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My older son is getting pretty interested in cars at 11.5yrs old.  We were talking about Singer and the F355 (while driving around in my Carrera S).  I was trying to explain what an interference valve pattern was, and that raised a lot of more basic questions.  So I ordered this, which will arrive tonight sometime (Oct 12).

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B088B5NDKG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

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Side note:  My wife has been in Nappa all weekend, and saw my CC activity over a 5 day weekend (just me and the boys).  She checked in to make sure I was the one buying all of the "stupid shit".  

 

Yes, it was me.  I also ordered almost everything I need for my Norm Macdonald tribute Terd Ferguson costume.  Yes, that is all of my stupid shit.

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4 hours ago, Elvis said:

Side note:  My wife has been in Nappa all weekend, and saw my CC activity over a 5 day weekend (just me and the boys).  She checked in to make sure I was the one buying all of the "stupid shit".  

 

Yes, it was me.  I also ordered almost everything I need for my Norm Macdonald tribute Terd Ferguson costume.  Yes, that is all of my stupid shit.

Those are cool as hell./mechanical engineer

An inline four or six probably would have been a better choice for learning the fundamentals of an internal combustion engine, though.

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If you want to teach full car mechanicals and also have some fun, build an RC car kit, particularly a 4wd buggy or similar. Learn about differentials and shimming gear patterns, learn about suspension function and tuning. Learn steering geometry, adjusting brake bias, all the same mechanicals but scaled down. And learn crash repair, suspension arms etc.

Start electric to keep it simple, then later do a nitro one later and learn the fun (not) of carb tuning. A few hundred bucks gets you going.

When I took apart a real car after years of RC, nothing was unfamiliar or intimidating at all. It was just the same stuff, scaled up and costing more money.

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1 hour ago, Sam Lin said:

If you want to teach full car mechanicals and also have some fun, build an RC car kit, particularly a 4wd buggy or similar. Learn about differentials and shimming gear patterns, learn about suspension function and tuning. Learn steering geometry, adjusting brake bias, all the same mechanicals but scaled down. And learn crash repair, suspension arms etc.

Start electric to keep it simple, then later do a nitro one later and learn the fun (not) of carb tuning. A few hundred bucks gets you going.

When I took apart a real car after years of RC, nothing was unfamiliar or intimidating at all. It was just the same stuff, scaled up and costing more money.

Have a good friend that worked on the pit crews on the racing circuit in Midland and his now retired dad was an engineer for Exxon for decades.  Helped him rebuild his '73 Bronco.  Great experience for a complete and total car novice.  I can follow directions rather well.  Then there's his dad.  We were working on the transmission and gear box and needed a part.  So he just made it.  Fit right in.  Still in there.  Asked the other day.

They have an old Willis jeep at their ranch and turned me on to mine.  Every kid should have the option to work on those old jeeps.  You can work on them with hand tools.

 

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On 10/12/2021 at 11:45 AM, Elvis said:

Side note:  My wife has been in Nappa all weekend, and saw my CC activity over a 5 day weekend (just me and the boys).  She checked in to make sure I was the one buying all of the "stupid shit".  

 

Yes, it was me.  I also ordered almost everything I need for my Norm Macdonald tribute Terd Ferguson costume.  Yes, that is all of my stupid shit.

Wife had a severely autistic student who memorized all of his mom’s credit card numbers.  He spent several thousand dollars on vintage video games/consoles on eBay before she noticed.

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