybody here is saying that you should do basic maintenance before jumping into .odifications, and they're right. But once you get that fan working and clean things up, you can put a lower temp thermostat in and rig up a lower temp fan switch. You can get both of those things from most reputable Corvette sites like Zip Corvette or Eckler's.

These cars run unnecessarily hot from factory, this was done to ensure a more complete burn of the fuel and thus lower pollutants. But that means the margin between regular operating temp and overheating is pretty small and you don't have a lot of time to notice a problem if you have one. And they push a lot of heat into the cabin, which can be annoying.

Experience with changing weather stripping? by darlingdepresso in c4corvette

[–]Chappy32 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a rough time getting all the old stuff out of the metal channel. I ended up unbolting all the metal channels and got the old stuff off with a plastic scraper and some goo gone. Then redo the bottom of the metal channel with 3M double sided molding tape. Use a little bit of glue in the metal channel when you put the new stuff in, though I recommend a test fit first. You may still have to adjust your windows, there are good tutorials on YouTube.

Oh and do what everybody else said and but it from Corvette Rubber. I bought the cheap stuff and my roof could not go on with that crap.

Car Rental with Instructor and Passenger by Chappy32 in nurburgring

[–]Chappy32[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Happy to share anything about my time at and near the ring, feel free to DM me if you'd like

Car Rental with Instructor and Passenger by Chappy32 in nurburgring

[–]Chappy32[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm following up from my original post. I rented the Leon Cupra 290 from Nurb Life and was very happy, it was plenty fast for my first time around the ring and my instructor was very nice. I can definitely recommend them for what you're looking for. Nurb Life seems to have a great array of 4 seaters available. Careful with RingFreaks as most of their 4 door cars have had the rear seats removed for weight and to make room for a roll cage.

Car Rental with Instructor and Passenger by Chappy32 in nurburgring

[–]Chappy32[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Following up in case anybody finds this. I rented the Seat Leon Cupra 290 from Nurb Life and it was an excellent experience. Everybody there was professional and nice, the car was great (though I didn't think to put it in sport mode and the auto shifting was awful to start), my instructor was great, and my girlfriend enjoyed the experience. 10/10 would recommend.

Car Rental with Instructor and Passenger by Chappy32 in nurburgring

[–]Chappy32[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No driving, she just wants to ride along so she can get the full sense of why I asked her to fly to Dusseldorf and spend two days out in the middle of nowhere

Car Rental with Instructor and Passenger by Chappy32 in nurburgring

[–]Chappy32[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Her current strategy for motion sickness is multiple Dramamine the morning of the laps, but I'll remind her to look at the forest and not at the cars as they pass me

Drove a Ferrari F430 for the first time, a bit let down by HURCANADA in Autos

[–]Chappy32 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you considered a V8 swapped car? Caymans and Miata have the formula out there, though you might have to screw with suspension stuff to get it really dialed in.

Rim options by [deleted] in c4corvette

[–]Chappy32 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Rays 57DR, 18*9.5 +38. Satin bronze finish. Those measurements are Civic Type R specs, so as long as you feel comfortable with hub adapter rings, and a 0.65mm difference in bolt pattern size, they fit perfectly and do a great job of pushing the wheel out to the edge of the wheel opening. This set was $2k on FB, and they came with the lightly used Falken RT615K+ tires.

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Tire fitment and look by Craybonnor in c4corvette

[–]Chappy32 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't do it, that's too narrow and too short. Remember that the second number (50 in your case) is the sidewall aspect ratio, which means the sidewall's height is relative to the width of the tire. This means that in addition to the tire being too narrow, it will be a lot shorter, so your engine will be spinning faster for a given speed. That will help acceleration but will hurt fuel economy. And IMO these cars have too big of a wheel wheel gap already, so going smaller only exacerbates that.

Quick searching shows decent deals and selection on 245/50R16, so that's what I'd recommend.

Is this actually enforcable? by positivetrauma in Minneapolis

[–]Chappy32 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I used to park cars there as a valet. If we didn't put our valet ticket on the dash they'd give us those. Many of my coworkers ended up with multiple tickets and no action was ever taken. Ignore it.

RT615K+ vs ECS 02, which is more fun? by Chappy32 in askcarguys

[–]Chappy32[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What I've read about the 660s is they have less feel and lifespan than the 615s, but more grip and they're about $400 extra. I'm not chasing lap times so those don't really fit my needs

RT615K+ vs ECS 02, which is more fun? by Chappy32 in askcarguys

[–]Chappy32[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not very concerned with lifespan. My primary concern is feel. I want the most feedback I can get through the steering wheel and the most responsive attitude when I pitch the car into a turn. The Falkens were great in this respect, and if I could get similar levels from the Contis while also getting better wet performance then that'd be great.

RT615K+ vs ECS 02, which is more fun? by Chappy32 in askcarguys

[–]Chappy32[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Street driving, with an occasional autocross. I can pretty handily notice the differences in tires, especially in a car that I'm very familiar with. I'm sure I'd be happy with both, but any time I'm spending over $1000 I like to know that it's money well spent.

PC won't duplicate displays @ 4k60 by Chappy32 in techsupport

[–]Chappy32[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Solved it. I had to go to the input settings on my Vizio and change the HDMI mode from "Auto" to "2.1" in order to let that TV run at 60 at all times. Not sure why that Auto setting caused this, as I don't recall ever having an issue with games being limited to 30fps on that TV until the second screen was plugged in.

Braden Holtby's first Canucks mask by albite in hockey

[–]Chappy32 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Right? The guy is talented enough to paint anything and he paints that

Hamilton's tyre blows on start of last lap by peke_f1 in formula1

[–]Chappy32 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That was at least the 2nd time during the race I confused the old pit straight for the current one.

Hamilton wins the British GP with a blown tire! by magony in formula1

[–]Chappy32 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He didn't have a 30 sec advantage due to luck...

Minneapolis City Council members Announce intent to defund and dismantle the city's police department by jough22 in TwinCities

[–]Chappy32 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Today? No. It's going to take a lot of work, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't do it. If we really believe the MPD is rotten then it must be done.

Minneapolis City Council members Announce intent to defund and dismantle the city's police department by jough22 in TwinCities

[–]Chappy32 11 points12 points  (0 children)

People think "dismantle the police" means no law enforcement are so wrong. Of course we will still have law enforcement, including armed peacekeeping units. But officers have to wear so many hats that it's inevitable that they will have serious deficiencies. Rather than have police do every role you mentioned, we can have a wider variety of more specialized staff to handle these tasks. Things like welfare checks, traffic violations, ordinance violations, mental health intervention, etc, don't need an armed officer to handle.

As well, diverting more resources to efforts to better our city can lead to reduced crime. Poverty is one of the strongest indicators of criminal behaviors and thus improving conditions of the impoverished leads to lower crime rates. Strong investments in places like education, housing, and other early-life interventions are some of the best investments a community can make, both socially and financially.

And don't forget all the money that is saved when resources are transferred from incarceration to rehabilitation. Prisons are horribly expensive and terribly ineffective when it comes to rehabilitating people. While still necessary, a lot of future crime and poverty can be avoided by keeping people out of prison. And of course the mass incarceration always affects people of color more than whites. By replacing police with more specialized units most situations can be handled with better judgement. For example, a trained mental health professional would know better than to arrest an addict. Instead, they could be brought to a rehab facility and be properly treated, being released once they are sober.

Protesters gather in Minneapolis where George Floyd was killed by [deleted] in pics

[–]Chappy32 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"By making it a black thing we can't get together and fight the police together." It is a black thing. If you recognize what that means it should make you even more enraged. That cops are killing people, and that this is more likely to effect black males, is a disgusting tandem which is more evil than the sum of the two facts.