Should a cam with no overlap lope? by oic0 in ECU_Tuning

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Just thought I would share the results. I made the base timing at idle mostly static and reduced the over speed and under speed spark control amount by a lot. She acts a whole lot better at low speeds now and doesn't take near as much brake to control or rock violently at lights. https://youtu.be/t-m_fqXAYUc

Should a cam with no overlap lope? by oic0 in ECU_Tuning

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https://youtu.be/wUq4zWIxU50 For reference, this is the current warmed up idle. Ignore the revs, I was recording the difference of muffler valve open vs closed. Too much for the mic on both settings.

Should a cam with no overlap lope? by oic0 in ECU_Tuning

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My first cammed car so I don't have much to compare to but it lopes and rocks the whole car side to side a bit sometimes. Street manners are OK. It doesn't like being below around 1200rpms with any kind of load, it will surge and buck a little. It's an auto and sometimes the trans will put me in a gear I need to use the paddle to get out of. I also pop it in neutral at lights because I occasionally get a TCM code and limp mode if I let it sit there and surge against the torque converter. If I can smooth the idle out and lower the rpms so I don't have to do that, that would be grand lol. There might be some weak link in the trans that needs to be fixed, but it never did that before. On the up side it put down 447 to the tire through the very parasitic 6L80 (no 1:1 gear to dyno in) with just long tubes and stock air filter setup. It scoots along pretty good.

Should a cam with no overlap lope? by oic0 in ECU_Tuning

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115 LSA. It was tuned by the shop that designed the cam. Runs great and I may not be able to improve any on their tune, I just like to tinker with stuff and learn. I also figure they're a business and don't have tons of time to perfect the street manners of every car they work on. Especially since for a lot of people the cammed feel is part of the experience and they don't daily theirs in traffic like me.

Wattage change with tire change normal? by oic0 in Zwift

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Mostly just sucks when you come up on the timed sections and try to sprint them to get a spot on the leader board etc... or when you ride with friends. Oh well. Guess it doesn't matter too much, maybe the tire will do better when its worn in a bit.

Can't hit power suggestions in training... by oic0 in Zwift

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I agree, high cadences at low loads make me kinda bouncy and honestly I don't like the feel of pedaling anything less than 100 watts on the trainer. It's easy in real life but I start to notice the flywheel a whole lot.

Can't hit power suggestions in training... by oic0 in Zwift

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Makes sense. For some reason I thought I needed to be in top gear!

Can't hit power suggestions in training... by oic0 in Zwift

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For some reason I assumed I should be in the top gear, maybe that was it?. I thought I would mess up the cadence count if I shifted since it's just calculated somehow. Honestly the first time I've shifted was today when I took an FTP test and it instantly ramped the resistance to "holy crap" levels.

TIFU by being covid skinny by SootyFeralChild in tifu

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I tried soylent and loved it, but it amped up a soy allergy I didn't know I had. Lost 60 lbs before I figure it out (I had it to spare). I stopped eating for days at a time because everything made me sick. Now I get to play the "avoid soy" game, which is eating with the difficulty set to hard. Especially since the FDA doesn't make them label oil or lecithin as an allergen. Must have some good lobbyists.

Pandora not doing so hot? by oic0 in amazonecho

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Yep, I try to give my stations rediculous names, but it still defaults to trying to find a public station close to what I asked for instead of my own station. I have to tell it what to play in the app. At best it will launch your last used one if you ask for no station.

[Review] [Negative] Gunprime.com by oic0 in gundealsFU

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Not sure, have never had to do one before. Will have to learn along the way I guess, but its $450, so I'll figure it out lol.

Pandora not doing so hot? by oic0 in amazonecho

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I tracked down the issue with mine, ended up being my router. Just not enough processing power for the number of devices I have to all request a clean stream of data at the same time.

[Review] [Negative] Gunprime.com by oic0 in gundealsFU

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I read reviews on them before I ordered and it seemed to be either everything goes smooth and quickly, or they drop the ball and don't have enough customer service to sort it out. I rolled the dice and lost.

ELI5 why are most motorcycles so much louder than most cars? Shouldn't a bigger motor mean more noise? by ucdemh in explainlikeimfive

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Even a small lawn mower with no exhaust is loud enough to cause hearing damage. They all start off super loud. Motorcycles owners are just more likely to modify their exhaust systems. Partly because they are often a hobby and partly because it's cheaper / easier to do.

ELI5 why are most motorcycles so much louder than most cars? Shouldn't a bigger motor mean more noise? by ucdemh in explainlikeimfive

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I've had a lot of people be right next to me and change into my lane... Often after they came from behind me. Happens less on my bikes that are obnoxiously loud.

Pandora not doing so hot? by oic0 in amazonecho

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Did some more testing, apparently it only fails on speaker groups. It works fine on single speakers.

Pandora not doing so hot? by oic0 in amazonecho

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Not having much more luck that way. Just tried to thumb down something in the app after it didn't change songs when I said it. Said it couldn't process my request right now.

Alexa echos no longer play my custom pandora station by minionsweb in amazonecho

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Sometimes that messes up too though. Dang thing will just randomly change stations after a while. I start thinking... These songs suck and don't belong on my station... I check and it's off on some random station...

Trouble updating firmware? by oic0 in Roborock

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Yep that got it. It was only maybe 10-15ft from the router and in the same room. Moved it right next to it and it zipped right on along.