“For most people.” You don’t need slotted or drilled rotors on a race car either. Drilled rotors are more prone to cracking and don’t really do anything positive as long as you have the right pads. And slotted rotors just tend to wear your pads faster. My buddy likes slotted rotors because they tell him when his…

YESSS! I’ve been trying to find non-slotted/drilled aftermarket rotors for my Mustang that utilize an aluminum hat (for weight and for temperatures stability), but no one sells them! Impossible to find. Stupid people.

...an awesome Neon...

I think this is an old wive’s (mechanics?) tale. I’ve never heard about it on bobistheoilguy.com except that switching to synthetic on old engines can clean up deposits left behind by “dino” oil which can cause temporary leaking which will usually clean up after several thousand miles.

The shear stability of the full synthetic will be better than the synthetic blend in addition to the viscosity index, which will help improve cold start durability while maintaining shear resistance at high temperatures.

I seem to recall reading that a lot of the cheap oil brands use old or out-of-date API ratings. I wouldn’t cheap out on oil. I want my engine to last.

I mean...table the xenophobia discussion for now; but with low-skilled unemployment still above zero-what would be the problem with, say, paying citizens enough money that they’d be willing to do those jobs?

Helical and Spur gears both operate with what is called “backlash”, which basically means that they are not in contact all the time. Any time torque is reversed, the teeth come out of contact briefly. You touch on the true reason helical cut gears are used later in the article. Additionally, helical cut reverse…

So, just like being at Cars and Coffee?

“I’m not locked in here with you. You’re locked in here with me!”

Although, it’s pretty rare to find a car anymore without passive security systems....

Speaking of manuals...if you want a Chevrolet SS 6MT, right now is the time to get one. They’re going like hotcakes.

I think this is probably the best of NASCAR’s terrible ideas recently. Look...even if they restricted each car to say, 115 dB, which is probably close to 20dB decrease per car, the race is still going to be ridiculously loud.

Stef, you should do a write up on the pro-stock cars. They’re even more driver-involving than the “fuel” cars. They have practically zero downforce, so they get to be a right handful on the long end of the track when they’re doing over 200 mph.

In fact it would be illegal to modify it to pollute less because California.

Chrysler already changed the shifter in the 300, it now automatically returns to park if the drivers door is opened. Stupid CR not bothering to actually check shit before they make recommendations.

That’s one hell of a control system...get back to me with a diagram.

Tell me more about how heavy a Challenger is.

I’ll never understand attaching a safety restraint to anything but the chassis of the car. It’s not like doors never come off during a crash. Sure, the crash has to be particularly violent for that to happen, but that’s when you want the restraint the most. Frankly, I don’t even want to think of the chain of…

Cheaper than the Pirelli’s that come on the Hellcat.