Well I visited the site for nostalgia sake and checked up here (I haven't been here in over 3 years!). I will add the fly swatter ignition to the guide.

Limit of failure as safety factor approaches one equals one.

or

Limit of failure as pressure approaches infinity equals one

http://wiki.4hv.org/images/0/05/Ignitioncoildimmer.jpg

This is as simple as is gets. This is also off a 120v AC outlet. Just a dimmer switch and capacitor is all that is required.

Also to aid in your search for cheap coils.

http://www.amazon.com/ACDelco-C500-Igni ... B000C9N452

Seen it, not sure why I haven't posted it here. But when I did, I thought that people here were going to simply dissect the scene and determine the potato's velocity...

12332123 wrote:@rcman

It got clogged up with methane clathrates that made it float to the surface.

Hahaha, not to misinterpret the gravity of the situation, but that makes me think of the cap procedure in slightly fast motion, grainy picture with this playing in my head

I don't think pop rivets would support the pressures the crude could produce. They had a giant cap idea a while ago. What ever happened to that?

wow interesting... AFAIK you can get tubular aluminium extrusions/ profiles (whatever you call them) so something like this http://www.gudel.com/fileadmin/guedel-com/products/modules/options/mlb/12-1.png Engineering's erector set http://www.8020.net/ Carbon fiber is amazing stuff, ideal for a pisto...

Just be careful. They are known for selling really low quality products and used items as new. Since your camera is name brand you won't get low quality. But make sure you camera comes in it's box with all of it instruction manuals and accessories.

Sneak Peak...



Forgive me photo gods for I have sinned.
(ISO = 1600 on a point and shoot)

lol well the whole title didn't how up unitl I clicked on it. How about interior o-rings? anyone got a way around that?

I'm assuming this is to get around the lack of a lathe?

Yes, the pants I was referring to are skirts that come down the side of the wheels. Like shown:

spudtyrrant wrote:Ha-ha my year long reconnaissance plan worked, i knew you would eventually post here lol

lol we're not using new technology yet. That's next year.

Thought I might update the thread, it's been a while. The car it pretty much done as far as mechanical systems go. The shell is going back to our sponsor tomorrow for the final assembly and paint. The next time you see the car, it will be yellow, and have pants. http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a17...

And one thing we saw.... It was all about the bucks. The school with the most money to spend (or better equipped machine shop...which is really the same thing) was the school that won. The school with the least money to spend lost. Absolutely 100% true. This year we have invested about $40,000 into...