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Don’t call my Jeep a toy!
at some point maybe corporate America will realize selling $35-55k cars is difficult if there is no middle class
I like my corvettes steam-powered.
On point 1, I think the valvetrain is an important consideration in any conversation about this. Looking at things like this from a systems view is important. I do not disagree with you on the displacement argument.
On point 2, I have never seen an LS revving over 8K that didn’t require frequent valvetrain servicing.…
Engineers don’t try to shoehorn technologies into less than ideal operating conditions. That’s what marketing doofuses do.
Can you put an flat plane into a pushrod engine? Yes. Is it the best application for the flat plane? No. That’s all an engineer needs to hear and good ones will fight back against efforts to make…
A plain old Camaro with RS bumpers? Ewww... Imposter!
If you know what a crankshaft without balancing weights looks like, a flat-plane type can be laid down flat on a table. A cross-plane crankshaft will have crank journals sticking up no matter how you lay it on the table. The crankshaft configuration basically determines the firing order and the basic sound tone of an…
Not in a production vehicle. A one off that can be rebuilt periodically is one thing, but making a flat plane LS last 100k+ miles is very different. The added vibration takes a toll on everything. Read the Mototrend article, they have a good writeup on the issues with it.
That’s awesome. The question is whether it can be done so that the engine lasts 100k miles. The vibrations take a toll on the whole setup, reducing longevity. Not an issue with a race car, but for a production vehicle, that’s important.
The second half of the Motortrend article does a great job explaining why a flat plane crank wouldn’t work with an LS motor. It comes down to vibrations and RPM. In order to eliminate the vibrations from the unbalanced crank, engines need to be smaller in size (typically around 4 L, which is why the ford was such a…
This coming from a country where CCTV reigns supreme and kitchen knives are regulated.
Obviously you’re not familiar with most 3rd party high interest lenders. And actually I worked sales floors for VAG, Ford, GM and FCA. Most high interest risk loans will have finance clauses/agreements in them that the vehicle will be fitted with trackers and sometimes even immobilizers. Just because you never heard…
Not that banks or big corporations need defending...
I don’t know anything about NASCAR, so maybe someone can fill me in.
My gay ass reading this article;
My plan to weather the next recession is that all-you-can-eat pasta card from Olive Garden.
Did you read the whole article? You must have because the “you posted was from the bottom of the article LOL. The article postulates that it is likely the result of a reduced public consciousness and reduced media coverage because of reduced government action
I think you answered your own question; With little media coverage, they all get off the hook. Trump’s corruption (and domination of news cycles w/his pathological lying, xenophobia, etc.) seals the deal.
Because FCA at least had EGR, DPF’s, urea, etc on their engines here in the US. They can’t have been cheating THAT bad. VW somehow mysteriously had none(well EGR) of that and could magically pass emissions and make great power like they had these magic diesel design skills no one else could even touch.