View Poll Results: Should we have an advanced turbo/drivetrain forum or no?
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Originally Posted by wingless
Well good idea, but who says what topics are "advanced" and which are not? Who is qualified to post and who is not. Will a moderator have to preside over this forum like a judge 24 hrs a day? Are you nominating yourself as an "advanced" forum moderator? You are a relative newb to some in this industry -no disrepect, it's just a relative and subjective concept. A bit elitest and pretentious as well perhaps 
and fyi, the evo is not my first mitsu project, or first dsm. between me and my gf we've had 3 others (95 tsi awd, 98 tsi awd, 97 gst) all these cars had upgraded turbos and the tsi's had built motors (the 95 having a 60-1, and the 98 running a evo316g with dsmlink, supporting mods etc..). I assembled both of those motors, I know a good amount about dsm's in general as well as the evo. but i never had any mechanics teaching me the ropes, kinda just went for it so sometimes there are dumb little things I dont know about and I have no qualms (<-spelling?) about posting up. I'm still 21 years old and have only been building these cars for 4 years. There are things I dont know, i'll be the first to say.
BUt I dont think we need a vulture style moderator, maybe at first but eventually people will be able to tell themselves where they should be posting. FOR THE MOST PART EVERYTIME A NEW PERSON POSTS UP A BASIC QUESTION, THEY USUALLY SAY " I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN MENTIONED, I KNOW THIS IS NEW, I KNOW I COULD HAVE SERCHED, ETC...
I think we should try it and if its a headache we can always change it back, its just that it seems that there are alot of people looking to go ***** tot eh wall with their evo and I think there should be a seperate forum for people like that so it doesnt get mixed in with people just looking for basic mods, not saying one type of person is better then another, just saying lets split it up so there isnt so much clutter in one spot., it would be good for both types of people
Originally Posted by NOLIMITMOTORS
dude, i'm not saying people shouldnt be aloud in specific forums, even myself, maybe one day I may make a post saking some basic question i want advice on or something. So i'd put it in the beginners forum instead of the advanced, or if some newbie kid blows his motor up and want to know what pistons/rods to use, maybe he posts in the advanced section. its not to limit people to one forum or the other, its to break up the huge amount of threads we have in this forum where its hard to decipher new ideas from what kinds of exhausts people like
NOLIMITMOTORS,
Great idea. I'm all for it too. Not only would it be nice for gearheads looking to share advanced information, it would be more comforting for beginners to post in the "regular" engine forum without "getting in the way" of the advanced members discussions.
Great idea. I'm all for it too. Not only would it be nice for gearheads looking to share advanced information, it would be more comforting for beginners to post in the "regular" engine forum without "getting in the way" of the advanced members discussions.
Originally Posted by DCSilvrEvo
Ahh... I see. Well I personally dont see the point. The stupid newbie questions are going to get asked anyways.
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Originally Posted by dan628
how about a forum for BOV/intake questions only? that seems like all the beginner type questions people have.
Originally Posted by Warrtalon
All valid questions, but the idea is still sound. Why get caught up in these details when we could just "make it happen"? Like Steve, I am probably considered a relative newbie when it comes to "advanced" tuning, but I would moderate an advanced tuning forum like a hawk if I were allowed...
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Suggest splitting the forums by part type not "beginner and advanced".
1) Intake / Bov / Exhaust / Cats / Cams / N02 / Clutches / LSDs
2) Headwork (other than Cams) / Bottom End / Turbos & Superchargers
1) Intake / Bov / Exhaust / Cats / Cams / N02 / Clutches / LSDs
2) Headwork (other than Cams) / Bottom End / Turbos & Superchargers
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Originally Posted by boomtown
Suggest splitting the forums by part type not "beginner and advanced".
1) Intake / Bov / Exhaust / Cats / Cams / N02 / Clutches / LSDs
2) Headwork (other than Cams) / Bottom End / Turbos & Superchargers
1) Intake / Bov / Exhaust / Cats / Cams / N02 / Clutches / LSDs
2) Headwork (other than Cams) / Bottom End / Turbos & Superchargers
or an in depth discussion about camshaft lift and duration, or quaife LSD questions might really need to be in the advanced forum instead of the beginner.
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fair nuff.
even if you just got a separate forum for exhaust / intake / fmic / bov that should cut a third of the traffic out of engine & drivetrain. and its easy for beginners to understand the difference.
even if you just got a separate forum for exhaust / intake / fmic / bov that should cut a third of the traffic out of engine & drivetrain. and its easy for beginners to understand the difference.