Do we need a dedicated power adder forum?

Unit 5302 · 01-17-2002, 10:53 PM

So what I'm seeing is a dedicated N20 forum, and Supercharger, and Stroker, and Turbo. The more specialized, the better.

Now, say you want to ask a question about which is best. You have to post in 5 forums. Also, I didn't say you couldn't wade through the topics and weed out the ones that don't apply, but that's exactly what sux about it for slow connection users. Opening up 5 topics, waiting for them to load, then finding out it relates to a windsor engine and not a mod engine would certainly frustrate the crap outta me.

I find it very easy to do a quick scroll through the topics in Windsor to find the ones that relate to strokers or N20, or superchargers, or turbos, etc. I do not find it easy to switch from BOL, to Windsor, to Classic, to SRC. There are obvious reasons for the seperation there.

I don't find there to be a significant difference between stroker engines and stock engines. As for forced induction, most of the same principles cross the boards here too. While they are very different about how they go about making power, the parts selection for the best results are often the same (save for camshafts). Having all the posts in a single forum IMHO likely improves traffic, keeps misinformation down, and improves the knowledge base of all our users. The more specialized you get, less the knowledge base there is to share.

More specialization has been less than stellar for some of our forums. Apperance, Built Ford Tough, Corner Carvers Delight, Club SVT, and Drag Racer aren't super active. Not to say they aren't good forums, I think they've accelerated in use as more new members come here, but how many more of the small forums do you really want to have where somebody posts in a larger forum saying they couldn't get the help they wanted in the smaller one?

I guess it's just my opinion.

View Poll Results: Do we need a new Power Adder forum?
Yes! There's enough power adder question it would be heavily used and lighten the load in main tech forums too.	27	50.00%
No. I don't think it would be heavily used right now and the traffic isn't too bad still in the main tech forums.	18	33.33%
I'm undecided. Hard to tell yet, so give it some more time and we'll visit this question again later.	9	16.67%
Voters: 54. This poll is closed

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01-17-2002, 10:53 PM	#24
Unit 5302 Registered Member Join Date: May 1999 Posts: 5,246	So what I'm seeing is a dedicated N20 forum, and Supercharger, and Stroker, and Turbo. The more specialized, the better. Now, say you want to ask a question about which is best. You have to post in 5 forums. Also, I didn't say you couldn't wade through the topics and weed out the ones that don't apply, but that's exactly what sux about it for slow connection users. Opening up 5 topics, waiting for them to load, then finding out it relates to a windsor engine and not a mod engine would certainly frustrate the crap outta me. I find it very easy to do a quick scroll through the topics in Windsor to find the ones that relate to strokers or N20, or superchargers, or turbos, etc. I do not find it easy to switch from BOL, to Windsor, to Classic, to SRC. There are obvious reasons for the seperation there. I don't find there to be a significant difference between stroker engines and stock engines. As for forced induction, most of the same principles cross the boards here too. While they are very different about how they go about making power, the parts selection for the best results are often the same (save for camshafts). Having all the posts in a single forum IMHO likely improves traffic, keeps misinformation down, and improves the knowledge base of all our users. The more specialized you get, less the knowledge base there is to share. More specialization has been less than stellar for some of our forums. Apperance, Built Ford Tough, Corner Carvers Delight, Club SVT, and Drag Racer aren't super active. Not to say they aren't good forums, I think they've accelerated in use as more new members come here, but how many more of the small forums do you really want to have where somebody posts in a larger forum saying they couldn't get the help they wanted in the smaller one? I guess it's just my opinion.