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12 hours ago, tictoc said:

I ran a few sets of Pilot Sport 4S' from when they were released until last summer. I switched over to the Extreme Contact Sport 02 last summer, and I was pretty happy with them.  Steering feel is a little dead at center, and can feel like a bit of understeer at initial turn in, but after that they are pretty responsive.  I'll be running them again this year, as soon as I can swap out of my snow tires. Usually the summers can go on the first or second week of May. I'll probably be switching back to the 4S's next year because they run better in colder temperatures. Temps at my house frequently drop to at or below freezing all the way into late June, and start up again in mid-late August.

 

@avacado I think you'll be pretty happy with the DWS's. I know a few people that have them, and if I was going to run no seasons they would probably be at the top of my list.

Continental Extreme Contact Sport - are not to be used below 45 F - probably not the tire for your part of the world. Thanks for the feedback on the Sport 02 & Pilot Sport 4S

I'm late to the thread; however, it may be helpful to both OP & future loop adventurists

On 20/04/2024 at 17:38, SoloCamo said:

 

My '98 Prelude with the H22A was such a great car, except you had to near redline to have any usable power.   I do miss it at times..  The VQ37VHR in my G37 is also high rpm power (redline is at 7500 w/ peak 330hp at 7000, peak torque of 276ftlbs around 5200) but the torque curve is fairly decent so it's much more usable day to day.

 

That said, I need new rear tires.. have a chunk/flat spot on the General G-MAX AS-05's already...  Which is funny because when I bought these over the prior AS-05's I had I could tell right away they changed the tire or maybe I just got a bad batch.  They now discontinued the AS-05's and are offering the AS-07's but I think and from what I've read spending the extra $20 per tire and getting some Continental Extreme Contact DWS-06 Plus' is probably worth it.  Being I live in FL I should just go with summer tires but I already spend enough on replacements as is with this boat of a car.

Continental Extreme Contact Sport, are great tires for warm weather only grip

275/35 ZR20 102V on my Roush = skid pad over 1G with a car that is over 4000 lbs

Continental ExtremeContact Sport vs DWS 06 PLUS - Top Tire Review

TOPTIREREVIEW.COM

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In depth analysis of Continental ExtremeContact Sport vs DWS 06 PLUS with wet, dry, noise/comfort, wear, snow & price evaluated.

8 hours ago, Alex said:

Nice, intake pipe looks a bit... blue?

 

How many stages are there btw?

Intake is a different material, it does look a diff shade of black towards grey & photo makes it standout even more

3 Stages:

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

My Toy / not a daily driver

2019 ROUSH Stage 3 Mustang,

With the  ROUSH extra tune for another 40 HP - ROUSH claimed HP & Torque ---> Produces 750 horsepower/670 lb-ft of torque
 
over 500 lb-ft of torque at just off idle = a fun ride & plenty of acceleration on street tires

Earlier is better in North America, when it is coldest.  However I am not sure how many participants are in other parts of the world, in their warm season.

It all depends of your target market & the goal(s) of running the contest, besides a boost to your team's overall Folding standing

Prizes, shipping expenses & "Government fees" for cross border shipments ......  would calling it a "Gift" & not a "Prize" make any difference?

Shipping in general has gotten way more expensive over the last few years

A couple of other ideas, besides what has already been suggested "group funding"

1) you could limit the award of (some/most) prizes, to avoid cross border shipments & those additional fees ?

2) Gift cards instead of items? Though I have no idea if gift cards incur, cross border fees

3) Winner is responsible for shipping & government fees ?

Last years contest was full of great prizes, however maybe more "ExtremeHW swag" & less new products could still be a great way to motivate participation? 

BQ Pure Loop 2 FX 360mm - arrived late yesterday

once I get a chance, I have a new rig to build, with a AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (16 core CPU) - to test this AIO

3 hours ago, Avacado said:

So, FYI, BQ is sending you a 360, they said you can keep the 280 as well. Sorry about the mix up. 

That is Fantastic & very generous of be quiet!

Thank you very much for looking into this & getting a quick answer & resolution.

I was trying hard to resist the temptation to just open & use the 280 on an impromptu test bench setup to test some parts; as I just figured I would need to return the 280.

 

On 28/03/2023 at 14:55, Avacado said:

Update:

 

All the Cooler Master prizes should be delivered by the end of this week, if not already delivered. Please let me know if it does not arrive by Saturday.

 

Corsair and be quiet still have not commented on shipment of their prizes yet, though they do have all of the winners addresses. I will follow up with them Friday if I do not hear back sooner. 

So the Good News - seems my prize a be quiet! Pure Loop 2 FX arrived today

The bad news, they sent a 280mm unit,

I thought the prize was supposed to be the 360mm cooler?  Based on the link on page one be quiet! PURE LOOP 2 FX

Did "Newegg" - sender per UPS make a mistake?

Or did the Sponsor need to make a change based on current inventory?

Thanks for letting me play, I had a great time.

This was the only folding contest I've done in the last year.

Everyone in this contest, you all ROCK in my Book

So Fold what you can, for the Greater Good

Thank you ExtremeHW for the space, invite & hosting a great event

On 19/03/2023 at 10:47, firedfly said:

@CoolGTXstepped it up another notch and is closing the gap to first place!  What hardware are you running and what did you change for the extra push?

@ firedfly

Your turn, any photos or details to share, I see what you did there.  Nice PPD jump

15 hours ago, Avacado said:

We need pics of this "lair".

OK, you want a peak behind the curtain.

The things we do for Folding for the Greater Good & in memory of Loved Ones & in support of those still in the Fight for LIfe

Max Folding 37 Million PPD open air, CPU custom loop Beast.  Note the 4090 dwarfs the 3090Ti KingPin - 
PCIe 4.0 x8 with (2) GPUs CPU is 16 core AMD 5950X & MB X570S .... pumps out the points

& they crazy stuff you do for contest points, call-up the retired soldiers.  Not pretty but very functional, 3080 Ti FTW3 Ultra - out in the breeze & yes, the huge beast inside of that case is another 4090 ,,,,,, my older X99 MB. CPU i7-6900K this combo is a slacker @ only 32 Million PPD  both GPU run @ PCIe 3.0 x16

Room temp 15C

Hope you enjoyed the peak behind the curtain


For those NEW to Folding:

- Get your Passkey for quick return points

- Kill background nonessential stuff in the background of Windows

- Tweak Nvidia Control Panel .... you want Performance settings --->> Not max Quality settings
- Tweak Windows performance

- In Folding Client .... under configure, Set your Slots to ---> Next-Unit-Percentage = 100% (next WU does not download until your current WU is done)
- Colder is Faster ......... Nvidia Boost has the last word in GHz ..... keep them cold for max performance

- If your into OC software, find the sweat spot for your GPU .... remember Colder is Faster

edits: (added a few more thoughts for the new folders out there)

- Do Not use your gaming OC settings, dial it back ... Your rig needs to be rock solid or WU will Fail

- Every WU is different in the demands it places on your Rig & the number of atoms is a big factor

- a Quality PSU is the most important, yet sometimes undervalued, hardware in your rig; it is an investment in stability

 

1 hour ago, damric said:

Glad to have you.

 

REMINDER TO ALL PARTICIPANTS:

 

Let us know that you are playing for a prize (opted in) by typing "IN (Folding Name)"

 

We would also ask that you tell us your country since we just found out that the Cooler Master prizes will be U.S. only due to shipping. Don't worry, plenty of prizes will still be available for overseas winners.

IN (CoolGTX) USA

12 hours ago, firedfly said:

@CoolGTXstepped it up another notch and is closing the gap to first place!  What hardware are you running and what did you change for the extra push?

it is nice to be noticed

I started slow as I was undecided how much power to throw at this contest.  Then I took notice of your hole shot & how you blew past your average PPD.  This motivated me to forget about the electric bill & crank my systems to 11  Wanted to help keep you motivated as you were beginning to look lonely way out front all by yourself.

weather improved, the lair's windows are open, keeping most of the GPUs @ 45-50C ... even after cranking my OC settings up to 11

4090s rock at folding

reactivated several 3080Ti - that were idled, as I was getting ready to list them for sale, post 40 series upgrade
 

Yes, watts of electrons were harmed to make this Folding for the Greater Good, happen

I'm happy I could help push you, to Fold even harder ... the more WU that get done the better

9 minutes ago, Fluxmaven said:

Got all three of the 3090's online 

 

Blocks were gross, but got them cleaned up enough to run the PC. Will need to break it down and clean everything at some point. 

 

 

might want to look into running Koolance fluids, I've heard from many 4 years with no issues, is possible

firedfly was fast out of the gate with a big lead ... OK, lets see if I can real them back in a little

4 minutes ago, Monsterkater said:

Protip: Use the dedicated scoreboard website and don't even have to open the forums  

 

I was looking for that type of link earlier .... never found it in the thread & I'm new here.  I've got over 30K posts in my "home" forum where I'm also a Mod

Thank you

Will the forms (on page 1) populate with the folders names before the First Points drop?

RE: Updates

 In one spot is says points updates every hour
"Note: Stats are updated every hour at XX:25 for previous hour of submitted Work Units."

However, On the newer form it mentions every 3 hours?

In CoolGTX