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ether 2005.05.24 14:31
modification - you are starting with a box
stock - the first and easy things are to replace the intake manifold or carburetor. go to duel exhaust (reduces backpressure). replace exhaust manifold with headers, replace camshaft (more lift, more air and more exhaust) - this mod starts to get more into the internal parts of the engine.
adding super chargers (belt driven) turbo chargers (exhaust driven) adds substantial horsepower - both forcing more air into the engine
later on you can choose to go inside the engine and start to modify the transmission, block, crankshaft etc.
also the suspension will need attention at this point (stiffen it up). wheels and tires -
one thing that has not been talked about is the environmental impact of all the modifications.. each modification is allowing the car to go faster by burning more fuel = less gas mileage.
and lastly, the more modifications you do, the less likely a 'dealer' can or will work on your car.
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Pixelwhore 2005.05.24 14:32
"Can we at least agree that Hot Rod Architecture has to include some performance aspect of a building taken to an extreme?"
Yes... more to come later from me if and when I have time to fully comment. I feel like I've left my baby behind!
A good example of the "sleeper" concept would be a house that Patkau Associates did. I don't know the name off the top of my head, but they pretty much gutted an existing building leaving the exterior as is, while upgradeing the structural, mechanical, etc. aspects of the project in a very tectonic manner (important because it contrasted the various aspects of the project). When I get home I'll look up the project name in case no one has it available.
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liberty bell 2005.05.24 14:36
belle, I somehow missed your post as I was writing my own when it arrived - but your "surface enhancement" project sounds to me like it falls into a hot rod category - any images you can post? It sounds beautiful, and if you're up for some possible criticism might help us rally the discussion.
Rita, in addition to houses I believe churches really do offer a good opportunity for hot rodding - especially Catholic churches pre-Vatican II, I think? Wasn't there a "stock" church design then?
And I agree with the extreme take - maybe Rule #1 should read that Hot Rod Architecture consists in part in an extreme improvement to a component of the building that doesn't necessarily need to be improved to begin with.
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Rita Novel 2005.05.24 15:22
Nice list ether, including the surprise ending.
Don't worry Pixelwhore, we all know you're gonna look just great in that commercial!
LB, Christian churches have a long history, don't they? We don't really know what the Christian church across from the palace at Nicodemia that was burned during the Great Persecution under Diocletian looked like, but we do know the ritual that accompanied the rededication of the church at Tyre, which was also desecrated during the Great Persecution. And then almost immediately following we have the original "Constantinian" basilicas, first the basilica building boom in Rome late 312-326 under the supervision of Helena, then the basilica building boom in the Holy Land, also under the supervision of Helena, [and, believe it or not, the basilica building boom at Treves, today's Trier, Germany, under the supervision of Eutropia and Constantine fits right here in this [his]story too,] and ultimately the building boom of a whole new Christian capital of the Roman Empire at Constantinople under the supervision of Constantine himself.
It is these early Christian basilicas that have then been reenacted in multitudinous ways (and yes, even some hot rodded) over the subsequent centuries. My favorite most recent reenactment of a "basilica" is the OUT OF THE ORDINARY exhibition design at the Philadelphia Museum of Art 2001. It even had a hot rodded sanctuary! (At least that's where the bang specifically was.)
Last night it dawned on me that the OUT OF THE ORDINARY exhibition design also reenacted the museum floor "design" directly above it. "When in Rome," I suppose.
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