Posts by Flybuddy

  • New Audio Sun Shade Prototype

    Quote from Drew71646

    I was just about to hit add to cart when I saw the shipping was $15, 60% of the cost of the product. That is a bit excessive for a small piece of plastic. I will wait until it is picked up by other suppliers or pick one up at an event.

    It was shipped regular UPS..I think their issue was that they sent it in a large box (you could put about 20 of them in there) Also, no packing, large empty box with a plastic piece in a baggie bopping around. They could cut their shipping cost down if they downsized the box.

  • New Audio Sun Shade Prototype

    Quote from Samowens44

    I see you bought it for it's good looks and not shading effect as you don't have the radio feature. That sure does look great. I did not use the tape myself. Mine has stayed in place with no problems.

    Actually I DO use the space for a GPS and I've even got glass on the gray Slingshot frame for some rain protection.

  • Coilovers...what are you running?

    Quote from Cameron Roberts

    Nice! It's about time someone took over the leg work on the qa1 shocks! Direct bolt on qa1 shocks will be great for the community.

    Do you mean....like these?


    http://www.demonsspeedshop.com…justable-coil-over-shocks


    Also, @BryanL wrote this: (although I'm not sure where he's referencing for purchase)
    "a set of QA-1s with your choice of spring weight is $675 shipped. These are the single adjustable for damping (height adjusting doesn't count)."

  • Exhaust discussion

    Quote from bookmd

    Question; the Alpha site says the variable exhaust isn't compatible with the 1320 header
    @Flybuddy and @JDSKY how are ya'll making it work?

    The only issue I had installing it was that it brushed up against the bell housing bolt as you can see in the pic below. I pulled that bolt out and ground down one side of it's head for clearance.

  • Tires...what are you running?

    Quote from Bill@Hahn Racecraft

    Slingshot has the chassis and the balance to be a real performer in the twisties, and all it takes is a good set of adjustable coilovers and upgraded tires to unleash the beast within. Not surprisingly, we have been developing a coilover set that will offer a superb improvement at a reasonable cost, and I am about to release details

    A step up shock at a reasonable cost will be a huge seller in this market. Current choices are keeping the stock 50 dollar value shocks or jumping to a grand for non adjustables. Elka tapped into the Spyder market with multiple models available that started at 500 bucks. They were substantially better and they sold like candy at Halloween.

  • Exhaust discussion

    Fell asleep reading your post (guess I was "exhaust"ed!)...seriously though, I've got the Alpha CAI and 1320 header. I tried various exhausts, one of them was the Fab Factory. The Fab is a well built muff but out of the box the Fab is too loud even if you like loud and has a dumper type sound. I tried several baffles and got the noise levels reasonable BUT I still didn't think much of the sound and the backpressure was noticeable. Wound up blowing 2 of the baffles out and even tried a tip baffle and ceramic coated everything. I eventually purchased the Alpha variable exhaust which is, by far, the best one I tested. Well built, can have pretty much any sound level you like and it has a sweet tone throughout the range. You can feel a power improvement with this setup that was lacking in other muffs I tried.

  • Hydroplaning is real

    Well, my new tires didn't have to wait long for the rain. Got stuck in a good downpour on way home tonight. Unfortunately I live off a 9 mile long, 2 lane curvy road with no where to pull over. Stuck in the middle of a dozen vehicles going 55 or better. Anyway, tires did good on both the wet road and the interstate, glad I swapped out of the OEMs.

  • Hydroplaning is real

    I posted this on another thread about tires but worth putting here as it concerns tire pressure and hydroplaning. It's from National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website:


    Skidding and/or loss of control from hydroplaning
    The conditions that influence hydroplaning include speed, tire design,tread depth, water depth on the road, load on the tires, and inflation pressure. At low speeds (less than about 50 mph), if your tires are under-inflated, youactually have more tire touching the road. However, hydroplaning does notoccur very often at speeds below 50 mph, unless there is deep water (usuallystanding water) on the road. As you get to about 55 mph and the water pressuregoing under the tire increases, an under-inflated tire has less pressure init pushing down on the road and you have less tire-to-road contact than aproperly inflated tire as the center portion of the tread gets lifted outof contact with the road. As speed increases to 70 mph and above and waterdepth increases due to a severe local storm with poor drainage, the under-inflatedtire could lose 40 percent of the tire-to-road contact area compared to aproperly inflated tire. The higher the speed (above 50 mph) and the moreunder-inflated the tire is, then the lower the tire-to-road contact and thehigher is the chance of hydroplaning.
    Tread depth has a substantial impact on the probability of hydroplaning. Ifyou make a simplifying assumption that the water depth exceeds the capabilityof the tread design to remove water (which most likely would occur with veryworn tires), then an approximation of the speed at which hydroplaning canoccur can be estimated by the following formula:
    Hydroplaning speed� = 10.35 x inflation pressure [25]
    Under this assumption of water depth exceeding the capability of the treaddesign to remove water:
    At 30 psi, hydroplaning could occur at 56.7 mph
    At 25 psi, hydroplaning could occur at 51.8 mph
    At 20 psi, hydroplaning could occur at 46.3 mph.

    [/quote]This is presented to show the relative effect of inflation pressure onthe possibility of hydroplaning.