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[96GTS]

Since this is a tech oriented board from the get go, I think we should split up the tech forums for easier searching later on down the road. Rather than just a general tech forum, I think there should be:

-Pushrods
-Modulars
-Suspension
-Racing

Just to keep things more in line and less "cluttered"



yay? nay?

[QWKSNKE]

I had been thinking about that. Do you think there is enough going in it now to do that?

[Italian LX]

Originally Posted by 96GTS

Since this is a tech oriented board from the get go, I think we should split up the tech forums for easier searching later on down the road. Rather than just a general tech forum, I think there should be:

-Pushrods
-Modulars
-Suspension
-Racing

Just to keep things more in line and less "cluttered"



yay? nay?

Sounds like a good idea... but when it comes down to it, do you ever manully search through a firum. I don't know about you, but I always go straight to the 'search' button and find a thread that way.

Besides, you'd need more forums than what you put up to include things like transmissions, cosmetic mods, etc. You would also have topics that could fit under multiple forums and people would get confused where to put them... and when looking for them, you wouldn't know where to start looking.

[EZ SPEED]

I dont even look through the forums...I always hit "new posts"....so I never even pay attention to the "Room" I am in

[Italian LX]

Originally Posted by KB ZILLA

I dont even look through the forums...I always hit "new posts"....so I never even pay attention to the "Room" I am in

[svopaul]

Racing is too broad because then you will end up breaking it down into Road, drag, autocross, etc..

Pushrod and Modular are a good idea....

But like Brian said then we end up with transmission, rear end, brakes, suspension...etc, etc....

It would organize it better but would it be too much? only the admin can know that...

[96GTS]

Say I do a general search for waterpump. It comes back w/ 57 threads. Hell yeah!!! They are all in the "tech" section. so after opening each one, ONLY TWO of them deal w/ WPs on a 4.6. Now if I searched for water pumps in only the Mod forum, I would get both posts w/o wasting all my time.

Maybe a mod, pushrod, and general tech (covers susp, drivetrain, rear end, etc)

As for racing....lets be honest. 90% of people on the boards ask more Qs about drag than RRing or AXing. But it keeps the "what should I launch at" or "what rims are the lightest" or "what should I run w/ my mods" Qs out of the actual tech sections.

Just a thought. The racing section is negotiable, but I feel the mods/pushrods need to be split IMO.

[Italian LX]

Originally Posted by 96GTS

Say I do a general search for waterpump. It comes back w/ 57 threads. Hell yeah!!! They are all in the "tech" section. so after opening each one, ONLY TWO of them deal w/ WPs on a 4.6. Now if I searched for water pumps in only the Mod forum, I would get both posts w/o wasting all my time.

That's why you do a search for waterpump AND 4.6L :P

[96GTS]

Originally Posted by Italian LX

That's why you do a search for waterpump AND 4.6L :P

But what if 4.6L is never used in the post. 281, mod, modular, sohc, dohc, 2V, 4V are used in place of 4.6L all the time.

[Italian LX]

Originally Posted by 96GTS

But what if 4.6L is never used in the post. 281, mod, modular, sohc, dohc, 2V, 4V are used in place of 4.6L all the time.

You're also counting on "waterpump" to be spelled correctly too... and you know how bad our spelling can be.