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Congratulations you two!

Awesome Brian.

No worries.

Are there any motors to stay away from (Honda)?

My personal view on calibration is that you need both 'old school' knowledge and 'new school' science to become as well rounded as possible. Any who disregard either is just as ignorant. I will say, science will give you data to work off of, where your senses will help validate that data.

Hondians, What rides are you rolling and what kind of mileage are you seeing? Ya heard

Rob, I didn't see much of a power difference outside of what my car ran best at (.82 lambda) on the dyno, swinging from .78 to .86 lambda. Most likely it differs per setup, but the important thing is that you won't be worse off then you were on gasoline (equivilent oxygen ratio)

Clay, I could probably walk you through it, there might be some uniqueness so try browsing any LT tuning forums to get the forks in the road before you set sail.

In 99% of engine control strategy this works, and works great. Why? Because Ray is the man, that's why. Really though, it's because injectors operate at a global level, and are not apart of any load calculation/torque estimation,etc. If you dive in and do it the 'correct' way - you may not have access to redundant tables (limp home), and if triggered for whatever reason, could leave you stranded.

No, you're correct in what you have said, just the word 'combustable' can take on different meanings. If you look at combustion as soley the amount of energy to start a reaction between fuel and the oxidizer with respects to quanity of heat energy to start the inital process, you could get away with using the word without anyone trying to correct you. Again, you have the point from what I've read - more energy (heat) is requierd for the catalyst to take place and combustion to begin. Think of things as moving around the amount of fuel mass burned in relation to crank angle, and (re)centering the position where max cylinder pressure is acheived.

To clarify: E85 is good down to -10*F, emissions compliant (first crank) without any sort of aids.

Quick & Dirty way of calculating stoich: (amount F1 (%) * stoichF1) + ( amount F2(%) * stoichF2) e.g. E85 = 85% Ethanol * 9 stoich (industry standard blend) + 15% gasoline * 14.7 stoich = 9.855~ I think you understand the concept, but the resistance to knock and how readily any fuel combusts are two different things. Petroleum based: it gets down to building stable chains of HC, Alcohol based: centers on control of hydrogen oxide formation in the chamber. Again, you have the idea, but the wording invites an egotistic engineer to unload. E85 is very tolerant of being pushed lean, and pushed hard. You have a variety of things working for you: better positioning of peak pressure point (mass fraction burned is improved depending on cylinder condition), higher octane rating, and higher mean pressure throughout the cycle with lower peak pressure. It really is the poor man's race fuel these days...

Akula, What is/are your opinions on the Linksys line now that they are owned by cisco? Had any experience with open source firmware?

Filtering by MAC really isn't the best game plan since anyone listening can spoof them. You might want to consider WPA-PSK. Most off the shelf routers support it these days.

Providing the support for the fire team?

Welcome, nice car.

The CCIE is a very respected certification, mainly because of the lab. You may get by the paper exam, but the lab is the weed out, nothing to memorize and spit back up, just the keys to a large amount of very expensive and complicated equipment.

I don't think you'll find many firms that will employ in those salary ranges without experience and something to show for it. You might find a college grad with an MBA, certs, degree, a few internships able to negotiate in the 60-80k ranges, but from what I've seen, it takes a combination of both, usually with college education, to be competitive and stable at that salary range.

Like Jones said, Ideally - BOTH, however you'll find more with experience. What pays the most however - experience. CIO/Director Level/IT Managers - chances are they won't have many certifications, but 20 years+ of success in the IT/IS business. Certifications are a measure of knowledge, but only one form. (I had my heart broken after rejoicing I passed the written section of the CCIE. At that moment, I found myself getting largely into finance/accounting, etc.)

I, for one, do not run red lights. Could you imagine how embarrassed my family would be back home if I were to have a pre-mature detonation?

If you can't find anything in the store fronts, try McMaster-Carr, http://www.McMaster.com

Most likely for the sand rails...

Good.

My mistake, thought Ben was talking about those who didn't flee.

Fingerprints. Yes, they check to make sure it was you.