There are higher rated units. But yeah, none that can fully handle the 250 amp peak flow yet. Not rocket science though. Here’s a slightly separated outer sheathing on an actual supercharger cable. Certainly someone can figure out how to procure the right gauge cable and connectors for a few more feet.
Heck, we’ve been…
They are pets, but if you see male trucks that aren’t neutered then you should report them to the SPCA.
I have a better idea, somehow acquire an extension cable for a Supercharger and just leave your Tesla charging while blocking the trucks in the Supercharging spaces.
Yes, the “Rednecks United” provision. Not to be confused with Citizens United ruling.
Fair enough, perhaps it’s the heat and humidity down in NC but Hondas look terrible pretty consistently after about 8 years.
Yeah, the headgaskets on the old SOHC EJ’s had probably a 90% failure rate over 10 years or so. If not more. My 2000 outback’s gaslets failed at 160k miles with a small external leak I could have…
Thanks to the airbag recall, I was able to drive a 2018 Forester with the CVT. Let’s just say the CVT’s personality issues have been fixed. I found it quite awesome. It does the best shifting needed for the job under every situation. Behaves like the smoothest 8+ gear automatic/DCT you’ve ever driven under hard…
A car ahead of it’s time in styling. People called it the ugliest SUV on the market back then, it sold terribly.
If released today EXACTLY as the B9 was originally I think people would buy it in droves. It’s objectively better looking than this 2012 outback and it sold like Free Krispy Kreme doughnuts.
Subaru headgaskets or Honda paint. FWIW, once you repair the head gaskets and replace them with MLS (multi-layer steel) instead of the single, graphite coated gaskets those old SOHC EJ25's were nearly bulletproof. Such a failure of subaru to stick with those nasty, worthless gaskets for so long. Gave an otherwise…
Kinja is the worst with images. We feel ya
I think the Camaro is getting more dev attention because it’s profitability is higher. Cheaper/more simple underpinnings and higher market volume so when budget comes for special performance packages to be developed the Camaro team is getting the greenlight because they’ll sell 3x as many.
Corvette will have to go…
Answer: Yes and also, I think that’s why the next-gen Corvette is going mid-engined. Sadly, I think GM realizes that the market is richer by focusing on making the Camaro fit a larger market segment like the Mustang and then trying to go upscale with the dedicated sports car.
So I think the next Camaro will have…
Fun fact, EV’s have better mileage at low speeds with frequent stops than at sustained highway speeds. Mainly due to wind resistance obviously but also because the way batteries work.
There’s a bit of loss in electrical capacity output if you discharge a battery at a higher rate vs. a lower rate and you can help…
No, you’d need a 240 volt setup. But see, that’s just a circuit breaker and some extra duty electrical wire run to wherever you need the charger. So if you have air conditioning at your house, you have enough juice for a charger port, you just need to run a new 240 volt 30a socket to your driveway or garage. That’s…
Well, the electrician probably is wrong. If the electrical in said 100 year-old house isn’t enough to run a charger, then it’s not enough to run air conditioning which most systems require over 20 amps at 240 volts. A Chevy volt charger is only 16 amps.
So true. In my old car with old-school dials, I had gotten trained to not adjust until I was unbearably uncomfortable. I drove my boss to work one day when her car was being worked on and halfway through the trip she was like “I’m sorry, can we please turn down the heat?”
It was a moment that really illustrated the…
This is simple. I, as most people in this world, do not stop and remove my coat before I get in my car like I might when I enter my house or my office.
And 75 degrees feels terrible while wearing a winter coat.
100%, in America a turbo Crosstrek would sell like hotcakes. It would simultaneously fill the void of the WRX hatchback and Forester XT. People wanting the hatch could buy optional lowered suspension and manual transmission. I'd go so far to say they could put a nice parts catalog and people would custom order…
Outside of production vehicles, it’s actually extremely common in motorsport. LMPT racers, Formula (basically all classes including F1), Top fuel dragsters, Indy, etc, etc..
It’s just a street-legal racecar. Like the Ferrari F50, I think we’ll find it to be a high maintenance unicorn that isn’t pleasant to drive…
I think your prediction is true and basically by design. You cannot have a production, naturally aspirated engine that hits 11,100rpm that is ALSO a stressed member of the chassis that doesn’t require a complete overhaul every 25-50k AT LEAST. It’s going to need bearings or seals or rings or something extremely major…
It actually probably has about 118-119 ft-lbs of torque. If the 3 banger spins to the full 11,100 RPM that the final V12 does, and we assume that peak HP happens at redline, that’s what the torque figure works out to.
