I agree that it is still incredibly beautiful.

You say that like a non-modified manual transmission 240sx is a thing that you can actually find anywhere

You...haven’t seen smokey and the bandit, have you

Interesting. Thanks for the clarification!

I’m curious how the Raptor’s setup is not essentially a clutch-type center diff when in AWD, unless you are saying it functions like a Haldex setup and isn’t constantly sending power to all 4 wheels, which I don’t believe is the case?

Mitsubishi’s been doing this with their Super Select 4wd (including in the Pajero Evo) for a looong time.

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The first truck definitely looks to have some kind of horizontal bar (sway bar?) in the front that is straight before the jump and very bent afterwards.

I know they’re probably stronger than most things short of baja racers and rally cars, but yeah...watching the scaffolding under the truck body just kind of...collapse on landing is not very impressive.

Pajero Evo? Pajero Evo. It towed all my stuff from place to place without complaining

I’ve always been a proponent of getting the cheapest wiper blades that will fit and replacing them slightly more often rather than getting expensive ones.

Right you are! The LT5 in my 1990 Corvette ZR-1 does that as well - there’s also a second fuel injector pointed at the other valve that gets activated at a certain RPM in addition to the butterfly valve

Here’s another fun piece of related engine tech: The Honda VTEC system was an evolution of the REV system used in the CBR400RR sportbike. Except in that system instead of switching profiles, the engine actually switches from 2 valves per cylinder to 4 at a certain RPM. It sounds even more wild than the civic VTEC,…

I’d guess that the 90s and up cars would be the ones that could get surprisingly close to modern ones. Older than that and lack of power and less sophisticated suspension are going to bring them down too much to take advantage of the extra grip.

Probably! It always bothered me that the 458 was ‘faster than the Enzo around Maranello’ when it got super sticky pirellis to do it with.

Pure armchair racing, but I’d guess that, using corvettes as an example, something like a C5 Z06 would be able to turn times pretty close to a C7 with the same tires. The c7 would still be faster but I don’t think the gap would be all that much. Somebody needs to set this up, for science!

I think more than that you need modern tires. I’m pretty convinced that a lot of the older performance cars can close the gap to their modern counterparts by a huge amount with nothing more than a nice new set of modern stickies.

I can only assume that these wheels were born of a desire to have some kind of fancy turbine effect to do with aerodynamics (extracting air from the wheel arch? Blowing more air on the brakes?) on a wheel that looks like a classic 5 spoke. If so, I love them.

It’s hit or miss. The parts it shared with regular pajeros/monteros are readily available without issues. The unique bits...they’re all available from Japan, but for a pretty penny. A good example is the brakes: Pads from a long wheelbase montero, easy to get. The discs are unique to the Evo, have to be purchased from…

Just want to point out that windshield washers on the wipers has been a thing since at least 1990. I’m sure the volvo execution is better, but my ‘90 corvette has the nozzles mounted to the wiper blade stock so that it fires the fluid right in front of the blade as it’s moving. The idea is not revolutionary. (Again,…