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Old 08-06-2012, 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by pdexta
Fae certainly exacerbates a lot of issues, but if you're not willing to accept that some random crap is going to happen when modifying a car you're better off never touching any vehicle. I've definitely had my fair share of WWFFD moments, and it's certainly not isolated to any one make or model.
Well sure, as have I.

But this thread has been plagued with nothing but problems. From what i could tell anyway. Though, it doesn't help that every week it's time to upgrade somewhere.
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Old 08-06-2012, 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Erat
Tell me honestly, is this guy the only exception? Or does everyone have this many problems? Or is it just the half ***, crappy ways of his doing that gets him into trouble? He seems to be smart, and know much more than me but for some reason it does not help.
It mostly happens if you're doing something that no one has done before.
I accounted for everything in my build and still broke things which I thought were unbreakable, or didn't imagine breaking.
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Old 08-06-2012, 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by TurboTim
More money than brains. I see it every day.
Exactly.

This isn't a build thread, its a mess. I don't care what the end result is (if there ever is one) when you just throw parts at a car and have others wrench on it.

99% of his threads/posts are a waste of space and time. He can take a serious discussion and turn it full on retard with just a simple sentence. He's that much fail.
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Old 08-06-2012, 07:22 PM
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Yeah, and you're talking about a guy with limited mechanical experience, modifying his first vehicle, that's trying to put together a car to make 6 times the stock power. His power goals are well beyond what most of us ever dream of pushing our cars to. Even under the best circumstances, you're going to run into a lot of problems taking a miata beyond 500whp.
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Old 08-06-2012, 08:57 PM
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Definitely. But bet you anything that given the amount of money and time he spent on this thing 80% of other people would already have a seriously bad as.s machine like a year or two ago.

Its his 1st project and he's basically learning from scratch which is cool, but everyone and their mother knows that like 70% of the stupid crap that happened in this thread was due to severe mental retardation and not lack of automotive knowledge. Some of the things he did even my dog wouldn't do.

Its his time and money so who cares. Its just fun watching
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Old 08-06-2012, 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted by 18psi
70% of the stupid crap that happened in this thread was due to severe mental retardation and not lack of automotive knowledge. Some of the things he did even my dog wouldn't do.
I think the frame rail notching pic pops up enough on here that no one is going to argue with that.
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Old 08-06-2012, 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Braineack
plus he abused having my phone number.
Why don't we play Word With Friends anymore?
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Because gotta have friends to play it with?
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I will only comment to say - I'm glad my thread is nothing like this. Fae is doing some cool ---- but damn.. 163 pages... I just broke 30 today.
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Your thread is literally the exact opposite of this thread. Win vs. Fail, drive vs. break, results vs. drunken babbling, a lot of pics vs. a pic once in a while. I can't really think of much else to compare, but I'm sure it would be opposite.
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Old 08-08-2012, 12:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Dem768
I will only comment to say - I'm glad my thread is nothing like this. Fae is doing some cool ---- but damn.. 163 pages... I just broke 30 today.
If your assistant were shown assisting more often in the build pics, page views might increase.
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Old 08-08-2012, 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by skidude
I can't really think of much else to compare,
Dyno plots vs. die now plots, perhaps?
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I love how Faelflora has been banned for weeks now and his thread is STILL one of the most active threads in my subscription list.
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Originally Posted by skidude
I love how Faelflora has been banned for weeks now and his thread is STILL one of the most active threads in my subscription list.
Fae is like herpes. Just when you think its gone he reappears as a dark red patch of itch and shame.
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Old 08-08-2012, 11:23 PM
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^knows from experience
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Originally Posted by pusha
^knows from experience
Thanks for that holiday present from last year... its the gift that keeps on giving.
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Min was on the dyno today. I am trying to get numbers from him.
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No ******* way! IS THIS REAL LIFE?
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