http://www.autocrossaddict.com Diary of a Beginning Autocrosser Sat, 29 Sep 2007 07:17:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Seen on the forums: “Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car and oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall, torque is how far you take the wall with you.” — Anonymous http://www.autocrossaddict.com/2007/09/29/qotd Since replacing the cold-side intercooler coupling I’ve had a problem with it coming undone at the other end, on the throttle body. I ordered a bunch of replacement clamps a while back but with the transmission problems it hasn’t been a priority for me to fix. Today I finally got ... http://www.autocrossaddict.com/2007/09/22/clamps So I talk to the guy selling the 6-speed, get a quote from Japtrix on the labor (stings but not too bad), talked to Jorge about maybe doing it ourselves at his buddy’s garage, and this morning I woke up to find that the guy started a new 10-day eBay ... http://www.autocrossaddict.com/2007/09/01/annoyed Got a lead on a local parting out his JDM STi Wagon conversion, including a complete JDM STi VII 6-speed drivetrain — everything from the clutch to the rear hubs plus aftermarket rear brakes. Not indestructable like a PPG gearset but ought to be fine at my power levels and ... http://www.autocrossaddict.com/2007/08/29/i-can-has-6-speed I’m stunned that the “Hogan” family would let their barely 17-year old child continue to drive around in a purported 1,000HP sportscar after racking up a fistful of serious speeding tickets. I can understand them not having much concern for their own offspring, if he’s anything like most teenagers they’ve ... http://www.autocrossaddict.com/2007/08/27/irresponsible Transmission shop says I blew second gear. It doesn’t make sense to me but there’s no arguing with the truth. Was hoping to fix and flip this STi-geared 5MT but prices on NASIOC have fallen to the point that it’s not worth it. Instead I’ll be using this tranny as ... http://www.autocrossaddict.com/2007/08/21/busted Second gear on my transmission started working again just as suddenly as it stopped. Had been fine for a couple weeks, then suddenly I’m getting an odd noise coming from the transmission and in second gear it becomes extremely loud. [See post to watch Flash video] http://www.autocrossaddict.com/2007/08/19/tranny-noise http://www.autocrossaddict.com/2007/07/27/bringing-sexxxy-back My boss somewhat resembles Dwight from the US version of “The Office”, and some time ago someone (our Product Manager?) gave him a Dwight bobblehead doll. From the moment I first saw it on his desk I have been wanting to photograph Mini Ron around our office. Today I finally ... http://www.autocrossaddict.com/2007/07/25/bryce-2-ron-0 My new front rotors finally arrived and hot damn do they bring sexxxy back. I’ll get a picture later. http://www.autocrossaddict.com/2007/07/24/rotors