More pics and info tomorrow!

I'll gonna be so much faster while karting now

Blizzaks
Working handbrake
Manual transmission
All time AWD

Now I need to wait for that 1 snow day here in southern Indiana!
I do like these wheels more than the other ones too

I've updated my sim racing setup!
I used to have a G29 wheel which was good but its 5 years old now; the steering shaft is too wobbly and it tends to lose calibration fairly easily and randomly.

So, I got some new hotness:

Its a direct drive wheel (as opposed to the gear driven G29) which means that the motor is directly connected to the steering shaft which gives better and stronger feedback.

For it to fit my wooden rig, the rig had to be modified.
The angle of the plywood that the wheel attaches to needed to be adjusted. A friend built my current rig and one for another friend as well.
The other rig already had the intended modifications done to it so we swapped the front halfs of the rigs:

My old rig is to the right of that pic, the plywood at the top is angled down.

This is the new rig now:

And the new setup:

Triple monitors coz my brain cannot comprehend VR:
I also ordered and constructed the triple monitor stand. Its made up of 8020 aluminum.

I spent way too much time aligning the monitor to be pretty much perfect

This is in-game:

I still need to adjust the in game perspective a little, its a bit janky

Happy Christmas (or whatever else)!

Ive been steadily putting my C5 back together. Still need to actually bolt down the intake, connect all the coolant and vacuum hoses, connect all the engine harnesses and drain the fuel tanks of 2 year old gas.
Hopefully she’ll be ready to fire up by the start of June

Meet @Just-Jeepin today! You can see him in his natural habitat in the pic above (its his 3rd wash today actually)

He was also gracious enough to lemme drive Sunset

I only drove it up and down the street. My thoughts:
The clutch is interesting, would need some getting used to to figure our the grab point without slipping the clutch too much.
Its faster, smoother and shorter than I expected.
I could hear a lot of external sounds (cars passing by) that I expected tho, probably coz of the soft top.

Tuscadero is a pretty color tho!

Before:

New and improved me, courtesy of our Lord and savior:

Thanks @Rusty-Vandura foe the stickers

@mazda616 Coolant temp gauge in the Mini. If it moves from its normal position, the head is already warped!

So, ive got the block back from the shop after a couple of months and now its back in the car...
Hopefully, it'll be back up and running in the next month or so now

New clutch, pressure plate and lightweight flywheel:

New intake, bigger injectors, bigger throttle body(LS2 throttle body) for the C5...all what my tuner recommended for my build.
Edit: all this cost more than what it cost me to buy my Audi lol

@Gabriella there’s a lot of middle aged engineers in my town, a decent splattering of Teslas around.

@jminer the selective quote on my iphone quotes the entire post. Ill keep trying out other things

@Darkbrador is that a ford ka or puma front end on it??

@ibRAD wtf…thats seems weird to me

@DipodomysDeserti welp

@ibRAD my C5 vette. It doesnt have threads either but theres a locking cap that power motive had for it.

@ibRAD huh I don’t use the wingnut/chain thing that you speak of. I just have a normal cap that fits on the brake reservoir. I’ll take a picture later today.

@Bandit Highly recommend a pressure bleeder (I have a power motive one), just pump in pressure and consumer beers with your mates.

@Roadkilled they got a thiccc ass

@krustywantout thanks! Ill keep it in mind. A friend with infinite carfaxes already pulled it, seems to be well maintained