As expected, a trip to the drag strip for 13
consecutive runs on my 3.0-swapped SVT Contour
wiped the new clutch straight out. Having never
gone this deep into a car before, I pulled the
wheels, suspension and transaxle off and swapped
in a new clutch disc and pressure plate. But
when I went to put the transaxle back on, I
co…

I just stole your comment. 

Someone brought one of these to our big British car show a couple years ago. 289, British racing green, tan inside, completely original, and something like 175,000 miles. Rock chips all over the paint in the front, and heavy wear on the leather seats. It was glorious.

He was about half a gallon of ballast low in the rear bilge.

They better hurry.....

And the longer it’s in there, the more screwed we are...

So it drew a dick, then got stuck in the mouth of the Suez and there aren’t enough seamen with enough thrust to push it out. And the longer it’s in there, the more screwed we are...

When are you going to have a slideshow of all the comments about people hating your F’ing slideshows?

I read that article yesterday and came away with only the vaguest understanding of what went on and what went wrong.  A very poorly written piece.

400 lb/ft of glorious Sparky torque. 

Damn, David, I’m not one to gush, but this is the kind of content that keeps me coming back. It’s not just a report of “Here’s something that happened” but rather it’s a dive into why it happened, complete with sweet sweet math to back it up!

Me when an article references Canada: Oh! CANADA!

Near Roanoke, VA, there is a Dutch Oven Rd.

I used to drive by this one all the time. Got to be pretty high on the list.

Based on my experience one needs to be named “Plowthor, Son of Plowdin, Blocker of Driveways”.

Fuck this guy and his eco disaster asshole truck. If he would have left the filters and regulators intact, he would have emitted 572.000 tons of CO2 and used 215000 liters of fuel in this lump of wastefulness while covering that mileage. Since he deleted those components, his truck can be qualified as a health hazard…

The Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) and Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) were deleted.

Call me when the Volvo that’s for sale is a 262

Sorry, I’m out of the country right now.