A bolt is not a bolt. Torque scatter on a manual torque wrench can easily be +/- 15%. When you’re working on critical fasteners in the carbon tub where the joint tension characteristics are absolutely critical the need for a specialized technician is obvious. It’s not about just cranking some bolts down, it’s about…

You’re being very short sighted.

Ford is a for profit company, it does not exist to serve the customers. It exists to make money. Period. The R&D does not suddenly evaporate when the GT goes out of production. Ford is pushing the limits of their technology. Those lessons will help the company for the next 20 years.

Just…

If you want to be upset remember the Maserati twin turbo v6 is based heavily on the Pentastar. Both are built , on differs lines, in Trenton MI.

Here I’m just greasy, sweaty and alone in my garage.

Just like 400 HP engines! Cars with DOT drag slicks, and aftermarket suspension.

It’s nothing but carnage out there!

You drive a (sketchy) car with 15+ gallons of gas right?

It’s all about calculated risk, this is not some home brew tank I slapped together with a HF welder.

It looks like a sex toy gone wrong.

Well you could get the hell out of the way doing 70 in the left lane...just saying.

I know they run specialized guns that have been ported and polished at over 300 PSI. A few years back they were running on compressed helium because it got them slightly better performance.

Awesome bit of kit:
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I worked in brake R&D for a major supplier.

The solid wheels will, without air flow modifications, have a significant impact in rotor cooling. Now does it really matter for a Jeep? Probably not. Is this were a track focused vehicle I would say you’d need to run some carefully designed ducting.

This represents the worst of car culture in the last 20 years.

I’d take a dozen DONKS over this any day.

I’d have to look up the exact standard for the working pressure to burst pressure ratio/safety factor. It has a 200 PSI working pressure, and it’s fitted with a relief valve and drain.

Uh yeah.

You take a base S class over a high spec E class any day of the week. Same thing goes for a base E class over a C.

The interior bits don’t change the driving experience nearly as much as the chassis technology/refinement.

Only the cheap ones. They realize people want a Benz for the bling, but those people can often only afford the entry level version.

Loooooooong gone are the days of honestly entry level cars like the w114/115 and w123

I know several people at high end automotive marketing firms. They’re all mostly this inept.

That’s 100% sex.

Because we have real profitable day jobs, we’re not internet photo journalists.

You don’t understand how compressors work. You ever realize your compressor is not running but you’re at full torque with your impact tools?

I’ll repeat this again. IT’S ALL ABOUT AIR FLOW AT THE TOOL.

The thing that does the compressing literally has zero impact (no pun) on the performance of the tool. The 100 gallon…

Clean the God Damn lens on your phone.

Compressor cost has ZERO to do with it. It’s all about airflow at the tool.

I had my roofing compressor hooked up to a 100 gallon receiver when I was sandblasting. I was putting 3-5 SCFM while drawing 20-30. Sure it’s hard on the compressor, I can’t run it at 100% duty cycle but it works.