Winners of 2015 Winter nationals.
Pro mod and street car drags have yet to kick off.
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Blog 16: Answer 2
1. What is your EQ?
What is the best way to build a drag racing car, that can consistently win races?
2. What is your first answer? (In complete thesis statement format)
Using power adders and modifications with proper studies and testing.
3. What is your second answer? (In complete thesis statement format)
Power adders, testing and modifying of the weaker components.
4. List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each?
In real life these cars need power adders to make enough power to be successful in racing competitions.
When these cars cram out as much power as they can handle crucial components begin to give out so you must replace them.
Without testing your engine components may fail during a race making you loose competitions.
5. What printed source best supports your answer?
Wally Parks, The Fast Lane
6. What other source supports your answer?
Super Chevy Magazine
Car Craft Magazine
Hot Rod Magazine
7. Tie this tougher with concluding thought.
Car must be modified and tested so the weak parts are eliminated and the most power can be taken out from the car.
What is the best way to build a drag racing car, that can consistently win races?
2. What is your first answer? (In complete thesis statement format)
Using power adders and modifications with proper studies and testing.
3. What is your second answer? (In complete thesis statement format)
Power adders, testing and modifying of the weaker components.
4. List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each?
In real life these cars need power adders to make enough power to be successful in racing competitions.
When these cars cram out as much power as they can handle crucial components begin to give out so you must replace them.
Without testing your engine components may fail during a race making you loose competitions.
5. What printed source best supports your answer?
Wally Parks, The Fast Lane
6. What other source supports your answer?
Super Chevy Magazine
Car Craft Magazine
Hot Rod Magazine
7. Tie this tougher with concluding thought.
Car must be modified and tested so the weak parts are eliminated and the most power can be taken out from the car.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Blog 15: Independent Component 2 Approval
1. Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.
Plan to continue rebuilding transmissions and hoping to get to put mentorship hours with a engine builder. Basically help and rebuild transmissions and engines with the help of experts in the field.
2. Discus how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.
Maybe take photos of some of the work done and some of the cars repaired or improved.
3. Explain how this component will help you explore your topic more in depth.
Help me be ready to make a car more reliable and to upgrade parts to create more power.
Plan to continue rebuilding transmissions and hoping to get to put mentorship hours with a engine builder. Basically help and rebuild transmissions and engines with the help of experts in the field.
2. Discus how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.
Maybe take photos of some of the work done and some of the cars repaired or improved.
3. Explain how this component will help you explore your topic more in depth.
Help me be ready to make a car more reliable and to upgrade parts to create more power.
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Blog 14: Independent Component 1
LITERAL
a) "I, Victor Gamboa, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 48 hours of work"
b) Mentor: Victor M. Gamboa transmission builder for 18 years at Young's Transmission and DPA Transmissions.
d) Over the corse of 48 hours rebuilt 2 transmissions and replaced an engine. Help with the basics first handing off tools slowly made my way to being able to join transmission and engine and small task like clean parts and open basic parts of a transmission. Also work testing an engine.\
INTERPRETIVE
Learned skills that no book can teach, hands on experience with the real cars. Learning tricks and how components work and why they fail. Observing what parts look like when they do fail and knowing how to prevent them from failing again. Basically get a car that is failing or to some people completely worthless and make it perfect again and perhaps solve the problem for good.
APPLIED
Helps me understand foundations of my topic because they are just that. working on cars not quite the same as performance cars from my topic gives me a view of basic fundamentals and your really cant upgrade a car properly unless you understand what you are upgrading. In some cases racing parts are more simple than that of modern cars for the road but it helps to have a better understating of that part. In other cases it is good to be able to tell a problem of a car by the noise which is only obtainable from experience, which I soon will have. Basically what I'm saying is I am working my way up the car chain and to work on expensive race cars you need to know your way up and down a regular car.
a) "I, Victor Gamboa, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 48 hours of work"
b) Mentor: Victor M. Gamboa transmission builder for 18 years at Young's Transmission and DPA Transmissions.
d) Over the corse of 48 hours rebuilt 2 transmissions and replaced an engine. Help with the basics first handing off tools slowly made my way to being able to join transmission and engine and small task like clean parts and open basic parts of a transmission. Also work testing an engine.\
INTERPRETIVE
Learned skills that no book can teach, hands on experience with the real cars. Learning tricks and how components work and why they fail. Observing what parts look like when they do fail and knowing how to prevent them from failing again. Basically get a car that is failing or to some people completely worthless and make it perfect again and perhaps solve the problem for good.
APPLIED
Helps me understand foundations of my topic because they are just that. working on cars not quite the same as performance cars from my topic gives me a view of basic fundamentals and your really cant upgrade a car properly unless you understand what you are upgrading. In some cases racing parts are more simple than that of modern cars for the road but it helps to have a better understating of that part. In other cases it is good to be able to tell a problem of a car by the noise which is only obtainable from experience, which I soon will have. Basically what I'm saying is I am working my way up the car chain and to work on expensive race cars you need to know your way up and down a regular car.
Monday, January 26, 2015
Blog 13: Lesson 2 Reflection
1. What are you most proud of in your lesson 2 Presentation and why?
I am most proud of the overall flow of my presentation and the way people understood my topic and learned from my presentation, things they may or may not use in the future.
2a. What assessment would you give yourself on your lesson 2 presentation (self-assessment)?
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2b. Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the lesson 2 component contract.
I used all my time effectively and used props throughout the lesson. I also maintained well explanation of my answer throughout my presentation.
3. What worked for you in your lesson 2?
Out of all the things i did I think the props really helped the presentation and keep the audience engaged.
4. What didn't work? I you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your lesson 2?
My activity did not work out exactly as I planned, if I had a time machine I probably would try making my activity a bit more engaging or interesting.
5. What do you think your answer 2 will be?
A reliable car tested and tuned before every race.
I am most proud of the overall flow of my presentation and the way people understood my topic and learned from my presentation, things they may or may not use in the future.
2a. What assessment would you give yourself on your lesson 2 presentation (self-assessment)?
P
2b. Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the lesson 2 component contract.
I used all my time effectively and used props throughout the lesson. I also maintained well explanation of my answer throughout my presentation.
3. What worked for you in your lesson 2?
Out of all the things i did I think the props really helped the presentation and keep the audience engaged.
4. What didn't work? I you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your lesson 2?
My activity did not work out exactly as I planned, if I had a time machine I probably would try making my activity a bit more engaging or interesting.
5. What do you think your answer 2 will be?
A reliable car tested and tuned before every race.
Thursday, January 8, 2015
Blog 12: Mentorship 10 Hours Check
1. Where are you doing your Mentorship?
I'm doing my mentorship with a weekend races, who competes with other racers in competitions for money. I go around with him racing either in Irwindale, Fontana, Pomona, or San Diego depending on where the competitions are.
2. Who is your contact?
Contact is Greg Peterson
3. How many total hours have you done?
Total of 26 hours.
4. Summarize the 10 hours of service you did.
Over the hours I help prepare the car by checking tire pressure, fuel, and warming the car up before the first race. Also cooling the car down after every race, registering for races, safety inspections, and check out other cars and parts up for sale.
I'm doing my mentorship with a weekend races, who competes with other racers in competitions for money. I go around with him racing either in Irwindale, Fontana, Pomona, or San Diego depending on where the competitions are.
2. Who is your contact?
Contact is Greg Peterson
3. How many total hours have you done?
Total of 26 hours.
4. Summarize the 10 hours of service you did.
Over the hours I help prepare the car by checking tire pressure, fuel, and warming the car up before the first race. Also cooling the car down after every race, registering for races, safety inspections, and check out other cars and parts up for sale.
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Holiday Project Update
1. It is important to consistently work on your senior project, wether it is break or we are in school. What did you do over break with your senior project?
Unfortunately their is no major drag racing events in the area to attend so not many people race this season, including my mentor. Wether or not I need research or not over break I read up and informed myself on many automotive power adders. Over break I focused my research specifically on Turbos since it is what I believe the best potential answer for my EQ.
2. What was the most important thing you learned from what you did, and why? What was the source of what you learned?
The most important thing I learned was tuning your car, I still do not have the skills to tune a car iI learned the power of it over break. As some racers explain you can have all the power in the world but if you cant transfer it to the ground its all wasted. I also learned lots of factors like every car has different sweet spots, like for example some cars can only handle 15 Psi of boost while other cars can push the 45 psi range and in some cases the car with the lower boost psi wins the race, which shows how its all in the little adjustments made by computer tuning.
3. If you were going to do a 10 question interview on questions related too answers related to answers related to your EQ, who would you talk to and why?
If I had the opportunity to talk to anyone I would talk to Dom "The Snake" Prudhomme because he has been in the racing industry before it was an industry. Few people his age continue to be on the top of drag racing. Throughout his years he has tried every single set up one can possibly think of, is one of the top names in drag racing, and has a modern race team that still competes today. Since he went up in the racing industry he should be able to give the best option for a race car that fits my budget.
Unfortunately their is no major drag racing events in the area to attend so not many people race this season, including my mentor. Wether or not I need research or not over break I read up and informed myself on many automotive power adders. Over break I focused my research specifically on Turbos since it is what I believe the best potential answer for my EQ.
2. What was the most important thing you learned from what you did, and why? What was the source of what you learned?
The most important thing I learned was tuning your car, I still do not have the skills to tune a car iI learned the power of it over break. As some racers explain you can have all the power in the world but if you cant transfer it to the ground its all wasted. I also learned lots of factors like every car has different sweet spots, like for example some cars can only handle 15 Psi of boost while other cars can push the 45 psi range and in some cases the car with the lower boost psi wins the race, which shows how its all in the little adjustments made by computer tuning.
3. If you were going to do a 10 question interview on questions related too answers related to answers related to your EQ, who would you talk to and why?
If I had the opportunity to talk to anyone I would talk to Dom "The Snake" Prudhomme because he has been in the racing industry before it was an industry. Few people his age continue to be on the top of drag racing. Throughout his years he has tried every single set up one can possibly think of, is one of the top names in drag racing, and has a modern race team that still competes today. Since he went up in the racing industry he should be able to give the best option for a race car that fits my budget.
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