Hot rod punk who’s had his heart f~~~ed with for the last time.

[Rat_Rod_RussellParticipant 93]

No major trauma, loss of capital or leach baby story for me. Just a nagging feeling for most of my life that “this isn’t right” when people talked about equality and feminism. When the time came to “go to collage” I was denied scholarship time and time again because of my sex and race. White males don’t need any help even if their parents are super f~~~ing poor. I watched others who scored lower in their BS standardized testing, coming from really nice homes and driving new cars given more and more when I was more qualified and more deserving in terms or economic disadvantage but NOPE, you’re a “privileged white male” you don’t need any help.

I started working at 16 and shortly after high school I had two jobs to be able to afford and attempt at community college. Dad got ahold of an old Blazer for a work trade and told me “If you get it running it’s yours”. At 16 I was helping pay bills at my parents place so that just carried on while I was trying to pay for school at the same time. My parents had a small business but had f~~~ed up their taxes over and over again so I didn’t qualify for finical aid since I couldn’t prove my parents were poor with income tax paperwork. This led me into helping my father with some of his new ideas for a business. I wanted to make sure that the books didn’t get f~~~ again and so I stared working with him primarily in that capacity. School was utterly pointless so I quite after the first few classes and started working with dad as a 3rd job. First job was at a cyber café that helped hone my PC skill set I’d naturally picked up on at around 12 and the second was at a small computer repair shop. I’d gotten good at trouble shooting and repairing computers via the coffee shop and doing odd jobs around the neighborhood by that point and knew my way around most of the normal windows troubles. Those computer skills were pretty much all I really needed to help keep dad inline.

Dad’s idea was hot rods. Fiberglass 32 ford’s from a plug he’d built off a real steel body a friend had. His books and product pricing were s~~~. His planning on how to move forward were s~~~. And he’s just kind of a sloppy guy so the work flows and shop’s presentation were just bad. So I found myself stepping forward and taking more hats under my wing. He’s got 3 degree’s in art. Dad’s a bad ass at a lot of thing but operations and engineering are not on that list, much less advertising. At this point I’d moved into the shop in a 8’x16’ office that doubled as my room. I’d cut the fiberglass all together and moved into chassis design and frames swaps as our primary business model. Putting Corvette suspension under older cars. I taught myself 3D CAD, got the engineering books that you are made to read in collage and skipped that “paying people to confirm you’ve read the book” part of the process. I love the challenge of automotive design and manufacturing. What other field included structural engineering, mechanical engineering, frequencies, hydraulics, thermodynamic engineering, material selection engineering, manufacturing engineering, aerodynamics, electrical engineering, computer science, wiring, tuning and fabrication then had to all be artistically packaged into a pleasing shape with ergonomic cues and go 200 MPH. Not much. So I love what I’ve gotten to do even if I’m still living in this tiny box of a home and taking care of a majority of my parent’s estate.

I’ve had a few females. One I caught poking holes in a condom. That ended at that exact moment. My last was a 4 year long relationship with a young lady working on her PhD in Therapy education. She’s a gender feminist………… Yeah……… So the way she would end conversations with me when I would poke holes in her logic for hours was to just start crying. Then it defaulted back to being my fault of course. In retrospect I should have broken up with her at that moment but I didn’t understand biological chemistry like I do now and thought she was some kind of unicorn. And that maybe; just maybe; with one more conversation; she would see logic this time or provide a convincing argument to convince me. Ultimately she moved 250 miles away. I spent a lot of money keeping up the long distance relationship to keep her happy because like any man who cares about something I wanted it to be done correctly. And so I did my best to keep her happy as she transitioned to new friends in the area, the locations, the school, just everything. I have a truck obviously and helped her move 3 f~~~ing times as well during this 4 year stint. I gained weight, stopped spending time with people I wanted to see, for her. You all know this part of the story. I sacrificed and she bitched that it wasn’t enough and she was the victim. Retrospect is a bitch.

But here’s the real kicker on how much of a bitch I was at this point. She thought another guy was cute. I encouraged her to hook up with him. She talked often about polygamy and I thought that if there was someone close by that she could cry on then I might be spared some of the psychological torment of a loved one suffering when there was nothing I could do to help. I got her to talk to him, get comfortable with him, settled in with him as a second partner relationship and then she “realized how much our relationship was upsetting her”. I had devalued my LMS (looks money services) ratio so far that she no longer needed me. I had gotten fat trying to please her, didn’t have enough money to do all the s~~~ she “needed” and found a replacement human tampon with a dick to replace myself with. Like I said, retrospect is a bitch and I was too at that point. And so, I kid you not, I can’t make this s~~~ up, she runs my ass around all weekend, snaps and bitches about every little thing, and then proceeds to kick me out of her apartment at 10:30 PM during the second record breaking flood that year in Texas last October. This flood broke 2000 year flood plains and filled up 10 years’ worth of drought laden lakes and aquafers in 24 hours. Only to drive 250 miles in that s~~~ home so she could go drinking with her friends to commiserate the break up. Yeah so. The one bright side was I was kind of ready for it. I had a typed, written list of questions for her about me. Things that anyone who spent time around me and truly called me a friend should have been able to answer much less someone who called me partner for almost 4 years. If you squinted really hard, and graded like these “participation ribbon” universities do, she got 2 out of five. She really got 0. And for bonus points, in writing on that same page I pointed out that she didn’t really love me. So at least there was that.

Goals moving forward. I started snooping around here after reading several books about the manosphere and male philosophy. Learned that these concepts I had roughly worked out have been coined acronyms in the manosphere that make since. I’ve started riding my sport bike more, I recently started backpacking again. That’s been a truly zen experience for me going alone instead of having to time myself to the ex and her dopy dog. I’m honing my body again. I’ve lost 40 lbs in just 3 months thanks to being able to concentrate on myself for the first time in a lone time. And I’m growing my business in several very sustainable ways that will give me time to travel to places I want to go.

Gentlemen I thank you for your time, I’ve enjoyed reading your stories and I look forward to participating in this growing community of strength and wisdom.

-Russell

[RoyDalParticipant]

Welcome! I’m glad you found this site!

Rat_Rod_Russell wrote:

So the way she would end conversations with me when I would poke holes in her logic for hours was to just start crying.

One of my dearest female relatives does this. It’s an epidemic, a pandemic even!

Society asks MGTOWs: Why are you not making more tax-slaves?

[Ned TrentParticipant 4894]

Rat_Rod_Russell wrote:

Just a nagging feeling for most of my life that “this isn’t right” when people talked about equality and feminism.

Very perceptive, new dude keep it up. It will help you a lot in the long run and welcome tha club.

Also: great choice of name, man.

I'd rather die a natual death with a clear MGTOW conscience somewhere off the grid than one within "modern" civilisation with a big stress mark on my forehead and a couple of dozen tubes plugged into my body. Back to the plantation..? Me..? Hey, literally: I won't ever fucking kid myself...YZERLMNTSIC

[Spank The MisandristsParticipant 2308]

What can I say, let me get your welcome Jägerbomb ready and come here and give me a virtual hug BRO!

[Anonymous 42]

Wow Russell, We have allot in common! I read books to! Engineering, electrical, and learned the art of of metallurgy, I can weld, planish, burnish, and fabricate steel, I’ve also built some custom cars. Aero and hydro dynamics too, went to flight school, not to mention a master mechanic in hydraulics, transmissions, naturally aspirated, and turbo diesels too! I can build or restore just about anything! I also learned/learning the art of botany and I mix my own formulas from raw chemical compound ingredients, also published my own website starting from not even knowing how to turn a computer off.

Flunked by 7th grade (f~~~ you Mizzzzzz Parkins) I was pushed through Jr High School, a dropout by 10th grade, said f~~~ that, got my GED as I went to vocational machinist school.

Nothing can stop a man that seeks every sort of knowledge! I became MGTOW in 1997 when I said f~~~ this, I’m through! Found MGTOW.com from roaming the manisphere and MGTOW channels.
I don’t support men’s rights, there’s no such thing. I do support men dropping the hammer of true justice, by simply walking away…

I’ve met collage graduates that don’t know a f~~~ing thing!

I f~~~in hate fiberglass! I can mold shape splice and work it, did corvettes too, but I f~~~ing hate it!

[Anonymous 0]

Welcome home, Rat Rod
Jump in. Look forward to your posts.

[chirParticipant]

Welcome Rat Rod,
Check out the Archives reading section, good stuff in there.

Blog Archive

Also, Nice to see another Rat Rod aficionado. 🙂 Love the rust!

It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion, it is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning; it is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.

[The Manipulated ManParticipant 1856]

Greetings Russell.

Thanks for your introduction. We have traveled a similar road and it is good to read what you and other MGTOWs are doing with your life. I especially enjoy reading about the practical applications of tools, materials, engineering, computers, and technology.

I still do many of the things that you and Tower wrote about. After going my own way and having access to the money I earned, I enjoy having my own garage, tools, supplies, time, and resources to do whatever I want.

At fifty, my knees and back started giving me trouble and I could no longer enjoy my beloved high end Cannondale Mountain Bike. So, I bought a kit from China which helped me to convert it into an Electric Bike. Most people do not understand that I still want to and have to peddle. A battery would have to weigh six hundred pounds to eliminate peddling. The existing twenty pound battery makes it feel like I have the wind at my back when I engage the motor while peddling. The electric motor takes the edge off when starting and going up hills. It has eliminated the strains which took weeks to heal. Now I can keep up with the twenty year olds on the trails and go longer distances.

I have no faith in the current educational system, nor in “degrees” and maybe it is time for the whole idea to be scrapped.

Most College classes are feeding test results (exactly and constantly), and even the tests are simple multiple choice, every single question of which is foretold.

An excellent education could be facilitated by a nurturing community of functional adults (men) unburdened with immediate survival imperatives (c~~~ free) which does not exist anywhere in the current education system as far as I can see.

If the government has to get more involved in education, I would rather see free books for all rather than free university, or college, as Bernie Sanders preaches.

What happens when a man finally comprehends the cold and calculating thoughts that are going through a woman's mind, while her eyes are brimming with tears?

[Rat_Rod_RussellParticipant 93]

Ned Trent wrote:

Very perceptive, new dude keep it up. It will help you a lot in the long run and welcome the club.

Also: great choice of name, man.

Thanks, I’ve found it un used everywhere so just kept it and ran with it.

RoyDal wrote:

One of my dearest female relatives does this. It’s an epidemic, a pandemic even!

My grandmother just retired, mother can’t pull her own weight, and I’ve got female cousins that are 19-21. I’ll completely agree with you just based on my personal observations alone. When you add in the collective data points of any man you’ve ever talked to this becomes and undeniable fact.

Anonymous wrote:

I f~~~in hate fiberglass! I can mold shape splice and work it, did corvettes too, but I f~~~ing hate it!

THIS!!! This is why when all our molds burned to the ground in a fire at the boat place who was making them and didn’t have any insurance, I didn’t cry much. Add body work to this list for me though.

The Manipulated Man wrote:

Greetings Russell.

Thanks for your introduction. We have traveled a similar road and it is good to read what you and other MGTOWs are doing with your life.

Thanks for reading and your detailed reply. I completely agree with you on all those fronts except the free books part. Knowledge is power and you should have to do some work to obtain power. This is why I’m not fond of anything being free. People lose sight of the real value in the thing, labor, and information. The price of a library card is nothing and to have access to another man’s knowledge you should have to work for it, not expect it for nothing proving your value to the tribe.

Gentlemen, thanks all across the board for the warm welcome and I look forward to my journey here.

One photo from my most recent trip to Big Bend Ranch State Park.

-R^3

[The Manipulated ManParticipant 1856]

Great picture and I agree.

I was too busy taking a p~~~ on colleges and was entirely focused on explaining that they are a waste of time and resources. So, I was unclear about how wrong it is to give away free handouts and assumed that using the name Bernie Sanders here at MGTOW invokes the ridiculous.

Giving away free handouts is the same as feeding the rats. Ferguson is one example of the consequences.

I absolutely hate Communism and Socialism!

The Russians that I know who escaped the communists are now frightened, especially for their grandchildren, to see the same thing happening all over again here in the USA. These elderly Russian immigrants are disillusioned that it has happened in the “The land of the free and home of the brave.”

Here is something from Ayn Rand:

What happens when a man finally comprehends the cold and calculating thoughts that are going through a woman's mind, while her eyes are brimming with tears?

[Anonymous 5]

Rat_Rod_Russell wrote:

got the engineering books that you are made to read in college and skipped that “paying people to confirm you’ve read the book” part of the process.

I read this intro when you posted it but this part sent me off on a tangent.
It’s really true. The vast bulk of University courses are exactly as this quote describes.
Just about every subject is just a book which is read out chapter by chapter in lectures.
You’re biggest survival skill is to stay awake in lectures and you cope by entering the wonderful world of doodling.
THEN, all that happens is you get examined to see if you’ve read the book.
I didn’t ask any questions in lectures and more than 90% of questions asked were either stupid or smart assed.

The books themselves are a scam and keep being “Upgraded” with version(x+1). There’s no real upgrade, they just change a few sentences or something like that. They’re virtually identical.
They’re unbelievably overpriced compared to similar books and the new “Versions” instantly make the old versions obsolete so the student can’t recoup any money by re-selling them.

You’re absolutely correct in assuming the whole education/college system is now a ruthless money making exploiting process preying on the hopes and dreams of young people who believe in the system.

Welcome, thanks for the great read.

[AttonParticipant]

An excellent read and a good story keep at it, also please post some pictures of the projects you are working on.

A MGTOW is a man who is not a woman's bitch!

[Rat_Rod_RussellParticipant 93]

Glad I found the right place where men are learning and moving forward with life while sharing experiences with one another to learn from each others past making better futures for other men. Where there are sympathetic ears to offer advice constructive criticism and knowledge, not sympathy, commiseration or victimization that I’ve seen in the world of these professional women. Real progress of humanity is here and I have a little more hope for the human race every-time I come here.

I’ll post up some of my work in another thread in the work section but here’s my current project. A 1955 Chevy pickup. LS6.0L with 72mm single turbo, corvette suspension, PLC style electronic systems and its for my father who turns 70 this year. Working on the chassis goodies and body work at the moment.

Thanks again
-Russell

[Anonymous 42]

Hi Russell, That’s allot of work, I do the same kind of stuff myself. At the risk of sounding like an asshole critic I think your turbo needs to be as close as possible to the intake/exhaust manifolds so it’s not working to move volumes of air through lengths and bends in the exhaust pipes.
Peirce Motor company made the same mistake in the early 19th century when they located the intake/exhaust valves on opposite sides of the combustion chamber, giving the engine more work to do transporting air form one side to the other robbing the engine of horsepower and performance.
4 valves pr. cylinder in a hemispheric overhead configuration has proven to be most efficient in the intake/exhaust distance and resistance of moving air. I’m just saying something from my knowledge base. Not personal, I admire the independent suspension, she should stick to the road like glue even on choppy corners. I drive an economy turbo diesel with independent suspension and it’s rated at 1G before it starts to slide during cornering. Is the steering rack&pinion?

P.S. Another thing about the turbo, it’s spool up may be slower and take longer as it has much more air volume to compress, and the waste gate may work harder as the airdam takes longer to bleed off, and the air my bellow like a sponge giving you a throbbing acceleration as the MAF is out of tune to what’s happening may even exacerbate it. You my find yourself feathering the throttle waiting for higher boost pressure for spooling, I know how sensitive these little bastards are, I rebuild mine with a new center housing and another manifold with a low mileage sticky waste gate that only needed a good cleaning.
You wouldn’t think air could slow something down, until you realize it slows everything down! The less air you have to move the more efficient it becomes.

[Rat_Rod_RussellParticipant 93]

Anonymous wrote:

Hi Russell, That’s allot of work, I do the same kind of stuff myself. At the risk of sounding like an asshole critic I think your turbo needs to be as close as possible to the intake/exhaust manifolds so it’s not working to move volumes of air through lengths and bends in the exhaust pipes.

This turbo is designed for remote installation, hints the lack of water cooling. But with the size of the motor the turbo is just for top end help. I honestly have it dialed way back to save the crank and pistons to give them a longer life span. If I were really worried about it I would have twin scroll twin turbos and 180° headers for the best pulse harmonic overlap scavenging but that’s another topic.

Anonymous wrote:

4 valves pr. cylinder in a hemispheric overhead configuration has proven to be most efficient in the intake/exhaust distance and resistance of moving air.

You should look into the new 5 and 6 valve twin plug head on the more exotic stuff to see what’s really moving air. The Europeans are nuts with some of those configurations.

Anonymous wrote:

I’m just saying something from my knowledge base. Not personal, I admire the independent suspension, she should stick to the road like glue even on choppy corners. I drive an economy turbo diesel with independent suspension and it’s rated at 1G before it starts to slide during cornering. Is the steering rack&pinion?

Indeed she will! And yes, Dual A Frame front IRS as well with front and rear sway bars and double adjustable coil over shocks on all 4 corners. Think CTS-V ride and handling.

[Anonymous 42]

So, do you work 24 hrs a day? Plus overtime?

Rat_Rod_Russell wrote:

harmonic overlap scavenging

Tuned exhaust? back pressure timing against the valve/gate? Especally 2 strokes?

Here’s a couple of things I managed to keep.

1933 Pontiac pedal car body with a 3.5 hp fwd/rev trans, differential rear.

1950 MG-TD frame off. (wood frame body) http://s15.postimg.org/c07ahkcbt/314_MG_015.jpg

Full restoration, 71 AMX Zcode 401 411 posi 4 speed air induction, HD go package with rally pack, a very rare bird. My father traded it for a 1964 Studebaker hawk in 1977, I got my hands on it in 1982.

[Rat_Rod_RussellParticipant 93]

Anonymous wrote:

So, do you work 24 hrs a day? Plus overtime?

With random naps when I feel like it. Otherwise my apartment is in the shop so I wake up, I work. I have a smart phone with audio books and a kindle as well so when I stop, I read, when I’m moving I listen to audio books. Learning learning learning! Its the only way to live a life.

Also, that’s adorable!

[Rat_Rod_RussellParticipant 93]

And we’re not talking about scavenging when talking turbos. We’re more interested in pressure wave control to keep the pressure wave overlaps from bleeding back into an open cylinder and keep it hitting the turbine. So close but slightly different.

Rat_Rod_Russell wrote:

P.S. Another thing about the turbo, it’s spool up may be slower and take longer as it has much more air volume to compress, and the waste gate may work harder as the airdam takes longer to bleed off, and the air my bellow like a sponge giving you a throbbing acceleration as the MAF is out of tune to what’s happening may even exacerbate it. You my find yourself feathering the throttle waiting for higher boost pressure for spooling, I know how sensitive these little bastards are, I rebuild mine with a new center housing and another manifold with a low mileage sticky waste gate that only needed a good cleaning.
You wouldn’t think air could slow something down, until you realize it slows everything down! The less air you have to move the more efficient it becomes.

Now we’re getting into effective pressure ratios of turbine to compressor veins. I pay someone who’s much more skilled with turbos to deal with that for me. Rick Squires at STS turbos, he specializes in the remote turbos systems and holds all the pattens for them. It worked well on my last setup and the tubes were even longer on that guy.

And not MAF on this car. Speed density to keep the lumpy CAM in check. But we’re getting off topic. Thanks for the post!

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