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-Chassis setup is not holding you back, it’s you.- "What is your toe setup" "What is the best tire width?" "What angle kit should I get?" As a seasoned veteran of the motorsport world, I've been on the receiving end of these well-meaning yet misguided questions for two decades, and frankly, it's time for a gear shift in perspective. While car setup undeniably influences performance, its importance has been drastically overstated by casual motorsport enthusiasts. Probably because it’s far easier to look for fault in the machine, then look for fault in oneself. Moreover, such thinking unfairly downplays the crucial role of driver skill in determining on-track success, particularly in drifting. Let's face it, we are all bound by constraints of time and money. Whether you have more of one and less of the other, there's a limit to what you can invest in this grassroots passion while juggling career, family, and life itself. It's disheartening to picture enthusiasts like you spending countless hours debating ride height adjustments or replicating Ken Gushi's FD setup when that time could be invested in garage maintenance, studying driving techniques, or clocking in seat time - whether it's on the track or in the simulator. It's concerning to see drivers who seldom make it to the track overcomplicate things by incessantly tweaking their car setups, never understanding the effects of each adjustment and perpetually developing skills on a vastly different vehicle each time. Not only does this approach undermine your skill development, it also leads to unwise spending on modifications, often under the misguided notion that cost equates to quality. This constant tweaking creates opportunities for machine failure. More bolts to forget to tighten, new untested parts to test, and more late nights in the garage avoiding the sleep we so desperately need to perform on track. "What should my dampers be set at?" "What tire width should I run?" "What should my alignment settings be?" If you find yourself frequently posing these questions, I have a straightforward answer for you: it doesn't matter. Choose a mid-range setup and go for a drive. The true measure of a skilled driver is not one's ability to craft a vehicle that extracts every iota of performance from the chassis, but the ability to drive any setup to its limit. Until you’re able to find the limit of the machine, the machine’s limits is inconsequential. This discourse should not be misconstrued as a call to abandon car setup entirely - far from it. Car setup indeed plays a crucial role, but it's consistency, rather than intricacy, that beginner and even intermediate drivers should prioritize. Make just one adjustment each time you hit the track to discern its impact. This hands-on approach is infinitely more beneficial than mindlessly adhering to internet hearsay. Above all, allocate your resources wisely. Invest in event fees, tires, and preventative maintenance, instead of wasting time and money on relentless car adjustments and new parts. The key to advancing your driving skills lies in consistency, proper preparation, and, most importantly, spending more time behind the wheel. Remember, the heart of motorsport beats not in the garage, but on the track.

@Kindmiquellattv My go to is something coyote, ultimatum, gas grenade, stalwart, MG sentry, 500, and gattling barrage Diff 7-8 usually, sometimes 9 or 10 I’m indifferent on the change. I welcomed the new challenge but also enjoyed stalwart everything, then coyote the guards.

i wanna see something helldivers 2 players who think this fine gentlemen should have heavy pen chrome dome what are your loadouts and what difficulty do you vs them on

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@Med1_D1v3r Turn down the difficulty…you’ve now solved your problem.

Now I know the cyberstan update JUST came out but I feel like they should lower the spawn rate of Vox engines. I can handle when there's 2 of them but when there's like 3 or 4 of them I start to question what led me to this poit in life.

@TheColeBrew None. They all need to be killed!

Want to see something. If you could completely remove one enemy unit from all the enemies in Helldiver 2 what would it be?

@Helldivers_NOW Exactly like that

Vox Engine experience

@RedeemerOfNod grok.com/imagine/post/f…

Why do they look like they’re about to start aggressively clicking their fingers whilst walking towards us. They’re just missing their leather jackets

@Aisaka_lunah Grassroots Motorsport

People who are 50+, what is a 'harmless' habit you had in your 20s that ended up ruining your health or finances later in life?

The ONE HOUR A DAY Protocol to motorsports maintenance Procrastination in the garage is a heavy burden for most grassroots racing enthusiasts. Not only is the work dirty, often physically painful, and outright frustrating, but building and prepping a machine for a day of hell at the track takes hours upon hours, in a never ending treadmill of a task list. Looking at the mountain of labor that needs to go into your engine swap, or juggling your mental variable priority todo list of 20 items, can bring with it a deep feeling of what I call, the “idonwannas”. Your mind seems to recognize the work in front of you, and decides “if I just shut down and find something else to fill my time, then I don’t have to do the thing that I don’t wanna do” (but I know will be worth it in the end). The fix…”One hour a Day”. But keep reading, it’s more helpful than simply the cute saying. But let’s start with the basic saying. The idea is, that if you can devote one hour a day to maintenance on your track machine, you will end up finding the time to actually do the work that needs to get done, and you might actually enjoy “working on your car”. I’ve found over the last 20 years that sometimes I absolutely hate working on my car, and sometimes it’s an incredible escape that keeps me in a flow like state, resulting in a huge sense of accomplishment when I’m done. And the primary difference between these two experiences is having the time, space, and tools to get the job done on your terms. When you don’t have an impending deadline of doom, but you do have the discipline to just keep things moving (mostly) every day, you will find your experience laying under the car covered in oil is actually (mostly) enjoyable. First, you need to recognize and push through the first mental checkpoint. CHECKPOINT 1: Show up. You can’t skip this step, you must show up to at least make an attempt to move forward with the thing that you care about. The brilliant part about this, is you can trick your brain into this step. “I don’t have to actually get under my car, I don’t have to actually get dirty or accomplish anything. If I can just put on my dirty clothes, get into the garage, and at least take the first step for what I need to get done, that’s it, I can be done for the day”. Showing up is the hardest part sometimes, so if you are there, and all you need to do is the very first nut, or get the car into the air, or unplug the battery...the mental barrier to start is at a local minimum that will encourage you to just get started. Now, this is the important part, you have guilt free permission to walk away. If after completing the first step, you are still not in the mood to continue, you can get back into your pedestrian clothes and lay on the couch to finish Stranger Things. And you can do so with your chin up knowing you at least tried. What you’ll find is oftentimes, even when you don't want to, as soon as you take that first step, your thought process will change to “while I’m here, I might as well do the next thing”. If you find yourself here, you now have another mental checkpoint, CHECKPOINT 2: Clock-in. In order to really check-off your “One Hour a Day” from this point, you need to decide, am I still low energy and low motivation, then set a minimum time of 25 minutes, but if you are starting to feel up and want to proceed, you now have a clock running for 60 minutes. I’ve found 25 minutes is a good threshold where you can mentally push forward even if you don’t want to because “you are there”, even if you still have low motivation to proceed. However, I’ll frequently find that just by taking the first step, my energy levels are up and I’m ready to go for at least 60 minutes. Either way you choose, put your head down and get to work until your chosen next checkpoint. As the wrenches turn and the clock moves forward, you’ll eventually reach your 3rd check point, CHECKPOINT 3: Spot your off-ramp. It’s important for your project management, and ending mental state, that you pick a point in what you are currently working on that is a spot to end. You don’t want a timer going off at 60 minutes while you have 2 of 6 exhaust manifold studs off and an 02 sensor dangling by the wiring. Therefore, you’ll want to consider what can you reasonably finish in the next 25-60 minutes that will leave you at a point that is simple to remember and pick-up where you left off next time. Maybe the goal is to just get the turbo and manifold off the car, and then tomorrow you can come back to replace the oil line. Spot your exit task, and know that you may end up 5-10 minutes on either side of your goal (i.e. your 60 minute goal might end at 66 minutes or 51 minutes). That’s ok, just spot it and get there. There is a chance at this point that you have the time and motivation to just keep on moving along. I’ve had some great Saturdays or Sundays in the past, that started with a 60 minute attempt, which I blew past and 4 hours later I decided it would be a good stopping place. Therefore, this checkpoint 3 has a third option…we are now NOT looking at the clock, and instead it becomes a goal based session. Decide what you’d like to accomplish today, and do your best to keep spirits up and work for as long as you’d like. Be careful not to burn yourself out. It’s much more important that you come back tomorrow for 60 minutes, then overdoing it for an extra 3 hours today. The benefits of One Hour a Day come from the cycle, not individual garage sessions. CHECKPOINT 4: Finish the job. Now, you have hit your goal time, and maybe that was only taking that first step and removing one nut, or maybe you went the full 60, but now it’s time to finish the job. Clean up and organize your space, so that the next time you come back, you come back to a clean workspace ready to begin the next step. It’s up to each individual on how far you want to take this step, but even 1 or 2 minutes straightening up makes a big difference when you return. If you do the above, day after day, it’s amazing how much you can accomplish, how much your quality of work will increase, and how much enjoyment you can find by building and maintaining a racing machine. There is one major caveat to this all, lookout for gumption traps. Gumption traps are events in your maintenance that end up in frustration, diminished spirits, and project delays. Gumption traps are events like stripped bolt heads, mistakenly damaged parts, or components not fitting as expected. They feel like a punch to the gut, and will take all your motivation down to zero. When you hit these, you have an important decision. You will be back tomorrow; throw in the towel now, and come back to it with a fresh mind and a clean pair of hands. OR, push through. Most gumption traps have an unknown, but lengthy timeline for resolution. You can push through now, knowing that you continue to have guilt free permission to end your session at any time, clean up, and come back tomorrow. When tomorrow comes, you only have “one hour a day” to accomplish, you do not need to have the cloud over you that you must resolve the gumption trap. You just need to give it a good attempt. (Tips for dealing with gumption traps can be found in “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”) One last thing, no this doesn't work for everything. No, you probably can’t run a professional level motorsport team on One Hour a Day. No, you probably can’t turn your full time salary into One Hour a day”. This system is designed for life's side quests, and is more a tool of bare minimum, then a method to excellence. It’s also important to clearly say, One Hour a Day does not completely eliminate long hours in the garage, impending deadlines, or sporadic extra work necessary to accomplish all of one’s goals. This is the backbone though. This is the foundation for a quality motorsport practice. Show up, keep things moving forward, repetition. ---------------------------------------- A call to all motorsport enthusiasts, track rats, and garage queens…let’s start 2026 off right. For the last 2 weeks I have been keeping a record of every day that I do “One Hour a Day”, and am setting a goal for “One Hour a day” for 90 days, ending March 31. This is a great time of year for most to actually do maintenance on their machines, or upgrade them for your 2026 plans. We have 3 months to accomplish a lot, but none of it will get done if you wait until April to even start. If you wait until spring to start, you will be sure to find distress, painful garage sessions, low quality maintenance, and hours upon hours of garage time where you don’t want to be there. Join me for 90 days of “One Hour a Day”. Make a commitment to yourself, show up for 90 days (with as few missed days as you can do). Tell me below what you’d like to accomplish in the next 90 days, and how you are going to get that done!

in ur early 20s youll be told rep wheels are fine, its really importabt you dont listen to that

Visualization of how a drum brake works. [📹eldetective_ing]

@lilspanky Summer track day

Can you?

@tavlxr They’re honestly not that bad to work on. Just a matter of learning the sequences.

@ProjectAsheNA @wooper2real You can not get a “decent” set of wheels, tires, and coilovers for $2k. You can get garbage wheels with garbage tires and garbage coilovers. Don’t get confused.

Why do u find it ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY to spend $2K ON WHEELS ALONE when u can spend the same amount of money to get a whole decent set of wheels AND tires AND coilovers Like respect to those who got it like that & ACTUALLY HAVE the disposable income to get the set of $2K wheels, but not everyone is obligated to do the same &/or able to do the same & for the record, those slipstreams r OBJECTIVELY GREAT LOOKING WHEELS & WILL be going on my '99 Saturn SC2

Don’t talk to me bout no damn slipstreams

@hertlife I’m with you on this one

I said stop the cap

Exhibit Z on why you don’t believe everything on the internet. (He’s right in that usually it’s not warping, he’s wrong about warping requiring 4000*, double the melting point of cast iron, and that heavy braking on track or even while towing, can distort the rotor itself)

It’s insane to me that every car enthusiast doesn’t have YT premium which includes YT music. Paying for Spotify is pointless.

@ibuild I have no idea how much eggs cost

tell me how rich u are without actually telling me.

You know someone is is an arrogant asshole when they pretend Ken Block wasn’t a G behind the wheel

Drivers + Spectators: Walls are cool Formula D: WHOLE TRACK IS WALLS NNNNOOOOOOOOOOO