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to read their article about Erick Aguilar's all motor B18C1 powered Civic that did 10.59 (now) et. at the newstand to kill time while my friend is checking out the latest in travel news abroad at Chapters (like your Borders in the US)...
first, thank goodness someone had already ripped open the plastic bag that seals the mag off from allowing you to peruse it before buying.
anyway, I flip to the 3 page article (actually in terms of text, there's barely a page worth there). I read it in like 3 min.
What amazes me is the lack of any useful info to the person who genuinely wants to emulate Erick. I mean even if you wanted get sucked into buying certain products, no specs that are releasable and not top secret are provided. In the end, I found that you read this and got absolutely zero information. I mean there's a thread over at Honda Tech on his engine and the Toda website that have more information than this article and they are free.
I guess the point to my post is when are we going to demand more content and less fluff? I mean don't get me wrong Superstreet is a fun magazine. I love their Nopi Bikini Contest Coverage, national show scene, and the self-deprecating laid back humor are great attitudes to have (you can't take yourself too seriously). They are the MAD magazine and Toga Party Central of Sport Compact mags...the SCC boys seem to be a bit more "serious" (too serious sometimes).But are you going to get a subscription with that superficial level of info most of the time? We are in the info age and an article that appears to have taken 30 min to write (if that) seems to be rewarded with your hard earned dollar. Am I missing something? Wouldn't Superstreet with all their connections and resources be well served to get a group of engine builders together and ask them to guess what Erick has or how they would build a 10 sec all motor engine with some basic (you don't have to get into the calculus of it) principles of a good race engine? Or are people in the "scene" happy with things as they are in terms of press tabloid coverage? Enquiring minds want to know.
BTW I suspect I could read Superstreet cover to cover at one outing on the throne and this isn't just directed at Superstreet...how about Sport Compact Car? or High Rev Tuners for that matter?
yes, yes I know, they have to kiss their sponsor's ass. But even then, you can get generic descriptions of features needed with general specs without hurting your connections to the parts sponsors.
I think a second year mechanical engineering student with his english major girlfriend could write a hell of an article we could all learn from....
first, thank goodness someone had already ripped open the plastic bag that seals the mag off from allowing you to peruse it before buying.
anyway, I flip to the 3 page article (actually in terms of text, there's barely a page worth there). I read it in like 3 min.
What amazes me is the lack of any useful info to the person who genuinely wants to emulate Erick. I mean even if you wanted get sucked into buying certain products, no specs that are releasable and not top secret are provided. In the end, I found that you read this and got absolutely zero information. I mean there's a thread over at Honda Tech on his engine and the Toda website that have more information than this article and they are free.
I guess the point to my post is when are we going to demand more content and less fluff? I mean don't get me wrong Superstreet is a fun magazine. I love their Nopi Bikini Contest Coverage, national show scene, and the self-deprecating laid back humor are great attitudes to have (you can't take yourself too seriously). They are the MAD magazine and Toga Party Central of Sport Compact mags...the SCC boys seem to be a bit more "serious" (too serious sometimes).But are you going to get a subscription with that superficial level of info most of the time? We are in the info age and an article that appears to have taken 30 min to write (if that) seems to be rewarded with your hard earned dollar. Am I missing something? Wouldn't Superstreet with all their connections and resources be well served to get a group of engine builders together and ask them to guess what Erick has or how they would build a 10 sec all motor engine with some basic (you don't have to get into the calculus of it) principles of a good race engine? Or are people in the "scene" happy with things as they are in terms of press tabloid coverage? Enquiring minds want to know.
BTW I suspect I could read Superstreet cover to cover at one outing on the throne and this isn't just directed at Superstreet...how about Sport Compact Car? or High Rev Tuners for that matter?
yes, yes I know, they have to kiss their sponsor's ass. But even then, you can get generic descriptions of features needed with general specs without hurting your connections to the parts sponsors.
I think a second year mechanical engineering student with his english major girlfriend could write a hell of an article we could all learn from....
