I’ve been to 146 in my SRT-4 on track, and you’re correct, it is pretty terrifying. It has no trouble at all getting to that speed (top speed is actually 177 at redline in 5th gear), but wow did it start to feel...light...at 146.

Highlight what you want to italicize and either hit Ctrl/Cmd+I or pull down the formatting bar by clicking the “Aa” at the top right, and click the “I” between “B” and “S”. (It looks like a slash, but it’s a capital “I”.)

It’s being worked on. https://www.npr.org/2023/10/05/1200788439/wind-power-cargo-ships-carbon-emissions

This is beside the main point, but it should be noted that it’s not really true that fructose is particularly bad for you. Most of the sugar we eat is made of fructose and glucose, whether it’s in fruits and vegetables, table sugar from cane or beets, or HFCS. Table sugar is 50/50, and HFCS is usually closer to 55/45,…

I’m waaay downstate. I did once tell someone who asked if I was from Chicago that I was from the south side of Chicago...300 miles south! I think fully two-thirds of the IL population does live within an hour of downtown Chicago, so it’s a reasonable guess for somebody to make. (Love your user name, BTW.)

Ha! Yes. It’s been a few decades since I was in physics class. I forgot that one.

Similar to you, I’ve been driving turbocharged cars for more than 25 years, and it’s my experience that some turbo lag actually makes a car feel faster. It’s all about the acceleration curve. Constant linear acceleration feels boring, even if it’s quick. The thing about turbo lag is that you end up with an increasing r…

In college I worked for a semester in a biochem research lab. While my job mostly involved washing glassware and keeping their computer running, I also had to make several trips to obtain, let’s say “research materials.” The lab was investigating some details of the fertilization process. Once a month I had to drive…

Gah! I just looked at this year’s competitors. Only 3 entries in Economy?!? One Lap used to be very accessible to an amateur, but it looks like it’s becoming a victim of gentrification or something. Nearly 20 years ago I was part of a media team following the whole event taking photos and slapping video cameras on the…

I think you meant 1933, not 1999.

I’ve been on my riding mower with ear protectors on, and I can still hear them in the fencerow while I’m mowing. They started emerging here a couple of days ago in Southern Illinois, but so far not in any particularly large numbers.

A documentary about this? https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/08/us/candy-factory-treasure-hunt-jelly-belly-trnd/index.html

See, that’s why when Shelby worked with Dodge and came up with the 1986 Shelby GLHS, it was really something notable. 0-60 in under 6.5 seconds was impressively fast compared to almost anything else available at the time.

You’re too young then. It’s the headlight bright/dim switch. They used to be foot-activated in most cars.

That reminds me of one of my worst airline experiences. 30+ years ago in the pre-web days, when my grandmother died I called TWA and bought 3 tickets for later that day from Dallas to St. Louis through Oklahoma City. When we got to OKC and found the gate for the connecting flight, it was deserted. I found a TWA desk…

That was a really enjoyable show! My wife and I were just talking about it a few days ago when they mentioned it on an NPR show.

I’ve always been a bit of a P-body guy. I bought a Sundance in 1988, and I’ve always owned at least one P-body ever since. I have an ‘87 Shelby CSX and an ‘89 Shelby CSX-VNT now, both production #321 in their respective years (see user name). I’ve owned the ‘87 for 25 years, and Shelby signed the dash for me at a show…

I’ll say it again: that’s a beautiful Neon. Beautiful color and condition. Since it’s already got a 2.4L in it, why not go all the way with the turbo version? It’s been done enough times that it’s a pretty straight-forward and well-documented process. It would cost peanuts, too, especially compared to other things…

NGL I thought that top pic was a Dodge Caliber SRT4.

Dodge was into it, too. You could very easily build a 350hp Neon with the Stage 3 kit, a complete set of parts straight from Dodge. It was reliable, too. I installed the 285hp Stage 2 kit on my own SRT-4 as soon as it was available in early 2004. I’m still driving it today at over 246K miles! With a few other things…