Like most on going debates, hairs are being split.  Just go drive your car. 

Railroad track durability would be the least of your concerns if the temperature were actually -200F lol

I suppose, but since tracks are miles upon miles long, the thermal expansion (or contraction) is HUGE.  That many or that strong of anchors would probably be way too expensive.  Simpler and cheaper just to keep them warm. 

Nothing to do with better anchors, it’s the change in temperature from when the track was installed.  So, if the track was installed at -200F, it would be fine, as long as it didn’t deviate too much from -200F.  

This isn’t the media... it’s a blog. No different than Facebutt. 

That’s great.  There was a D. Oh at my work.  Someone stuck homer to his nameplate.  Amusement was NOT shared by all... 

It’s because Hacket has not shared a clear plan. There has not, to my knowledge, been a statement like, “we are building x new models by this date, we are upgrading this feature and that feature, we are reducing staffing by xx% to reduce cost and we are doing it by this date” or something like that. Ford needs Mulally…

Not sure if I was clear or not, but that was a total guess on my part. There are many other things it could be. Knock limit for example. Due to the high cylinder loads, the PCM could be retarding spark due to knock. This certainly reduces fuel economy as well. The only real way to know is to data log and see what is…

kaput.  that’s all I understood. 

Expert here - The basic idea behind downsizing is pumping losses are the easiest thing we engine engineers can reduce. Pumping losses are reduced to almost zero at wide open throttle, so we try to run the engine at WOT all the time and use the turbo to make up for the power loss.  However, if you get into enrichment…

Holy nostalgia with that Bigfoot picture. I remember the days of ladder frames and weak axles... the trucks would break just driving over the cars, let alone get major air or do back flips!

The friction plate is typically the first component to wear out in the clutch system and they usually don’t survive 150,000

Fair enough.

Sooo, remind me again why F1 isn’t streamed for free, or at least at a really low price? 

The secondary voltage in the ignition system is high enough to make AIR conductive. Any issues, real or contrived, regarding conductivity of metals are moot.

Spark is not measurably worse, I should know, I’ve measured it. Using tools such as an appropriate oscilloscope (Yokogawa DL-850, in my case) and a high voltage…

It’s a no brainer for autocrosses, but full on track days? If you really shit the bed out on the track, it might be nice to have these safety features keep you in one piece.  However, it’s hard to shit the bed THAT hard at most tracks...  Tough call. 

For those of us in the real world, and those of us that fly with some regularity, the more TSA agents stay on the job, NOT getting paid, the less headache there is getting through the security line.

And security today isn’t THAT much different from than 20 years ago... with the exception of taking off your shoes and…

You can’t even give them gift cards for crying out loud. 

Exactly.  For a dealer, this is a win all around.  Even the free advertising Jalopnik is giving! lol

Yes, that’s the basic idea. It only works when you can monopolize a market, which is easier when the market is tiny (as is the case with classic vehicles).