what happens when science nerds get involved with cars...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kAeN5knZMQ&feature=share

ah yes, the ol' turbo encaptulator....."I'm sure its not cheap but the government will buy it" at the end...LMFAO!!!

whats YOUR favorite example of when science nerds gets involved with cars? (Keep it clean...)

 

My son goes to college in Tucson, 75 miles away. I asked him to stop by and pick up some parts at the transmission shop up there where I used to work part time when I was in college, 30 years ago. My son said the owner showed him some pictures of the high mileage car I worked on for my senior project in college. weird stuff.

http://www.selectric.org/hmc/index.html


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Some other versions...

 

We nerds always get the cool jobs....
That's me with a prototype HEMI intake that I worked on...

 

Modern cars with microprocessors that control everything, hybrids, etc.

 

lets see,

ABS
cruise control
climate control
bluetooth
EFI
that has to be a good thing.

launch control
GPS
Lojack

see it's not all bad.

 

Those are good. Now for the bad....

Speed limiters
Seat belt buzzer's that can not be fooled ( hate those damn things)
The Prius period
Plastic engine parts
and the list goes on and on

 

Science nerds are responsible for every aspect of every car that ever rolled off the assembly line.
So, everything from flatheads, to 1000 HP Bugatti engines are due to science nerds. All forms of professional racing teams have their own engineers on the team. Guess who they are.
Larry T

 

I'm a science nerd and those skills and knowledge helps me do what I do and has helped many people on here.

Computer skills for EFI or ignition
Wiring
Pressure differences
Frame twist and torque
Suspension geometry
Brake power
Cooling and other engine performance characteristics
Material science

Are just some that come to mind and most apply to tradittional hotrods.

 

WTF my head hurts!!!


song book .... you fuckers

what next ??
special
high
intensity
training?

 

I'm sure every one of us here has spent hours on their motors trying to gain every last ounce of horsepower out of their motors....


Yeah, I think we all have a little nerdiness in us to make things go fast...

 

rchilp - do you have a flat black pocket protector and von dutch style pinstriping on your scientific calculator? lol

 

I LOVE all that unshielded computer controlled crap out there. The 500 Watt transciever in my car (Totally Legal) can really screw up newer cars near me, amoung other things. It is really useful for setting off car alarms.

Embrace the Geek within

 

Sweet were do you pick those up at? lol

 

So, I take it you get your rocks off doing that kind off shit to people you don't even know???

 

Once asked a "nerd" to pick me up some 10-32 bolts. He thought 10/32, and that reduces to 5/16. Guess what I got?

 

I'm kind of a science nerd. Love electronics and stuff.

One thing easily overlooked is BATTERY TECHNOLOGY. How much do you use your cordless tools building that classic car?

YAY! for NASA and all scientists out there!

 

This is the kind of posts we get when they put computers in the junior high schools.

 

The late, great Peter Brock and his 'Energy Polariser'. Google it.

 

Right on man! These guys discovered the "theory" of NiCd memory problems...hence why we move to Li-Ion, and Li-Po these days,
even Ni-Mh is gettin' old...

and how bout rev limiters?
mapping?
EST?
remember, your good ol' semiconductor is made from SAND.

 

The future is now... or... "Look Ma no hands"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4zOFNTkxMvQ#!

 

Computer controled throttle pedals, computer controlled transmission shifter pads. Toyota"s gas pedal problems and this (photo) I work on these things and have experienced the same problem except I had another truck in front of it to stop it.Luckily no one was hurt but definitely changes the way you deal with repair process. The shifter pad still was in neutral but really wasn"t.All the truck was in the shop for was brake adjustment and I was running the truck just to build air up. Wheel chocks were in place but didn"t stop it. Just glad this happened in the shop,not out in a neighbor hood full of kids. Never had any problems with throttle cable and trans shifter cables,hate the newer,mind of its own crap.

 

lets not forget lmao

 

ABS brakes? Saved my ass once, tried to kill me 4792 times otherwise... Traction/launch control? I find it endeering to have a car completely shut down just at the second in time I need absolutely everyhing to work as I need and intend it to... Computerized door locks that automatically lock me in the car and make it damn near impossible to get in and out unless the car really feels the need to let me? Or will happily lock me out side the car with it running on a 105 degree day, 75 miles from anywhere? Sign me up!!! Hybrid technology? Do I really have to say any more?
God I love it when the dorks I locked in their gym lockers in high school design cars....

 

ill admit im sorta of a nerd.. even tho i do not come off as one ( long hair, people skills etc).. do have a degree in computer science.. shhh.. do not tell anyone.. laughs, at any rate i think the videos used a lot of big dollar words, laughs.. hey deuce.. thats cool you got to work on a prototype hemi, guess you are a hemi guy? or 409?
chris.

 

No pocket protector, but I am Dutch so maybe that takes care of the pinstriping.

I do have some degrees, patents and a pretty successful life in more ways then one to show for my nerdiness.

I get to do what I love and no-one can take it away from me.

Yes, I paid attention in math, physics, chemistry and other nerdy type classes, yes I failed PE in high school. But I work with what I like, make a lot more money then the failed college athlete and am truly interested in my work, I go home at night to work more and study, not to drink and watch tv sports. And in case you wonder, I've been published numerous times, appear on TV and radio, do interview regularly, taught college and dated a SI swimsuit model when I was in college, yes I can communicate to.

If all that makes me a Nerd, I'm happy to be one.

 

I'm with you on that one. I dislike (hate the word hate) drive-by-wire setups. Makes testing an alternator a 2 man job (me underhood, a helper on the gas). Also can't rev the engine from underhood.

One time I got an older truck in with a seized engine. Went outside, tried to start it of course, no luck. Put it in Neutral, pushed it into the shop with a helper steering. Reached inside, turned the key one more time and it started and ran into my tool cart.

I've never owned a car with ABS, not even my 2007 HHR. But I do like them, they pay well.

 

the price of progress is trouble

 

I likes'em all...