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reason i had them that way, n00b, biggrin.gif was because the visual range of the usuable part of the gauge was easier to read that way.
Originally posted by nfn15037@Nov 29 2004, 06:19 PM
Talk as much shit as you want, but take a stroll through the paddock of any racing series where they don't have fully digital dashes, and 95% of them will be clocked so that 12 o'clock is nominal. I don't give a shit how fast some pilot can read his gauges, I can see in my peripheral vision that all is well without taking my eyes off anything else. And a wreck because you were fucking around with a trip computer? How is that even relevant to this discussion?
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n a drag car...sure...I can see that setup working...but honestly....by the time to launch and your already down the strip...you will have only looked at one guage....and thats the speedometer.
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Isn't that a 737 Cockpit?
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Originally posted by Seany-izzle@Nov 29 2004, 05:47 PM
wheelie bars...why???
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Originally posted by Airjockie+Nov 29 2004, 06:49 PM-->nfn15037@Nov 29 2004, 06:19 PM
Talk as much shit as you want, but take a stroll through the paddock of any racing series where they don't have fully digital dashes, and 95% of them will be clocked so that 12 o'clock is nominal. I don't give a shit how fast some pilot can read his gauges, I can see in my peripheral vision that all is well without taking my eyes off anything else. And a wreck because you were fucking around with a trip computer? How is that even relevant to this discussion?
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Hooo boy...when your doing 8 sec runs...are you really worried if your alt is popping 15 amps...no...
14 sec car, 18 sec cars, and 6 sec cars only need a few things...and if you read what I said...then you would kinda figuar out what I was getting at...
n a drag car...sure...I can see that setup working...but honestly....by the time to launch and your already down the strip...you will have only looked at one guage....and thats the speedometer.
Keep It Simple Stupid....KISS..cars that is.
B's car was set up for drag, a fun drive around town, and possible a DD...if it was ever completed. Yes it is his car, he can do what he wants with it. But I'd rather see him the next time we have a meet, and in-car toys only distracts your human mind. Hince the story...which is true, and if most of these kids want to read, and learn from my mistakes and it helps them think about it a little more and they save their car from a near accident...then I feel I have do something good. IF you don't like the story..don't read it. Most of the toys now days i cars range from all the neat little control boxes for tuning and adjusting purposes...and I can't wait till someone says in public that they hit a car or had an accident because they was trying to adjust their fuel maps while driving around the block. They won't say it cause they are to ashamed to admit it on a public forum.
I like B, and I would hate to see something like that happen to him or anyone who reads the post.
Drag cars and daily drivers are completely different. Just the way they are set up. Sure..."Clocking the gauges" is cool and great for a drag car, but not your daily driver. Time and attention behind the wheel on the streets is very important...why mess up with your natural thinking process while reading a gauge in your car, and cause that extra thinking time to elapse and then your in another world while your trying to look, re-read, and ponder what the gauge was reading while your going down the road. Ever notice why cell phones while driving is kind of illegal in some states now...hrmmm...well the hands off ones arnt..but still people get maimed and in the hospital because Joe Blow had to call his GF while driving on a busy road...Attention to daily driving is my main point.
And also...why the hostility all of a sudden dude....lay off. You don't even know me, and you only met me once, and I didn't even talk to you. Sorry your GF has influenced you to hate me, but you don't even really know me..so lay off...no more drama is needed.
And also...that Tach is not even properly "Clocked"
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