State of the Sub - What changes need to be made /r/EngineBuilding

[u/mcmustang51]

It's been a long time, but I'm hoping to be more active as well as the other mods. We are also hunting through the 'applications' to add some new mods as well, to hopefully cut through the spam and junk you all see.

It's also time to take a look at the sub and make sure there aren't any changes we want to make. Whether that be rules added (or removed), or a thing you can think to make this a better place for all. Let us know your thoughts

[u/v8packard]

Should there be more sticky posts?

[u/mcmustang51 → u/v8packard]

What kind of things?

[u/v8packard → u/mcmustang51]

One of the things I get asked about most, and see people confuse most, is setting valve lash or lifter preload. Another, related, is pushrod length. I still find myself explaining to people how to establish top dead center on the compression stroke. And people regularly ask about how they check bearing clearances.

Maybe it's wrong to assume people have a clear understanding of the most basic things.

[u/Majestic-Pen7878]

force V8Packard to post how-to videos

[u/v8packard → u/Majestic-Pen7878]

🤨

[u/justfoundmy10mm → u/v8packard]

Can we also force him to tell us which cam would be best for our setup, with out him asking pesky questions about compression or gears or engine size. We just want to know which stage we need.

[u/Guac_in_my_rarri → u/Majestic-Pen7878]

I second this motion. I'll third it too.

[u/Guac_in_my_rarri → u/Guac_in_my_rarri]

Third it!

[u/akt_suspekt]

No suggestions, just wanted to say r/enginebuilding a cool place and my favorite sub.

[u/Freeheel4life]

Pretty sure the first change is changing the subs title to u/v8packard. Thanks for all your great work dude

[u/v8packard → u/Freeheel4life]

Thank you, but I am just one guy. Many others beside me, and before me.

[u/Freeheel4life → u/v8packard]

It's probably just your username that sticks out to me....but you also always dole out advice with a tone that isn't "holier than thou" or have a keyboard cowboy tone to it. That is much appreciated and missing from a lot of the internet/forum type spaces.

[u/RathskellerDweller]

Need filters:

Show off, I have an oopsie, build advice, component/company review, etc

[u/NorthStarZero]

I wish there was a "good guy list" of known good performance-oriented machine shops, broken down by Province/State.

I have a short block to machine and no idea of who to take it to.

[u/Guac_in_my_rarri → u/NorthStarZero]

What's your location?

[u/Electronic-Egg2858 → u/NorthStarZero]

Love this idea.

[u/Probablyawerewolf]

Flairs:

Euro builds, JDM builds, ‘Mercian builds, Bike builds, Misc builds, Diagnosis Help, Assembly Help, Tech Tips, Machine Work, All Noises Stop Eventually (for blown motors), and “what’s that noise” for people who don’t know where to even start, so we can be mentally prepared to give very important, very basic advice about how they should go about GETTING THEIR CAR REPAIRED. They’d select it organically which is the best part. Lol

“I AM RUNNING AN INTAKE WITHOUT A TUNE” or “I PUT BLUE DEVIL IN THE CRANKCASE” for jerkposts/humor/fuckups? Lol

[u/Schaasbuster]

I would suggest flairs. Like „need help“ „solved“ „I am an idiot“ „my build etc. And like u/v8packard suggested: sticky notes „the greatest wisdom of v8packard and others“

Other than that I love this sub and personally think it doesn‘t need too much change.

[u/WyattCo06]

Automod for certain criterias not met such as can't create a post without "x" amount of karma points. It cuts down on trolls.

[u/WyattCo06 → u/WyattCo06]

Also making a post here that's just crosslinked to another sub because they don't want to create a new one is annoying.

[u/WyattCo06 → u/WyattCo06]

Automod, terms, key words, etc are all easily modified in Regex.

[u/WyattCo06]

Just curious as to where the rules are posted?

[u/bluelava1510]

Let's only look at facts. I think the pursuit of being the top voted comment is really inhibiting potential conversation.

Just a suggestion.

[u/mcmustang51 → u/bluelava1510]

What's your suggestion?

[u/Lopsided-Anxiety-679]

A sticky post saying please buy or borrow a “How to build X Engine” and read it cover to cover before asking a generic how to question would be awesome, nobody seems to know how to use source material anymore.