Tech Spam thread - because 1/4" BSP gets 5 hand spans to the jiggawatt

[Nominal]

1 hour ago, kws said:

If my front swaybar measures 16.5mm.... would I go with 16mm or 17mm poly D bushes?

16.

[cletus]

Battery I purchased last weekend 

A question for purveyors of car parts 

Does that sticker mean its past it's best by date? 

@GuyWithAviators

 

[CaMpylobacter]

Just now, cletus said:

Battery I purchased last weekend 

A question for purveyors of car parts 

Does that sticker mean its past it's best by date? 

@GuyWithAviators

 

Means century supplied it septe.ber 2020 and repco is too lazy to get their batteries rotated by the century rep regularly. 

You warranty starts from September unless you keep your receipt and shit i guess

[GuyWithAviators]

What he said. If you didn’t use it yet take it back to repco or maybe century with the receipt and ask to swap for a newer one. 

but tbh irl it’ll be fine and as Dolan said warranty starts from purchase not manufacture date. 

[Yowzer]

Oh is it year-month, not week-year?

[GuyWithAviators]

Some makes are different or have their own hieroglyphics but century is year - month

found a 19-04 the other day at the back of the shelves lel

[Styles]

14 hours ago, Dolan said:

Means century supplied it septe.ber 2020 and repco is too lazy to get their batteries rotated by the century rep regularly. 

You warranty starts from September unless you keep your receipt and shit i guess

Last time I was working in a parts department all the century guy used to do was swap the stickers... to be fair he did put the tester on them first.

[CaMpylobacter]

Yeah that's sufficient 

[kws]

7 hours ago, Styles said:

Last time I was working in a parts department all the century guy used to do was swap the stickers... to be fair he did put the tester on them first.

Lol, both places I worked Century actually swapped the batteries. They probably just swapped stickers at depot and we got it back the next week, but hey.

[kws]

Did I do a bad thing? Did I buy cheap, buy twice?

Im replacing the front wheel bearings in the TVR and thought I scored some cheap new bearings. Problem is I didnt check the brand (there isnt one on the website) and it turns out they are Chinese DSM brand bearings. I've already pressed the outer race in, so should I just send it and run them, or pull it out and replace with TIMKEN or the likes? They seems to roll smooth enough when spun by hand but that isnt an indicator of how long they will keep rolling when the weight of the car is on them.

[tortron]

well they are already paid for and installed.

[Nominal]

And, it's a TVR, how many miles will you be doing?

[kws]

Guess I'll just send it then. Got to be better than the old bearings which had been over tightened.

[h4nd]

Simple ways to fuck up phish scammers

 

[Muncie]

Haha what about Google form scams.

[Muncie]

Even more annoying is Google adds are popping up for gold buyers..... seriously fuck off.

[ajg193]

Does anyone on here know much about valve clearances and ramps on flat tappet, solid lifter cams?

 

For example, aftermarket camshaft profile calls for 0.3 mm inlet clearance and 0.35 mm exhaust clearance

 

Factory profile specifies 0.2 inlet and 0.3 exhaust

Will setting the aftermarket cam to 0.275 inlet and 0.325 exhaust in order to reduce noise cause too many problems long term?

The duration for the cam is like 180 or 190 deg at 0.05", with advertised duration of around 260 deg. Would this make the ramps about 35-40 deg duration?
 

[Guest]

If you have an aftermarket cam, why are you even comparing to the factory? Just set it to what is calls for and be happy.

If you dont like a bit of valvetrain noise put the factory cam back in it and clean up after youself with your grannypanties.

[Yowzer]

Chuck some MBL8 in it m⁸

[Yowzer]

Also, go with the specs for that cam. They're probably different for a reason.

If the valve train noise concerns you, you have too many mufflers.