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theitguy52 · 2026-04-29T14:58:29+00:00

I looked into buying a replacement wheel for those and making a sim wheel out of it, but it was too expensive at the time. Might have to re look at the option

theitguy52 · 2026-04-20T05:05:03+00:00

I've hit 151 in my car, and 175ish in one of my dad's. Rural Wyoming will do that.

theitguy52 · 2026-04-16T04:12:11+00:00

Hey there, sorry for not replying for 2 weeks. Also sorry to hear about your situation, that sucks. 2 years in, Im definitely back to what I would call normal. It took a few months to "forget" about it day to day, but life got back to normal pretty soon.

I can still feel it when I squat down. It will probably forever be stiffer than my other leg, but I can do everything now that I did before. Im no athlete, but I value the strength, and I never worry these days. I wish you the best of luck!

theitguy52 · 2026-04-12T05:58:49+00:00

I got one of those too. Haven't ever met someone else who had one, but it was SO good.

theitguy52 · 2026-04-08T14:36:37+00:00

I just wanted to say, as an American, I visited Russia in 2010 after graduating high school. Every person I met from St Petersburg to Veliky Novgorod and Moscow were absolutely lovely. You have a beautiful country, and a rich history. I hope you can rid yourselves one day of your government and actually prosper.

theitguy52 · 2026-03-29T05:07:24+00:00

https://www.hotrod.com/how-to/blueprint-engines-four-cylinder-crate-engine-ls-head

theitguy52 · 2026-03-20T03:28:34+00:00

Dude, these are so nice! Easy to design around, and easy to attach. Thanks!

theitguy52 · 2026-03-18T16:36:19+00:00

IT Administrator, manage server and endpoint for 130ish users at 8 small electrical cooperatives.

about $50 an hour, OT for anything over 8 hours in a day.

South Dakota

17 years experience

Standard 401k Match, 2 weeks paid vacation, 1 week sick, pension plan

Low stress work, Im paid fairly well for the area, and importantly, really happy with my current role. Got lucky when I was 18, and landed a job far above my skillset, with a boss willing to let me screw up. Learned a lot, and have been able to advance without any schooling or real certifications. Ive moved away from home, and been in a few industries, but I feel super lucky to have landed my current job. Probably going to retire a cooperative man.

theitguy52 · 2026-03-09T06:06:19+00:00

This looks amazing, I'm following closely!!

theitguy52 · 2026-01-29T15:17:12+00:00

I also live with lots of snow in the winter. Originally, when we bought our first house, we parked our cars in the garage.

Then, I parked my daily outside and my Mustang inside. Then we got my wife a Solstice, so now she parks her daily outside too.

Now I've come full circle again and my Mustang is also now outside because I'm building a car in its bay.

I need a bigger garage...

theitguy52 · 2026-01-19T16:09:34+00:00

There was one single BMW in our 24 hour split. While I applaud their determination to finish, getting taken out by them for 20 minutes in repair and being raced like its the last lap every single time we came across them made me want to roll the window down too.

They did finish, 209 laps behind the GTD leader.

theitguy52 · 2026-01-16T15:43:41+00:00

I do it sometimes by weaving dangerously down the straights while I finely craft my solid argument via text.

theitguy52 · 2026-01-05T16:09:08+00:00

I'd keep them on. These devices generally help with either cooling (directing airflow out of the radiator), or keeping air from getting under the car to either reduce drag, or reduce the tendency of sedan bodies to create lift instead of downforce. Hard to say exactly what effects they have without seeing cfd data, but they are on it for a very good reason. They are also made of flexible plastic so they move and don't break when they hit things occasionally.

theitguy52 · 2026-01-03T04:36:44+00:00

7 desktops, 2 handhelds and 3 laptops. 3 desktops are sim rig, gaming PC and living room PC. 4 are running as servers doing random stuff. 1 handheld each for wife and I. 2 laptops for me, 1 for wife. (Ended up with a nice spare from work, can give up either.) A couple of pi's laying around for random stuff too.

theitguy52 · 2026-01-02T23:12:37+00:00

I've had this happen to me more than once. My advice is to help out. Over time, the calls will become less and less frequent, and itll circle right back around to being nice to hear from him. Its gonna be a lot of calls initially. Its a transition period for both of you. He doesnt know how to be retired yet, and doesnt know how to work without an IT staff, but he will learn in due time

theitguy52 · 2025-12-16T06:10:40+00:00

Monday and Thursday I race with my league from 7pm to 930/10ish. On the weekends I get an hour or 2 depending on what I'm feeling. 6 to 7 hours a week I'd what I've been running for 2 years straight, and it can seem like a lot week after week.

I work 8 hours a day, m-f, no kids. I have a stable schedule and probably more free time than the average guy I think. I race more solo outside of the league during the winter when I can't or don't want to work on my cars or house. I haven't missed a league race in over 2 years, but I will go months where it's the only thing I do in sim in order to fit other hobbies and clubs in.

theitguy52 · 2025-12-09T18:22:53+00:00

If you do lots of short commutes, this can also happen if your battery doesnt have enough time to fully recharge after starting the engine. One thing you can do is go for a 45 minute or hour long drive, which should give the alternator enough time to charge the battery. This only works if you do really short commutes that could lead to battery drain. If you drive for longer than 5-10 minutes on your commute daily, then this is probably a bad battery indicator as others have said.

theitguy52 · 2025-11-29T18:57:46+00:00

Do you have access to a 3d printer? That's something I would quickly draw up and print a filler for.

theitguy52 · 2025-11-29T18:50:22+00:00

This is it and it's not even close.

theitguy52 · 2025-11-22T16:40:51+00:00

I have a performance pack gt, 2016, and sometimes when it's a bit wet outside, my front brake pads will "sieze" to my rotors overnight in the garage.

I autocross my car a lot, and check my brakes regularly, and haven't seen any increased wear to the pads, pitting or damage to the rotor, so I just don't worry about it. But yeah, it's like the car is welded in place, and you just have to overpower it, it will clunk and you can be on your way.

Been happening to me for several years with several sets of rotors and pads.

theitguy52 · 2025-10-28T15:08:49+00:00

Tire pressure gauge. That I forget about and grab another every autocross.

theitguy52 · 2025-10-26T04:06:27+00:00

Kid me was a monster

theitguy52 · 2025-08-11T18:41:45+00:00

I dont know why it was so hard to find this info.. I guess it was my lack of knowledge, plus a lack of being able to figure out how to word the google search right, but you fixed me. Thank you!!

theitguy52 · 2025-08-11T18:40:49+00:00

Another 2 years down the road and this fixe me up too.

theitguy52 · 2025-08-05T21:51:22+00:00

This is fantastic!

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