Santa Rosa

I really do wish that I able to come up here more often, but with a legitimate work schedule it is getting harder to do so. This trip up north was a short one, but still really good, and really having a family member to confide everything in is really nice; friends are amazing, partners are fantastic, but family is best. We both talked about what has been going on in our lives, and I actually chuckled a bit every time that I noticed how similar we both actually are. But this post isn't really about that, it is actually something I am doing to pass the time while I wait to start drinking and exploring (but I have already started drinking ssshhh.).

==in advance sorry for not tagging and editing this to the thoroughly, I really don't know when I will be off and wanted to get this on the internets asap... Then again I am probably going to just leave my comp running in the room because it is taking FOREVER to upload these photos.==

so onto the photos!!




























-'till next time

Fight Stick

Mornin'

So I know that it has taken me a bit of time to actually post anything, but meh I have been fighting streets and building stuff. This is one of those things.

When I heard that Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike was coming to online download I had to finally break down and fight stick it up, after all pads don't look as nerdy. While I could have just bought one that works and looks like this...



But as you know by now, I am the kind of person that would rather build than just buy. So on to it!

Wade and I started with a bunch of research at http://www.slagcoin.com/joystick.html and then purchased the buttons and joystick on EVO2k11 weekend. They all came in a few days later, minus the joystick's ribbon cable... BITCHES!! few days after that we went to Home Depot to pick up the few tools that I didn't have, and then be fucking ballers and buy really nice wood.




Shortly thereafter we made some cuts to said fancy wood and come up with this.


Made a few holes and mounted one side


and then Then a puppy came over


Finished up the sides and back and then made the cuts for the buttons.


yeah... kinda big...


Then got it all wired up, only to have it fail because I needed something crazy to get the buttons to work with a ps2-a controller...


Wade saved the day and lent me his ps1 controller and within a short bit I had it all connected and rocking to the max!







I have yet to secure everything down to the bottom board and clean it all up because the ribbon cable has yet to show up, but when that does I'll be sure to post the photos of the finish product.

Now I am going to start drinking, taking photos, cycle around town, and having fun with my cousin and his kids (they won't be drinking) in Santa Rosa!

-'till next time

Stuff happened...

A bit of an update...

Due to my last post of happiness, and actually getting visual progress, I had a new found rush of working on my car again. As such I worked on my car on Saturday with the hope that I would be able to make a transmission mount as well as see how much I had to cut off of my driveshaft to make it fit.

But before any of that could be done we had to get some sim racing in



The next morning I made a quick run to the hardware store and picked up the required metal, bolts, and nuts. After a short bit of hammering, heating, and drilling I created a transmission mount. After final fit was done on the chassis I made a couple more holes into the chassis and bolted it all up.



Now it was time to see how much I was either going to have to cut off or add to the driveshaft to make it work...

So I bolted in the driveshaft...



And BOOM!!! YESSS!!!



Seriously only about 1/16" from being where it was from the factory! Soooooo incredible. Now all that is needed is to find a U-joint that will convert the Datsun size to the Mustang size and I will be golden!

This week will be spend re-researching what I will need to finish the car and hopefully within the month I will be finished; actually I want to be finished by the 26th so that I can enter into open header night and roll around town being fucking loud, but we will see if that is actually possible.

-'till next time