10k for the motor
10k for the transmission
5k for the rear end
5k for the suspension/wheels
5k for the fabrication of all the custom pieces that are needed to make the install happen
10k for the labor to install it all.
3k for the fact they had to go through all the testing and bull to get it certified to be street legal in…

Inflation is a bitch

Guy 1 knows that guy 2 is right around the corner on the other side of the wall.

Guy 1 throws sniper rifle over the wall to his left, and while rifle is in the air, goes around the wall to his right.

Guy 2 sees motion over the wall to his right (guy 1's left), and looks at the rifle as it’s flying over the wall. At…

Yes, we do remember.

And so do the people who made this mandate.

They also remember the fact that when Obama took office, he shut down the project and cut NASA’s funding.

Which is the whole reason for this mandate. It specifically prevents later administrations from interfering with the project.

Not an issue with this caterham.

Turbo completely solves the issue of altitude power loss.

Absolutely makes sense from a branding perspective, and it also speaks to the design focus of the cars themselves.

Mazda is a, well, true enthusiast brand, where Fiat is a more mainstream Euro brand.

Much like your example of Mercedes and AMG, Fiat saves the highest performance for the highest, most expensive trim, and…

“Sorry but I didn’t even read your last post”

Then why reply?

http://www.caranddriver.com/comparisons/2017-fiat-124-spider-abarth-vs-2016-mazda-mx-5-miata-club-comparison-test

Not only does the Club compare to the Abarth, it defeats it in a head to head test.

It’s quicker, better handling, and more fun than the Abarth, despite a 9hp and 36ft/lb deficit. The abarth has a…

But that wasn’t the core of the decision.

The focus, the driving force behind the choices made during the design of the Miata was fun. More than anything, Fun was the core design of the car.

Source: http://jalopnik.com/the-inmates-are-totally-running-the-asylum-around-here-1728034984

But they do have a sharper, more performance oriented version of the Miata.

The “club” comes with Bilstein shocks, strut tower brace, limited slip diff and lower profile, higher performance tires, as well as optional Brembo brakes, forged lightweight wheels, and functional aerodynamics.

So it’s absolutely reasonable to…

Mazda did not put a turbo on the Miata because it would ruin the direct, intuitive nature of the motor.

Turbos have lag, and while lag can be minimized, it cannot be fully eliminated, and that tiny, little bit of disconnect between what your right foot is doing and what the engine is doing is directly opposed to the…

Not at all.

It’s a matter of giving it more power doesn’t mean that it becomes more fun.

If you give it more power, you ruin the balance of the car, and I’m not talking the F/R weight distribution.

Give it more power, and suddenly the grip is insufficient, as you’re not able to dig your foot as deep in the throttle on…

Er... that type of recycled carbon fiber is not what this article is talking about..

This article is talking about the fact that they found a way to make reclaiming continuous weave carbon fiber economically viable.

And I’m not talking about widespread adoption in the primary market.
I’m talking about widespread adoption…

There is absolutely a market for weaker, heavier recycled fibers.

It doesn’t matter. They were sold as a new vehicle. The vehicle has to pass all federal emissions standards it is certified for, by law. They do not have the authority to un-certify it.

By modifying it before it was sold new, they broke the law, simple as that.

That’s not the point.

The point is that dealerships installed them on bikes in the showroom, and that they sold them “NEW” with emissions-illegal equipment.

THAT is illegal.

Installing emissions nullifying equipment on a vehicle that the customer trailers in and trailers out is perfectly legal, so long as they already…

“Whether you believe CTS meant nothing or Compact or Cadillac, I think one thing is abundantly clear amid the GM obfuscation. There’s no way in hell GM wanted their new car associated with the Catera. We don’t know what CTS means. We know for damned sure it doesn’t mean Catera.”

Absolutely. You are 100% correct there.
T…

I never said the SRT-4 wasn’t a neon.

But Dodge marketing did.

And you just pointed out a very clear “lie” by GM marketing. Stating that CTS stands for nothing, and then also stating it stands for “Cadillac Touring Sedan”. I don’t buy that that is why they named it that, since Cadillac had 2 other “touring sedans”,…

A bit on the pricy side for what it is, even though it’s clean.

I was really waffling on the NP or CP, but then I saw my pet peeve of those T-birds.

Using the 87-88 TurboCoupe “nostril” hood on a v8 build.

Those nostrils are actually functional hood scoops, when you have a top mount intercooler for the 2.3 turbo motor.…

So you’re telling me that rather than the idea that GM intentionally chose that name to match the rest of their new names, that you find it more plausible that they reached into a scrabble bin, and chose 3 random, meaningless letters to name the successor to the Catera, and that those 3 random letters just so happened…