NorCal Community Chat Thread v. 5.0- 2011
Done and Done!
06-04-11, 08:25 PM
#133
threw together a site last night, open to criticism though i plan on changing things around some here and there. the header title also got a bit distorted after publishing so i know that needs to be fixed.
http://rotaryevolution.net
http://rotaryevolution.net
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06-04-11, 09:18 PM
#134
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overall very good and detailed with the pricing, also maybe get a better more artistic shot of your FC on the main page
overall very good and detailed with the pricing, also maybe get a better more artistic shot of your FC on the main page
06-05-11, 12:36 AM
#135
Yea with some textual editing and some more flashy engine/car pics it would look really nice. Impressive so far, glad you are doing this as I think it will help drive people to your shop. Once they see how good your service is they'll come back.
Putting the pricing in some sort of table would make it look more organized, professional, and a little easier to understand. Although I have no trouble understanding it, some people might.
Putting the pricing in some sort of table would make it look more organized, professional, and a little easier to understand. Although I have no trouble understanding it, some people might.
06-05-11, 12:38 AM
#136
Also there is a way to edit the Title of your page (meaning the part that is shown on tabs in tabbed browsers), right now your title goes by the section that is selected which is ok, but Putting Rotary Evolution in front of it might help remind them where they are.
06-07-11, 12:33 PM
#141
lol, it just took a few people bugging me about the website to put one up but the last quote was for a few hundred $ at a discount rate so i decided to just do it one evening. i honestly don't feel like paying someone multiples of what i make per hour. plus i will have the experience of how the layout is setup to make adjusting things easier later on. 
page title is fixed, changed the header but i still don't like how it's turning out(the header section box is a pita to work with in this editor as you can't overlay anything or it will crop it and put in sliders, the auto resizing tool also blows). i'll work on the pricing page soon.
i could just bite the bullet and install dreamweaver on the laptop from my desktop but last time i opened DW i about crapped myself with all the tools, it is overwhelming and would take a week to read through just the tutorial. even basic tasks are easy to botch with it unless you know what you're doing.
page title is fixed, changed the header but i still don't like how it's turning out(the header section box is a pita to work with in this editor as you can't overlay anything or it will crop it and put in sliders, the auto resizing tool also blows). i'll work on the pricing page soon.
i could just bite the bullet and install dreamweaver on the laptop from my desktop but last time i opened DW i about crapped myself with all the tools, it is overwhelming and would take a week to read through just the tutorial. even basic tasks are easy to botch with it unless you know what you're doing.
Last edited by RotaryEvolution; 06-07-11 at 12:44 PM.
06-08-11, 01:48 PM
#145
just about finished setting up the rotor housing resurfacing jig. yes i know, copycat but Goopy had to expect it to happen sooner or later, i had actually seen some of the motors from mazdarecycling that their rebuilder did a similar process but it was very poor and had high/low spots all over the place so i was hesitant to attempt something. but with the method i worked up it should give a very flat workable surface.
so i know this isn't anything new, people have been doing similar for many years but Goopy's have been the best i have seen to date and wanted to offer something closer for the west coast peeps.
with lapping and resurfacing options it comes about as close as one can possibly get to a new motor without shelling out $5-6k.
i guess it was really just Preston making me look bad got me inspired to go a step further.
also in the works i plan on building an injector test stand, flow bench and cleaning setup. since there is no real injection shop here in town and i sometimes don't feel like bothering with or waiting on sending injectors out for service. this also eliminates any possibility of recieving faulty injectors, i can also balance them as closely as possible. sometimes i just hate the fact that i can't see the results in person to know if an injector issue was a real fault or not.
so i know this isn't anything new, people have been doing similar for many years but Goopy's have been the best i have seen to date and wanted to offer something closer for the west coast peeps.
with lapping and resurfacing options it comes about as close as one can possibly get to a new motor without shelling out $5-6k.
i guess it was really just Preston making me look bad got me inspired to go a step further.
also in the works i plan on building an injector test stand, flow bench and cleaning setup. since there is no real injection shop here in town and i sometimes don't feel like bothering with or waiting on sending injectors out for service. this also eliminates any possibility of recieving faulty injectors, i can also balance them as closely as possible. sometimes i just hate the fact that i can't see the results in person to know if an injector issue was a real fault or not.
Last edited by RotaryEvolution; 06-08-11 at 01:56 PM.
06-08-11, 03:21 PM
#146
figuring out how much material i have to play with, this was a junk rotor housing with huge pitting in the center area of the housing from a worn apex seal as well as quite a bit of chrome flaking on the edges, some of which can't be fixed.
not done yet but that small groove in the middle may as well have been the grand canyon before now.
this gives you an idea of the depth:
i need to work out a way of taking material off faster though, but this is an extreme example as most should not need this much milling and this engine had 175k hard miles(chunks of chrome missing in spots, edges flaking and deep gouging in the center areas).
note: if you see this Chris this was your old housing i'm playing with. can get pics of the chatter and chunks missing if you want em.
not done yet but that small groove in the middle may as well have been the grand canyon before now.
this gives you an idea of the depth:
i need to work out a way of taking material off faster though, but this is an extreme example as most should not need this much milling and this engine had 175k hard miles(chunks of chrome missing in spots, edges flaking and deep gouging in the center areas).
note: if you see this Chris this was your old housing i'm playing with.
can get pics of the chatter and chunks missing if you want em.
Last edited by RotaryEvolution; 06-08-11 at 03:36 PM.
06-08-11, 06:32 PM
#149
here is a better picture after deglazing the surface, just so you guys don't think the surface truly isn't as flat as it appeared in that last picture.
this is about as good as i can do for a before and after comparison with the rotor housing's younger brother that was in much better condition than the housing i resurfaced.
i did go a little nuts around the exhaust port, but nothing a streetport can't fix.
ok side project complete, back to work on the engine assembly line..
this is about as good as i can do for a before and after comparison with the rotor housing's younger brother that was in much better condition than the housing i resurfaced.
i did go a little nuts around the exhaust port, but nothing a streetport can't fix.
ok side project complete, back to work on the engine assembly line..
Last edited by RotaryEvolution; 06-08-11 at 06:56 PM.