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Gravy Train

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  1. I'm still late to the party, but wondering how Muschamp was polled for his interest at DC *before* making the decision to keep Ash. One sorta implies the other, unless Sark's focus is entirely directed to the quick poaches he needs to make on offense first, then to evaluate the defense, starting with the Ash relationship.
  2. Beating OU with a Sooner Legacy at starting QB (Casey Thompson) would be sweet, icing on the cake would be to hold OUsux to a season-low offense production with their retread DC.
  3. Is this hire fucking with Nicky in any sense? That's the only redeeming sense of satisfaction I can garner from this today. Sark should be missing in Miami and Mac Jones throws four picks sort of freakout would at least make me feel a little better.
  4. Wonder which buddies he's going to call to fill the roster? Shouldn't take much to convince Tosh to leave Atlanta, come lock down this state and fuck with the rest of the SEC in 'croots while you're at it.
  5. I beat the everloving fuck out of my hands today, wrenching on the Audi. Hyperextended a joint in my thumb, blood blister on one hand and cuticles cut up, but maybe it was worth it. The weather and open afternoon put me to task on direct-wiring a CANbus-based exhaust flap controller, which reads engine load, RPM or the "Drive Select" preset in my car to set the valves open on the Akrapovic exhaust. Had to re-pin a CANbus connector and run a harness below the floorpan to intercept the stock exhaust controller wiring. Onto the engine bay, to resume the RS7 goods, this time with the OEM RS7 airbox and turbo inlets. With the cooler weather, that's enough headroom to flash to the Stage 2 file for a few more pounds of boost on 93 pump. Ethanol sensor and larger fuel lines to the high pressure pumps will follow, so I can give it all the ignition advance on E85 blends. Got to the turbos, compressors are super clean and no shaft play. A friend who casually wrenches on trucks said my engine bay looks like 100 pounds of shit in a 1-pound box.
  6. I recommend Wheel Repair Solutions in Carrollton, near I35 and Frankford. They do great work, can take care of the mount/balance job on the tire and it'll probably run a flat fee of $150. https://wheelrepairsolutions.com/ OEM wheel repair is their specialty but they can do some fun things to refinish stock wheels. I had a set where they powdercoated the inner spokes ("windows" and inside barrel gloss black, then machined on the outer face, and covered that in a tinted clearcoat. It gives the wheels a different dimension, kind of a graphite or bronze burst in sunlight, but the black windows go with the trim of the car. They did all that overnight for $550 on a set of forged 20x9" wheels, which I found a bargain.
  7. What's your location and what does the finish look like on the wheel? I've had some fair luck, but mostly bad luck with OEM wheel repair quality. There are plenty of shops around DFW but few who seem to truly understand how to powdercoat or paint to match the OE wheel or have a CNC lathe to re-machine the lip. If your wheel isn't bent and salvageable, I've seen shops weld extra material to the wheel face and re-machine it to get the surface level close to original.
  8. Watching Campbell chew the officials out in the B12 CCG over the weekend made me realize how much a truly influential coach is needed, one already in good graces with the national media, even a figurehead for sports. At minimum, the candidate should have experience coaching in the NFL or one of the few not-crackerjack-conferences to crack some skulls over the implicit bias and candy-assed agenda the B12 office has led with over the last decade. Someone here made a comment last week about the "bend over and take it" bitch-assedness Turtle Tom has taken toward the defense, where a LB or DB can't blow up a bullshit Lincoln-Riley bubble screen without a 15 yard flag. That shit has to end, no team will be competitive in this conference (on a national stage) until the B12 itself is called out.
  9. Well damn, I was somewhat looking forward to a handful of _iaz sloppy seconds thirds.
  10. Yes, it's fantastic. There's a whole Facebook group going on with guys comparing their setups. It supports all sorts of upgrades in varied stages. Without touching the turbos, you can go one half-step further after Stage I by swapping the turbo inlets and airbox with RS7 equivalents and keep a completely OEM look. E85 and ethanol fuel mixes are supported too, clutch in the hotter months.
  11. I'm not sure i would want more than a stage 1 from APR. That puts the car around 600 hp. Not sure i need more because reliability seems to go south above that level. That DynoSpectrum module costs about the same as the APR Stage 1 tune and you can flash it at home. Just choose the Stage 1 file and realize you can flash it back to stock whenever you feel like it. That's a perfectly fine, no-fuss upgrade worth visiting and stopping at. The tiny cast compressor wheels of the turbos and oil feed are the only flaws that hold the motor back on long-term reliability. You'd need to upgrade the low pressure fuel lines, improve charge cooling and swap into RS7 turbos to get a reliable 700HP from the engine, then the transmission tune will start hating life beyond 700 ft-# to the tire. Just tune the trans and add more clutch clamp pressure, and forget first gear exists because you'll be able to rip all four on the street.
  12. There's a Brit who started https://www.dynospectrum.com/ and developed a DIY-approach, tune-at-home dongle for our cars. The flexibility with this tune is immense, supporting all kinds of hardware and fueling. He's since moved on to make big power on the RS3, McLarens and is currently expanding the platform for the newest Audi/Porsche 4.0T in the Urus, RS6, RS7, RSQ8, etc. APR found themselves EPA gun shy about their Stage-2 tune that complied with aftermarket downpipes (catalytic or not) and stopped its sale across the board.
  13. That system goes for around $8K on the S6: https://www.akrapovic.com/en/car/product/14915/Audi/S6-Avant-Limousine-C7/2017/Evolution-Line-Titanium?brandId=18&modelId=663&yearId=4588 $10K kit on the new RS6 and probably greater on anything more exotic: https://www.akrapovic.com/en/car/product/21075/Audi/RS-6-Avant-C8/2020/Evolution-Line-Titanium?brandId=18&modelId=1079&yearId=6097
  14. The exhaust really wasn't necessary, just that it looks amazing, is nearly fully titanium in construction and I got a crazy deal on it. Something about that Ti metallurgy gives it a more exotic tone as well. The OEM exhaust appears to be large enough to support somewhere in the neighborhood of 600-800HP without restriction, so the swap wasn't necessary at all. Aftermarket Intake and Exhaust systems, marketed in the name of performance, might be the longest-running snake oil in the business. Manufacturers aren't hiding horsepower in those components any longer.
  15. As long as the turbo-back section of the exhaust flows to the level of power for the tune, an aftermarket system yields almost next to nothing aside from an improved note. The loudness will be muted by the turbine wheels anyhow, and the naturally-aspirated scavenging theory won't apply with a turbine wheel in the way. Yeah, cats are still in the way at the moment, and I don't want to smell like a refinery in this car, so I'm likely to get some 300-cell higher-flowing catalytic downpipes at the same time the RS7 turbos are bolted in.
  16. That's the new 22" RS6 wheel/tire combo. 72lbs per corner WTF no thanks.
  17. I'm slowly turning my S6 into something that makes me forget about the RS6 completely. H&R sway bars, end links, and an Akrapovic exhaust went on today. Got a set of 420mm RS7 Performance Carbon Ceramic brakes that go on next. Engine is already tuned and will soon get an ethanol sensor for E85 fueling. Good times.
  18. You bought those boots in Oklahoma, didn't you?
  19. Debbie Day Crew called shens on the night crew's rosy rumor. Said he was pumping theoretical sunshine and it didn't mean shit. $9.95s posted some bullshit about turning the job down and that the Texas job ain't what it used to be. Made up some bullshit about an agent's slander, that the facilities are woefully out of date and Campbell stated it's a rebuild-job. Campbell doesn't have an agent though. Holes poked in the pics of other weight rooms and practice facilities and what to do with ours. Chicagoland location struggles exchanged. Night krewe takes it from here.
  20. Was reminded to make potato salet with this, said fuck it and made buttery risotto rice instead.
  21. I made it look pretty, and you're right-- I made a damn mess. Cutting board for the chicken and sausage was gone and cleaned up, I had already transferred the pot to a different burner and cleaned up the burner pan.
  22. WTF could any news be generated on a Sunday night? Only ones I want to hear from are disgruntled BMDs. If they're happy, then I'll take that too. Night Crew gumbo checking in, this shit had to reduce
  23. I'm kinda getting tired of that optic and the news out of Auburn tells us Texas isn't unique in that regard. The well-connected donor network were responsible for Hoke's ushering to/from Michigan, followed by Harbaugh. I'd argue Penn State's had a hand in Franklin's hire. It's not a fascination for the blue bloods any longer, it's the way some things operate.
  24. The competitive, top-rated 'croots already jumped ship due to the inaction by CDC/TH, the same reason the captains opted out of the remainder of the season and/or bowl game. It doesn't make a shit either way.
  25. This is the sort of shit I'd like to see the sportswriter pundits headline. Not a swing-and-a-miss, but the biggest swinging-dick contract in all of CFB, offered to the one available man who checks all boxes. On the heels of last weekend when Urban specifically called out "infrastructure" as the difference for programs that get it. The agenda shouldn't read "Urban Meyer or wandering the desert for another decade." It should read, "Outspoken (and wealthy, experienced) Texas alums muscling the ship upright." Most valuable program in CFB offering the most significant HC contract and nobody taking the numbers seriously. The collective should be throwing names at Texas, but the collective doesn't know shit aside from who's in the rearview mirror or already the hot-hand of the moment.
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