BDA Engine Performance Monitor

Every one of those bugs looked at each other and said that they absolutely DO NOT have the guts to ever do that again !!!..........Bruce

I just checked my BDA display from yesterday (which is working fine by the way as it stores all data until I erase it) and it too shows that my engine is running in the sweet spot. And just for the record it has been running that way every month since I got it. There is no storage period out here on the Left Coast.

I've used the Smiles Per Mile system as an adjunct. The three categories are: Country Roads, Mild Traffic and Heavy Traffic. No matter which category I am driving in I expect no less than 60% of the people who see the car to smile. I have never been disappointed and neither have the observers. Spread the fun beyond the drivers seat.

Mitch -    

LOL

But I do agree.  I enjoy my speedster simply because it is a luddite inspired machine.  But then, I go happily through life without even a cell phone - a decision I made years ago.

Although, to  my shame, my new speedster does have an onboard OBD, which I hope I never see or understand.  Keeping in the vein of the above posts, I will now think that OBD stands for Optimal Bug Destroyer.

I steadfastly rely on air to help my engine keep its cool, not that wet stuff called water.  The goal is to keep water outside of a speedster...

Air Cooled Forever

I knew that I would get a few of you wound up ....probably more that aren't posting to not give me the satisfaction :-)

Heck, I didn't even know the HAD bugs in California!

So, I ask again: what is on a bug's mind when he hits the front end of a Speedster??

Ans: His asshole.

"I steadfastly rely on air to help my engine keep its cool, not that wet stuff called water.  The goal is to keep water outside of a speedster..."

Bob- a watercooled engine uses air to cool the water, so it's just an overly complicated air-cooled engine anyway...

Now, Al, be nice...

Lane Anderson posted:

Heck, I didn't even know the HAD bugs in California!

Lane, that's our tourism board hard at work. They'll also tell you it's 80 degrees year round here, that our cows are happier than Wisconsin cows, and that all of our children are above average.

In our defense, though, the west coast has the sunshine and the girls all get so tan. I dig a French bikini on.... oh, sorry - I get carried away sometimes.

El Frazoo posted:

So, I ask again: what is on a bug's mind when he hits the front end of a Speedster??...

Mr. Frazoo, this is really one of those Zen questions to which we can never really know the answer.

From our perspective of having to scrub, wax, and polish a paint job that refuses to stay clean, it can only seem that we are being 'hit' by an endless hailstorm of bugs.

But I wonder if the unsuspecting bug, innocently trying to decide if that is a Speedster, Roadster D, or Cabriolet approaching, wouldn't view the incident differently.

I think the accounting of the same event would vary greatly if told by an auto detailer, an entomologist, or the attorney hired by the bug's next of kin.

I have had a OBD since 3/2/12 but I have never seen it.  I just drive; but unlike Mitch,  I Kill bugs at a much faster speed which in the end is more Humane.

Mitch, I love that, jus like a happy motorcyclist. I spent my entire career in the tech industry and have always been an early adaptor of all things tech. I paid $150 for a pong home game in 1974 and was bored in 5 minutes. Black boxes are for modern cars that can be tuned by technicians, not mechanics. There is just something about the sound of air cooled magic in the air. It frees the mind and spirit and reminds of my young and foolish childhood so I can enjoy my extended and foolish old age. 

Marty Grzynkowicz posted:

I have had a OBD since 3/2/12 but I have never seen it.  I just drive; but unlike Mitch,  I Kill bugs at a much faster speed which in the end is more Humane.

I've heard about more 'humane' forms of death, Marty, but this is always the opinion of a survivor.

We never get to hear from the guy whose opinion matters most.

As usual...I'm somewhere near the middle of all of this. I run a Soob motor but with a Weber 32/36 carb. I default to a reliable Ford electronic ignition system though. The only thing digital in the car is my watch. Coolant temp on the dash, oil pressure and amp gauge are in the engine compartment.  Noisy exhaust tone. Plenty of bugs on the front and many times a cracked windshield has been my normal MO.

In a pinch I'll use a six pack and a towel for an arm rest. High mileage. It works for me.

I don't believe in loud horns either. I'll take quick evasive action over relying on some dork understanding they are doing something wrong and should take corrective action themselves to prevent injury to me. There's a reason that race car drivers don't have horns. Just a thought. YMMV.

El Frazoo posted:

So, I ask again: what is on a bug's mind when he hits the front end of a Speedster??

Ans: His asshole.

I think the bug is wondering, "Is that a real Porsche or a kit car?".

Or:

"I only get to live for 28 days on this earth and it's going to end on the front of a fiberglass fake!"

Rob, lol

I use my GoPro camera as my Engine Performance Monitor! 

That's my favorite kind of water-cooled motoring, Jim.

Looks like you can put whatever you want on the wide-screen display.