Particulate matter is a specific type of pollutant that is regulated on Diesel engines so that's why it's mentioned. Gasoline engines run so much hotter that they don't produce enough particulate to necessitate regulation ie, none.

It's probably pretty close to a wash on CO2 by using a generator to charge batteries for electric race cars. Generators are pretty efficient but race engines are also very efficient. If you look at it from an energy standpoint, you use basically the same amount of energy getting around the track regardless of the…

Is that Canadian dollars or US dollars?

I aim to please.

I'll give her a pole to climb...

Obligatory.

Obviously this.

I'm still jealous Torch. It sounds exactly as horribly awesome as I was hoping and I still want one. I think driving one should be on my bucket list and owning one might be somewhere in the "nice to have" column.

Get the gimp.

True, I don't disagree with going to a supplier for an engine. It absolutely makes sense to use a supplier engine for a small company. The only argument that can be made for not using a supplier engine is if you want to have a leg up on your competition. If you're using a supplier engine, you can't guarantee that they…

Except they do because there are still FMVSS, NHTSA, and EPA requirements that motorcycles have to meet. While crash testing is more or less exempt (and it may not be in the future for this type of vehicle), they still have to go through the process of verifying that they are in compliance with the applicable…

That is absolutely a test engine. You may or may not have to re-validate it though if you're going from a fabricated manifold to a cast one though. As long as the insides are close enough to the same, you could declare it the same. Besides, there is going to be a ton of variation when the parts are produced anyway.

That whole meeting FMVSS, NHTSA, and EPA requirements thing is a real bugger isn't it?

Awesome story Andrew. Makes me wish to go watch some ridiculous offroad racing in the middle of fucking nowhere.

Air restrictor: playing field leveled.

I just watched that movie again last night.

That's scary as shit but I couldn't help think of this.

Excited about Beaver County? Apparently you've never been on Big Beaver Road near Detroit (it's in Troy MI actually). Also, it's, exit 69. I seriously can't make this shit up:

I could always cut one opened and crawl inside like how Han stuffed Luke into that taun taun. (did that go too far?)