Withdrawal symptoms, cylinder index, CPU index?

[John Forbes]

Mike wrote:
>
> I'm having withdrawal symptoms - Cody Forbes came and picked up my 
> *entire* collection of five cylinder Audi cars and parts (well one car is 
> still here, he has to make two trips, there is just *so* much you can put 
> on a trailer, into the cars and into the bed of a dually . . . )

Wow, and what a trip it turned out being. About 3 miles south of Daytona the 
trans in my dually (1979 Chevvy C30, 454cid) started slipping, so I made my 
way to a friends house near there. Had to stay the night, then get another 
friend to bring his truck up to pick up me and the trailer (my truck and the 
parts in it are still at the place in DeLand near Daytona). Then near Hobe 
Sound about 50 miles north of my home base we blow a trailer tire. The spare 
is guess where? Yep, in the dually, in DeLand. Had to drop the trailer and 
come back for it this morning. The lucky part is the save made by my friend 
when the tire went. We were knowingly hauling too much toungue weight for 
his Chevvy 1500, even after we moved the Q car to the back of the trailer as 
much as safely possible, so we were keeping the speed down. When the tire 
went it started the trailer in a big tank slapper, but know-how taking over 
instinct got Steve to mash the throttle to get it straightened out, then 
slowly bleed off speed and head for the right side of the highway

>
> My cylinder index, however, took a hit - down 13 points (yes, I know 13 
> isn't divisible by five - he also got a Subaru Justy engine which I was 
> going to convert to power a generator "someday"), and that moves me from 
> "master of motors" down to "dilettante", and I don't like that. Somehow I 
> don't think buying a V-12 Jag to get the CI back up is going to fly . . . 
> or even run, if it is a Jag . . .
>
> One item we never did resolve is the CI of a wankel engine. Is it "1", or 
> is it "3" or is it "the equivalent number of cylinders in a recip engine 
> which makes the same power" or something else entirely? My CI is now 
> somewhere between 24 and 27, depending on how we count the rotary engine.
>
> I propose, therefore, that we create an additional index as a measure of 
> geekdom - the CPU index. How many computers do we have laying around? 
> Ground rules - they all have to be assembled and working, parts in a box 
> don't count. There are multipliers, as well - a working Linux system which 
> you installed yourself is worth "2", anything with a 486 or less is worth 
> ".8", and anything that runs CPM is worth "3" and belongs in a museum. 
> Hacked iOpeners that run are worth 1.5. So let's see, that puts my CPU 
> index at 12.8, which makes me a candidate for propeller-head geekdom.
>

My cylinder index is now in the rediculous level. I'm at 30 JUST IN AUDI's, 
plus 12 worth of 914's, plus the 3 cyl Scoobie, plus an FZR1000 4cyl engine, 
plus two one banger bikes, making 51 total, not including the under 5cid 
engines for the remote control do-dads.

CPU Count - Three run at home, one at shop, one laptop for traveling, and 
one laptop for tuning the cars. One linux box at home, but it hasn't been 
turned on in 3 years.

-Cody Forbes
http://www.5000tq.com
'86 5ktq
'86 5k-t-q
'86 5ktq EFI
'87 5ktq - Fast.