DILYSI Dave
forum member
I was going to let yesterday's tirade go.
I was going to let the out of line PM go.
And then I get on here today and see that Terry continues to make personal attacks. I'm not sure at what point ignoring him passes from taking the high road to being a punching bag. I'm not fond of playing the latter.
I have not called you a cheater. I have not called you a liar. I have not made anything personal. I'm not changing the facts. I have tried to be reasonable and transparent.
I am a frankly shocked that you have chosen to make it personal. So we disagree on the interpretation of a rule? So what? Reasonable people disagree all the time. How we get from a disagreement on a rule interpretation to you laying down a tirade of personal insults is baffling. I'm not real fond of the non-engineer label (given my engineering degree, my state license, my profession, my numerous patents, etc.) nor the non-fabricator label (given the huge amount of successful fab work and happy customers I have). You disagree with my proposal for a potential stop gap. That's fine. Disagree. Why the insults?
Part of what I wanted to do better than some of my predecessors when I got on the SEB was to interact with the membership. I didn't like the black helicopters / bullshit coming out of nowhere / etc. any better than anyone else. So I have tried to maintain a high level of interaction and availability to shed some of that "man behind the curtain" reputation. Having my knowledge, integrity, qualifications, and motives all questioned in public sure doesn't feel like just reward for that.
As an aside - I drew up the "absurd suggestion" for you. Now, I didn't have any actual parts in front of me, so the diff cover was drawn up using some dimensions I found for the flange gasket and going off of pictures for the rest, and the Whiteline part was done just scaling off pictures, so it isn't exact. But going on the "picture is worth 1000 words" premise, hopefully you, or others who could benefit, find it useful. I can run the FEA if you would like, but I assume you will agree that transferring the loads to the axle housing via a weldment out of 1/4" plate will do just fine without ripping the OE cover apart. FWIW, I like this method better than the suggestion of starting with an aluminum cover, mostly because welding cast aluminum is a mixed bag. Sometimes it's butter. Other times it just flat hates you.
Regards,
Dave
I was going to let the out of line PM go.
And then I get on here today and see that Terry continues to make personal attacks. I'm not sure at what point ignoring him passes from taking the high road to being a punching bag. I'm not fond of playing the latter.
Terry,DILDO Dave,
I am not going to let this Watts Link issue go. You are CHANGING THE FACTS and I won't stand for it. I know what went down from start to finish with the SPAC and SEB calls. My employees and I have spent upwards of 10 hours talking on the phone with both AC and SEB members about this issue. We took notes, gave reams of information to support our case. We've got all of that saved.
Your piss-poor attitude and aloofness don't work with people like me. I don't back down from morons. I know all about people like you, and your bullshit is too easy to discredit. "Let's weld a Watts Link to a stamped steel diff cover!" Only someone who has NO CLUE what this device does would suggest this "easy couple of hour" fix. You are a know-nothing fool.
But now you've made it personal.
You can keep LYING and trying to discredit my version of the facts, but it isn't going to work out for you. I DON'T CARE WHO YOU THINK YOU ARE, or what committee you are on - I won't stand for your bullshit, for you calling me a cheater, or a liar, you PIECE OF SHIT. You are slandering my name and my business with your PUBLIC LIES. Think about that.
Just keep it up. I will show the world what a buffoon you really are.
Sincerely,
Terry Fair - Vorshlag Motorsports
I have not called you a cheater. I have not called you a liar. I have not made anything personal. I'm not changing the facts. I have tried to be reasonable and transparent.
I am a frankly shocked that you have chosen to make it personal. So we disagree on the interpretation of a rule? So what? Reasonable people disagree all the time. How we get from a disagreement on a rule interpretation to you laying down a tirade of personal insults is baffling. I'm not real fond of the non-engineer label (given my engineering degree, my state license, my profession, my numerous patents, etc.) nor the non-fabricator label (given the huge amount of successful fab work and happy customers I have). You disagree with my proposal for a potential stop gap. That's fine. Disagree. Why the insults?
Part of what I wanted to do better than some of my predecessors when I got on the SEB was to interact with the membership. I didn't like the black helicopters / bullshit coming out of nowhere / etc. any better than anyone else. So I have tried to maintain a high level of interaction and availability to shed some of that "man behind the curtain" reputation. Having my knowledge, integrity, qualifications, and motives all questioned in public sure doesn't feel like just reward for that.
As an aside - I drew up the "absurd suggestion" for you. Now, I didn't have any actual parts in front of me, so the diff cover was drawn up using some dimensions I found for the flange gasket and going off of pictures for the rest, and the Whiteline part was done just scaling off pictures, so it isn't exact. But going on the "picture is worth 1000 words" premise, hopefully you, or others who could benefit, find it useful. I can run the FEA if you would like, but I assume you will agree that transferring the loads to the axle housing via a weldment out of 1/4" plate will do just fine without ripping the OE cover apart. FWIW, I like this method better than the suggestion of starting with an aluminum cover, mostly because welding cast aluminum is a mixed bag. Sometimes it's butter. Other times it just flat hates you.
Regards,
Dave