No problem. I always find that this type of tire needs some heat to work well, and that's all but impossible in the wet of course. I think this is the main issue, but I'm not tire engineer so I can't be sure.

It's hard to say to be honest. It's not very good, I can tell you that much, but I can't really give a good opinion about how they compare to other tires.

I can tell you with 100% certainty that any of the street tires which I typically run (such as Bridgestone Potenza RE-11a which I have on my FR-S right now) will see greatly improved traction with a short burnout to warm the tires. I've found the same thing with these tires as well:

Any decent street tire likes some heat for traction. A small burnout will usually help with traction although it's pretty easy to overdo it if you like burnouts.

Grab a socket set and jack you'd be surprised what you can do with a bit of time.

This likely caused thousands in damage to the car. Not cool. Fuel lines, brake lines, exhaust, drive shaft, unibody structure, floor pans all potentially damaged.

Fun fact: All GM cars with TPMS (That I've driven in) will actually tell you which tire is low, and what the pressures are in all of your tires. This includes Cobalts. That means a shitty GM with claymore airbags has a better TPMS system than my e90 BMW which has just about every feature available. Isn't this foolish?…

Mainly on the Avalon Peninsula with a few stages a hundred or so km East of the Avalon.

Are you planning on publishing information about the mustang build? I'd love to know more about the parts and fabrication that go into a project like that. Also, come to Targa Newfoundland in September 2015!

Is this a wish list or fact?

No matter how much I read about this it always truly amazes me. I hope this mission leads to more space exploration in the near future.

That sound is compressor surge. ( A result of not having a BOV.)

I don't think WRC cars typically run BOV or recirc. Apparently it causes lag.

I calculated motor output at about 116kW. This would put peak acceleration at t=0.001 seconds. This would put peak acceleration at 133.4G. This however would be nearly impossible to withstand which leads me to believe that the motor output ramps up as velocity increases. Even if you repeat the calculation with t=0.1…

Actually peak acceleration would be higher than this. What you have calculated is average acceleration, when actually the acceleration would peak at the start and taper off as he gained kinetic energy (speed).

Headers are a common restriction on factory engines as well. They can be expensive to buy and install though.

Do your preventative maintenance. (All of it, at all intervals.) It's common to skip maintenance items that some feel are unnecessary, or too expensive. The battery is a good example of this. If you wait for your battery to die before replacement you're putting extra stress on your charging system, and therefore…

You're not going to get any tech to recommend patching something up for continued use. Maybe to get you to a garage or something with careful monitoring along the way. But that's it. Would you rather replace just the thermostat, or would you like to add a head gasket and potential cylinder head repairs to your list?

I understand, but power output is power output no matter if they're using 691 one HP motors or one 691hp motors.

I've seen the inside of the dash of plenty of cars and have seen similar rusting. While ugly it's only a very thin layer of surface rust, and not uncommon at all. Also, you should come to Newfoundland if you think cars don't rust. It's not at all uncommon to see 6 and 7 year old vehicles with bubbled paint and rust…