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I like the fact that they are not designed to kill human beings. Engineering behind all the crash and pedestrian safety amazes me

>>14893564
top banter

>>14893482
i like being able to use it for it's intended purpose instead of making it look like something it will never be used for

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>2AM
>not a soul to be found
>coming to intestate exit ramp
>have gut feeling inside telling me I can take it
>climb up to speed
>those midship feels and inspiring confidence of the planted rear tires
>NIGHT OF FIRE playing in the background

>>14893379
>earbuds

>ear buds
What the fuck is wrong with you?

Just splice the wires back together

>>14890426
This.

>>14890196
nope. you're fucked

>>14888114
>Now wants to trade it because it's basically a pile of trash and wants a better car

Wait wut? I haven't followed his videos for a while, is he really saying he wants to get rid of the Mustang?

Doesn't surprise me, he bought an unreliable Ecoboost piece of trash. A base V6 would have been better.

>>14888225

Said the car is blowing out black smoke, has ran lean, and has had the electrics freeze up so bad that he had to unplug the battery to reset everything.

It's in the comments in this video

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HJ6m3SAsTo

>Hi Susbdbdhshejdbwbwwrxfan here

>>14884663

They look like a generic 90s sedan with 2 doors driven by poor white trash.

>>14884673
Found the importfag

>>14884663
much better than the first of the retros, but i like the new ones,

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>what skills do I need to work in top series?
- For mechanics: good wrenching abilities, good ability to live and work closely with other people, willingness to work stupid hours, suffer from heavy sleep deprivation and be away from home for weeks.
Working as a street mechanic is not strictly necessary, but it helps in picking up with the pace if you never worked with race cars. Also some positions (like pit stop crews) may require you to be in shape and follow some kind of physical training.

- For engineers, mech engies are good for actual race engineers (the people who decide the setup of a car), electronic engies are good for telemetry, data/performance engineers and pretty much everything that is not strictly a job for the race eng. And trust me when I say there is a load of work to do for electronic engies, especially at high levels.

- For everyone else, welders are super important, accidents happen all the time and a good welder can make the difference between fixing a car by dinner time or going for an all nighter, if you can work fast and good, you will be a fucking superstar. Carbon fibre and composite materials experts are also very, very important. Truckers, carpenters, electricians, chefs or machinists may not be directly involved with cars, but are still required in small and big teams alike.

Now on to my personal blog:
Winter has been fucking boring as always, staying at home for 3 months straight takes its toll on your patience. Luckily I've been able to nail a couple of jobs interviews in the meantime so, if everything goes according to plan, this year is going to be PACKED with work. I can't name names, but I'll be working with F4s and touring cars, as long as the usual WEC stuff and a few minor races with Porsches and Ferraris, feels good to start working with more than one or two teams at a time and to take a break from the whole "world championships" stress.

General Race Mechanic thread, post your questions or share your experiences

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>>14882062
>welder

so i know how to weld, not perfectly though

apart from becoming a certified welder, what else would i need to become a race mechanic, a degree in automotive engineering or something like that?

also im not from an english speaking country, do you know any mechanics in a similar situation? is a certificate in an specific languag necessary? i would like to imagine japanese teams speak japanese and italian teams speak italian

>>14882155
>apart from becoming a certified welder, what else would i need to become a race mechanic, a degree in automotive engineering or something like that?
A welding certificate doesn't grant you a spot as a race mechanic (I'm talking about high levels with organised teams, if you go to your small local hillclimb team you might as well apply for a race engineer position if you know vehicle physics), but you can still do lots of stuff in and out of cars, from the fabrication of equipment to damage repairs on cars, keep in mind that aluminium is everywhere so you should learn how to work with that.

To be a mechanic you don't need a degree, you need that for engineering positions (again, this "rule" may not apply for low level racing where teams are small and cars are simpler).
You just need to know how to wrench and be a fast learner at that, most of what you do in your typical racing weekend is setting the car up a million times, follow your engineer's directions and repair damages. You don't even need to be a street mechanic to start, but it can help so you can at least know most of the tools you will be using and how to identify parts.

>also im not from an english speaking country, do you know any mechanics in a similar situation? is a certificate in an specific languag necessary? i would like to imagine japanese teams speak japanese and italian teams speak italian
Yes, most teams tend to hire people from their own country, for example AF Corse is mostly made of Italians, Rebellion is mostly made of bongs, Audi is mostly Germans and so on, but nothing stops you from working with them. I personally know many mechanics and engineers that come from countries different than the team's.

>>14892055
for stock applications I like EBC brakes and use CRC brake lube on the caliper parts

For all other applications I would say Wilwood and again nothing beats good old CRC brake grease/lubes.

Da ones who make da ones when you slam on your breaks all you hear is SCREEEEEEEE

Those be some real powerful fuckers to stop them rims like that but the car be still going forward

>>14892055
the red ones

>>14880662
Tell her the car does have ESC even if it doesn't.

>>14880674
I considered that, but she's smart enough to find out if I'm lying. Maybe I should ask her to do the research since she wants the feature...

It does. I believe it even has an off button for it.

>>14897763
>supercharger for my Tacoma
>supercharger for my
>supercharger for
>supercharger
>supercharger
>supercharger

I bet it's automatic two wheel drive too huh

>>14897777
cant argue with those quads

>>14897777
4x4
6spd


Thanks for being a dick though

>>14872070
>http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/cto/5539299588.html

That has got to be a seriously front heavy car.

>>14872740
Not really.

On a side note I'm very impressed with this swap. Especially the s2k cluster is fucking tits.

I have seen many Honda swaps but this one takes the cake. 10K is an extremely fair asking price considering the motor and transmission alone cost almost 3/4 the asking price.

Did he cut a giant chunk out of the rad support? kek

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Bump

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Something like this
>oh wait

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Like the original Beatle.
All sport cars would be 911s.
Cruisers would look like Tatras, except shittier.
Rear engines everywhere.

I sorry. Me no speaky chinese. A so.

>>14892396
> But I have a new hatchback that gets 35 mpg
> The definition of practical

>>14892396

>No

See, wasn't that hard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5BvO0fkEoY

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My incorrect shift knob. Reverse is actually down

Is it douchey to have a skull head shifter?

>>14883557
>charges me with showing power
what sorta poofter shit is that mate
Sounds like every red light i've ever gone from

>>14883570
I think it was because we both revved senpai. I might have chirped tires as well.

Vehicular homicide, multiple counts