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You pretty much need to overhaul the carb to allow about 10% more fuel through every circuit, then start your tuning over.

Guys, we need to talk about Oppositelock. For some reason Jalop staffers aren’t allowed to mention it/discuss it on the main page. It should have died a few years ago when you cut us off from front page mentions. Yet it’s still there, and although not as busy as it has been in years past, it’s still a pretty active…

If only E10 didn’t suck it hard for older cars. Fine for fuel injected systems that can compensate for being lean all the time. There is talk of pushing E20 to make it even worse...

We just got a Pacifica E-hybrid PHEV minivan to accompany our Volt, replacing my wife’s 5 passenger wagon. Needed more seats and the minivan made a lot of sense. Having the same drivetrain as the Volt is an added bonus! Plug in at night, 30 miles EV only during the day before switching over to gas, and 30 MPG when…

They work fine on 208V 120* phase as well. (commercial building 3 phase power, only uses 2 legs) The phasing isn’t too important, it’s not like you are trying to drive a motor - just feeding an inverter.

My Volt can go about 40 miles on electricity, then the gas engine kicks on and it keeps driving the same way. The gas tank gives it about a 300 mile range, then it takes 5 minutes to fill up like any other gas tank. I drove it from Boston to SW Florida in 24 hours, only stopping for gas like everybody else who makes…

Consider that this is only a starting point. Somewhere along the way street parking needs to be acknowledged and dealt with, and it will be. I envision streetside charging stations set up like parking meters someday - one for every car.

This is why the PHEV or EREV is ideal for many people. I have a Chevy Volt with a ~40 mile electric range. On those days where it’s not enough, I burn gasoline too, and fill up in ~5 minutes. If I can’t plug in for some reason, it’s no problem. But when all the pieces are in place (most days), I don’t burn any gas at…

Ugh, I really tried to like the Mustang reboot version of Knight Rider but it was so unwatchable. I guess it followed the premise of the original, but it was just. so. awful.

I took a lot of flack for defending the Riviera on Jalopnik over the years. Glad to see someone appreciates it! I had a ‘98 for many years. Heavily modified the engine and added sway bars to drastically improve the already decent handling. The interior made for very pleasing time spent and we took it on many road…

As soon as I saw your headline I thought of my first car. A rusted out ‘72 MGB GT, with a hydraulic clutch that would sometimes just quit. I was literally just telling somebody this morning about it, and how I would shut the engine off anytime I needed to stop, put it in first gear and when I needed to go just hit the…

I’m surprised to hear the sport cups are that bad. The MPSS are amazing in wet.

There are several electric utilities with options to have a separate meter (and rate) for EV charging.

You can certify my odometer with a sticker if you want. I’ll just put bigger tires on and drive fewer miles! It’s still too easy to fool an odometer.

It’s way to easy to fool an odometer.

Add to this - when is the last time you heard of a gas powered car being retrofitted with a more efficient drivetrain? When a power plant is upgraded the EV immediately becomes cleaner/more efficient to operate!

Natural Gas burns cleaner than Coal or gasoline, and centralized/mass produced power is far more efficient than individual power generators driving around. Also the wires in place deliver electricity (admittedly with some losses to wire length) more efficiently than big trucks hauling fuel to all of these individual…

I’d suggest a system based on a combination of odometer and GVWR for ALL vehicles, not just EVs, and replace the taxes on the fuel itself. (something will need to change re: odometer security for that to be realistic, but something LIKE this...)

I would prefer to see a ‘usage tax’ based on some kind of sliding scale using odometer readings and GVWR instead of a charge per gallon on fuel or per KW or whatever... instead of taxing the fuel, tax the actual usage.