where is everyone
It will be interesting to see who smokes who, nobody has dumped on me more than my own family and friends for undertaking such an insane project, and what was originally taken on as a joke, still looks like a joke, but complies to the letter with those 'late model' rules.
It is my intention to win the Geriatric Cup before i am too old, or to beat Peter Street anyway, and try not to let my son lap me.
It does not have a Corona engine, gearbox or diff, but it is all Toyota.:
FatBoy350 Registered User
Posts: 100
(2/6/03 6:41 pm) Reply
Re: where is everyone
Now I'm intrigued Corona man... tell us more...
I always thought Corona's were over rated, and i settled for Carlton Cold... But hey, now we are talking race cars i'll pull up a chair and listen...
Let's hear it... what model, class, etc ?? We'll all find out after the first round anyway right ??
where is everyone
The Tokyo Taxi, is a ST141, U2l with Gen2 MR2 engine, close ratio supra gbox, and diff is liteace/celica/corona.
VT brakes, 15x7 wheels, full cage, no aerodynamics, and as ugly all hell. :
PWR Registered User
Posts: 33
(2/8/03 7:14 pm) Reply
Corona Man
Good stuff Corona man! It's good to see someone running something different and being brave enough to admit to it early.
Powered by a 3SGE MR2 engine hey? Is it the Bathurst engine (which I'm now running) or the 118kw job? With the number of 3SGE's running this year we'll all be able to compare notes. Is yours as 'Hi - Tech' as mine and uses Webers instead of injection (agast!!!) ?
Is the car finished and running? With Ash helping you it certainly will be no back marker.
"Fast cars make slow drivers fast, fast drivers make slow cars fast......."
Corona man Registered User
Posts: 59
(7/14/03 10:39 pm) Reply
traffic
The traffic has picked up, but the feedback site has been overlooked for so long I thought it was time to move it into July. There has been some interesting discussions on the forum in the last couple of months and it is to be hoped that some points are falling on ears that are not deaf.
twister Registered User
Posts: 68
(7/23/03 7:49 am) Reply
Re: traffic
True, and you seem to be managing it well to prevent it becoming a "public" complaints page! Because I know that is not what most of us would want it to become,
TwinTurbo Registered User
Posts: 53
(8/4/03 2:55 pm) Reply
Re: traffic
"prevent it becoming a "public" complaints page"
Sorry Twister I dissagree, if it does not have a "balanced" discussion then it is irrelevant and most people will eventually come to ignore it. Of course there are posting rules and they need to be followed, but censorship is dangerous and leads nowhere.
Like all democracies, we need good quality debate on the topics that matter, not everyone being forced to follow "the party line" like lemmings.
twister Registered User
Posts: 80
(8/5/03 7:49 am) Reply
Re: traffic
Hi,
What I was trying to say, lets make it a forum based on facts not just complaints based on often lack of informed information.
I actually heard some comments on the weekend that people are styaing away from this fourm because it seems that some of the discussions have just been having a go at either the rules or others, without bothering to be involved with discussion at your club/commmitee to really know some of the facts behind discussions.
I do agree re sensorship but lets be real, many people have no idea what is really going on and a public forum where you can say total rubbish with zero accountabaility is potentially dangerous. The great benefit and risk of the WWW.
Re: traffic
Most of the stuff posted on here is basically as the member view's it. Either Tim (Group3j) or myself will delete or lock a thread if the discussion looks like it is harming or rubbishing the forum, class etc.. It'd be great to have a little more feed back from the Committee from around the Nation, not just NSW. If people are choosing to stay away, that would be a shame, but it's also their choice.
Most people do have fun on here, the remainder that try to rubbish everyone/thing usually get locked or deleted.
Re: traffic
First of all - Pete, you do a great job and thanks muchly for helping out. I don't get much time to get online at the moment and you do a bang up job.
Quote:I actually heard some comments on the weekend that people are styaing away from this fourm because it seems that some of the discussions have just been having a go at either the rules or others, without bothering to be involved with discussion at your club/commmitee to really know some of the facts behind discussions.
Kelvin,
I've heard this too and I wish it wasn't the case....however impressions are powerful things.
All,
The difficulty is how much to moderate and how much to let run it's course. Too much moderation and people stay away as the enjoyment disappears due to the constant filtering of the information....eventually the board becomes pointless as no-one can express their opinion. Too little moderation and people stay away (as above) as it becomes a public slinging match and the signal to noise ratio drops to almost 0. Finding the middle ground within that grey area is more difficult than people might first think. It's easy when you only have to consider your own views - when you have to think for others and what you hope is for the good of the catagory, it becomes somewhat more challenging.
If anyone can offer some suggestions on how they think we can better moderate the board, please post them up here. Things like "don't moderate posts" or "everyone should be allowed to have their say regardless of X, Y or Z" are NOT useful or constructive - they are unrealisitic.
We'd like to hear your feedback.
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