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It's a government computer:
Xeon 3.07ghz
2gb RAM (ouch)
32-bit Win7 (ouch)
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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With only 2GB RAM I'm guessing everything runs slow -- the issue is prob there, not with VS2013.
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Ouch, does it have a padlock on it? I was in a job like this before and ended up buying some RAM of crucial and firing it in, would have got in trouble if anybody had found out but nobody did, just a thought
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No, but they are sealed (a special label that is broken if the machine is "physically comprimised").
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Unfortunately, it meets the minimum system requirements[^]:
Visual Studio Express 2013 for Web
System Requirements:
Supported operating systems
•Windows 7 SP1 (x86 and x64)
•Windows 8 (x86 and x64)
•Windows 8.1 (x86 and x64)
•Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (x64)
•Windows Server 2012 (x64)
•Windows Server 2012 R2 (x64)
Hardware requirements
•1.6 GHz or faster processor
•1 GB of RAM (1.5 GB if running on a virtual machine)
•4 GB of available hard disk space
•5400 RPM hard drive
•DirectX 9-capable video card running at 1024 x 768 or higher display resolution
I recommend minimum 8 gigs ram now to whoever asks me for advice.
I guess you can't use your own computer?
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I can loan you my abacus if you wish. It will probably double your processing power.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: 2gb RAM
That would explain a lot.  Is it optimistic to assume the machine has an SSD?
/ravi
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My work computer is something of a beast - 24 cores (12 of which are hyperthreaded virtual I guess) and 16GB of ram, 64bit Windows 7.
VS continually hangs, and popups a window saying 'the selected operation is taking longer than expected' during which time you can't do anything. I had put this down to something happening on the network, but perhaps it is just VS2013.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Sluggishness is relative, I never used to find VS sluggish until recently, where I've been doing HTML/CSS/JS and no backend code and have been using Notepad++ more or less exclusively, then when I'm done I go and copy pasta it into Visual Studio.
Man is it sluggish! When I see how productive I can be with just NP++ it really makes me question the ludicrous price tag for VS, not to mention the gigabytes of ram it uses, and the CPU consumption, and the fact that you need an SSD etc etc
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I can't actually notice any difference in anything so far.
(though to be honest I installed it, fired up the IDE, and ploughed back into code and haven't actually explored the bits).
Speedwise it's the same, but I've not had any real sluggishness. I'm on a Macbook Air, we have a whopping huge solution, and the poor machine's fan is about to spin off its spindle, but VS ticks along fine.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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0) The engine has been at the machine shop for over 7 weeks. No word on when it will be ready to be picked up.
1) The transmission comes as a kit specifically for my car, but it's also specifically for the original engine in the car. Because of this, I had to get a different bellhousing. The kit's bellhousing is 15/16 inch taller than the housing that I have to use, so I had to have a spacer made to go between the housing and the transmission. I was expecting $350 - it wound up costing $658 (because the CAD work was problematic). The silver lining here is that if anyone dares travel the road I'm on right now, I can have a spacer made for them because I have the CAD file. I should have the spacer by Friday.
2) I have all of the other parts necessary for the swap except the A/C compressor (which can be bought any time and won't hold up the swap).
3) I found some really nice highly-polished stainless steel "427" emblems for the fenders.
4) If the hood doesn't fit after the swap, I have a plan. Hopefully, it won't cost any money, but - well - we all know how that tends to turn out...
I have determined a need for software - a method for calculating the length of a serpentine fan belt, taking into consideration all of the pullies and tensioners used for the given belt. For instance, I'll have four pullies and one tensioner. If I know the distance between and size of the pullies, and the desired deflection imposed by tensioner, I should be able to determine the required length of the belt with reasonable accuracy. The shop I'm having this swap done has a wall of hooks with about 400 fan belts on it, with no organization regarding length. They've spent hours combing through those belts looking for "something that will work". If I could write some software for them, it would shave a lot of time from that process.
I was hoping to start the swap last week, but the engine is holding me up.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: 4) If the hood doesn't fit after the swap, I have a plan. Hopefully, it won't cost any money, but - well - we all know how that tends to turn out...
Does it involve a big hammer?
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: 4)
I have determined a need for software - a method for calculating the length of a serpentine fan belt, taking into consideration all of the pullies and tensioners used for the given belt. For instance, I'll have four pullies and one tensioner. If I know the distance between and size of the pullies, and the desired deflection imposed by tensioner, I should be able to determine the required length of the belt with reasonable accuracy. The shop I'm having this swap done has a wall of hooks with about 400 fan belts on it, with no organization regarding length. They've spent hours combing through those belts looking for "something that will work". If I could write some software for them, it would shave a lot of time from that process.
Just use a pair of the wife/GF's stockings, worked in the 70's on MK1 Escorts, should work now. 
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Display Name Taken wrote: Just use a pair of the wife/GF's stockings, worked in the 70's on MK1 Escorts, should work now
Plus, liberally chewed white sliced bread makes excellent radiator putty (must be applied when hot). My Dad's Spitfire ran with this in place for two years until he got rid of it.
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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Sounds familiar, my neighbour has a Stag that he drives exclusively on summer evenings, because neither the roof nor the radiator is waterproof and if it's warm it boils.
His radiator is full of ginger, that also works fine as putty.
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What are they doing to the engine?
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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Finish-honing the bores, checking main cap alignment, checking deck finish, verifying that the valve springs in the heads are the appropriate pressure for the camshaft, milling the heads to make sure they're flat, and assembling the long block.
All of the parts are new except the heads.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: determined a need for software
Hmm, a length of rope should do the trick.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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A piece of string has worked as well, but since string was scarce in the old garage we tended to use electrical wires instead.
That reminds me of that the belt to the alternator in my Porsche is slightly to long, I should fix that sometime... the same sometime as the last three tears. But there's no engine from Porsche in it, that got blown to bits and now there's something more reliable and more significantly a lot lighter.
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Pics or it didn't happen!
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Well, not even high-rep users can post pictures here, so you'll have to be happy with a link to the build page here[^].
Pictures will become more numerous once the build starts.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Wow, that is a detailed write-up! You really are passionate about this, aren't you?
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Well, I'm the pioneer, so I'm doing the web page for people that follow me down the same road. I had to research my ass off to build the list of parts. If I can save someone some time, all the better.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: but the engine is holding me up
Viagra...
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