Front output and input spin in the same direction. There’s an idler between the rear output gears and front output gears.

Think about a chain-driven transfer case - nothing is there to change direction of the chain spinning.

The front diff is backwards so it spins on the opposite side of the differential gears than the…

He may have needed to get out to engage the locking hubs on the front axle for that to work. Of course, stopping on said incline with the truck in park could end up with it sliding back down. If the parking brake doesn’t work - that is.

Similarly, I’m guessing there’s no in-cab engagement of the rear transfer case, so…

Only when it’s convenient, of course.

Which is saying something considering that front fender to door gap on the Porsche (which I know is for aero/cooling and is intentional).

Add up the number of riding mowers in the world and the distance they travel - I bet you’d get more miles than all the Ferrari V12s in the world added up.

My MS3 has rain sensing front wipers and I wish they just had the rear wiper go every other wipe or every 4 wipes of the front wipers.

I wish more (any?) cars would have a setting for rear wiper single-wipe.  Even intermittent on most cars with rear wipers is far too often.  I’ve never EVER needed full-speed rear wipe except when cleaning the rear window.

48V architecture is becoming more commonplace in Europe. US and Asian carmakers aren’t really adopting it and trying to make higher voltage hybrids more commonplace.

What made you switch jobs?  That sounds super interesting to me to work for an axle manufacturer.

Someday I will adapt portals onto my 1-ton axles under my Silverado. Even with 40" tires, I still manage to snag my pumpkins on rocks from time to time and scrape my thick-wall driveshaft (waiting for the day I actually dent/destroy the sucker after having done so to a handful of regular-wall-thickness shafts).…

She wasn’t a badass girl, she was just badass.

I was wondering this, as well - I wasn’t sure the rules and haven’t had time to look into it. Come to think of it, I’m not even convinced the engine we hear in the video is turbocharged.

In either case, destroking either the Blackwing or LT-based engine could achieve a lower displacement AND allow higher RPM.

Great question. One I don’t really have a solid answer to other than saving a lot of development (both on design and manufacturing) time and cost.

Let’s also consider that the Gen VI will not be “LS” architecture.  Gen III and IV were more “LS” type engines.  Gen V brought for the the “LT” architecture, I’m not sure…

I don’t disagree, but that’s my main point about it potentially not being a flat plane crank. The RPMs don’t sound *that* high that it would need to be an FPC or DOHC engine. Let’s remember the stock LS7 can turn 7000rpm easily and Lingenfelter dyno-tested a flat plane crank LS to 9000rpm.

My main reasoning for thinking it won’t be the hot-Vee DOHC engine is the 3D CAD picture leaked from a few months ago showing twin turbos on a GenVI-small-block-looking engine.

I refer you to Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire’s post below, wherin he sent this youtube video:

Glad to see there are flat plane crank LS engines, so I’m not totally off-base haha.

“’Everyone thinks it will be a small block, but it won’t be,’ said our source. ‘Listen to the race car.’”

Top comment on the “Blackwing” post link shows a non-hot-Vee, LT-based Twin Turbo engine in 3D CAD.

On the flip side, their overhead is a lot lower.  Renting or owning fleet vans (even dozens of them) is likely less than a brick and mortar building, especially in a high cost of living city.