His wild assumptions are insanely far fetched. It’s rather amazing.
I actually like his overall thesis. He is just a weird guy.
The concept of mechanical debt is very interesting. You modify a car and you reduce the life of other components…which, if you keep the car for a long time, you will end up paying (the debt) yourself when you replaced prematurely failed items. If you sell the car, you sell it with that debt hidden within the car.
Very interesting thought process. Very weird way of going about saying it.
When he joined the site, he was serious with his posts and thoughts (even though they were laden with assumptions, many of which weren’t accurate). Now I’m almost certain that a majority of his posts are him simply trolling and trying to “own” the lable many have placed on him. The problem (and maybe solution in his eyes) is that we can no longer distinguish his legitimate posts from his trollings. It gives him an out when criticized on a legitimate post to simply become asinine and make it appear like a master trolling all along.
I’m entertained by him and enjoy trying to understand the misconceptions he has that lead to some of his faulty decisions and thought processes.
-Skid
When he joined the site, he was serious with his posts and thoughts (even though they were laden with assumptions, many of which weren’t accurate). Now I’m almost certain that a majority of his posts are him simply trolling and trying to “own” the lable many have placed on him. The problem (and maybe solution in his eyes) is that we can no longer distinguish his legitimate posts from his trollings. It gives him an out when criticized on a legitimate post to simply become asinine and make it appear like a master trolling all along.
I’m entertained by him and enjoy trying to understand the misconceptions he has that lead to some of his faulty decisions and thought processes.
-Skid
I agree. I think he’s half serious even now, but also plays to what people think of him. He’s still pretty clueless, but he has at least found a way to play along with it and fuck with people at the same time. No doubt there is some trolling going on, and he purposely post some crazy stuff just to get people going. I gave up on even getting involved in any of his discussions for the most part.
I agree. I think he’s half serious even now, but also plays to what people think of him. He’s still pretty clueless, but he has at least found a way to play along with it and fuck with people at the same time. No doubt there is some trolling going on, and he purposely post some crazy stuff just to get people going. I gave up on even getting involved in any of his discussions for the most part.
This was pointed out in one of Westy’s new AZ threads. He’s still trolling the BMW forums, only this time with a different handle. Funny shit.
[quote=westwest/gee-m-w]Swapping pads is a huge pain the ass and is a big compromise with pad bedding (you never really get a good bond between the rotor and the pad if you always switch them). With the CCB it’s one pad for everything.
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LOL!
Swapping pads are teh hard. ohmergawdz. I swap my pads out quite regularly. Swap the pads in and out for at least six events a year (minus last year - which I took a break). I can have em swapped out by myself and my floor jack in an hour without rushing (and I rather enjoy doing it too).
My track pads are pre-bedded and my street compound is compound compatible. Just swap out the street pads for the track pads and go.
The beauty with steel based brakes is the versatility. Want fine tuning? Swath of options with different pads, calipers, and rotors. CCBs on the other hand, take it as it is. I’ve also read about delamination horror stories. That and the replacement costs would be very high if anyone dropped a wheel on the rotor during mounting/unmounting or having a wheel go off on the track.
I believe race cars use steel rotors exclusively. PCCB is just another way to make money.
^^^clochner that’s an 8 page long thread.
If there is a specific post you’re referring to, right click the post number on the right side of the post, copy it, and paste it so we know where in the thread you want us to look.
There are however, some really good points in that thread. Not from westwest though… LOL
Like braking. Over braking is something that does happen a lot. I believe the general recommendation is compressed braking zones would be best (short and hard on the brakes) instead of riding the brakes longer than needed.
That and paired with trail braking is a lot of darn fun too… 
Just pointing out his trolling. I skimmed the thread but didn’t read it closely.
I hope someone tells him that motorsports = Carbon-Carbon. Not Carbon Ceramic (which is found on sports/road cars)…
This was pointed out in one of Westy’s new AZ threads. He’s still trolling the BMW forums, only this time with a different handle. Funny shit.
[quote=westwest/gee-m-w]Swapping pads is a huge pain the ass and is a big compromise with pad bedding (you never really get a good bond between the rotor and the pad if you always switch them). With the CCB it’s one pad for everything.
[/quote]
LOL!
Swapping pads are teh hard. ohmergawdz. I swap my pads out quite regularly. Swap the pads in and out for at least six events a year (minus last year - which I took a break). I can have em swapped out by myself and my floor jack in an hour without rushing (and I rather enjoy doing it too).
My track pads are pre-bedded and my street compound is compound compatible. Just swap out the street pads for the track pads and go.
The beauty with steel based brakes is the versatility. Want fine tuning? Swath of options with different pads, calipers, and rotors. CCBs on the other hand, take it as it is. I’ve also read about delamination horror stories. That and the replacement costs would be very high if anyone dropped a wheel on the rotor during mounting/unmounting or having a wheel go off on the track.
I believe race cars use steel rotors exclusively. PCCB is just another way to make money.
^^^clochner that’s an 8 page long thread.
If there is a specific post you’re referring to, right click the post number on the right side of the post, copy it, and paste it so we know where in the thread you want us to look.
There are however, some really good points in that thread. Not from westwest though… LOL
Like braking. Over braking is something that does happen a lot. I believe the general recommendation is compressed braking zones would be best (short and hard on the brakes) instead of riding the brakes longer than needed.
That and paired with trail braking is a lot of darn fun too…
Just pointing out his trolling. I skimmed the thread but didn’t read it closely.
I hope someone tells him that motorsports = Carbon-Carbon. Not Carbon Ceramic (which is found on sports/road cars)…