This is not for the mainstream market. These engines are used in commercial fleets, your E-series vans and your F450-F750 haulers.

Yes. And as for your Volvo example, this engine is supposed to be for the medium duty market (think E-series vans and F450-750s).

CNG/LPG capability is normal for this class of engine- the predecessor (6.8L Triton V10) was also CNG/LPG capable. It’s not a lot of modifications required- the fuels have poor lubricity so the engine package does things like include more durable valves. There’s in fact a company dedicated to aftermarket LPG/CNG…

There’s some context required too... this engine is supposed to be a replacement for the Triton 6.8 liter V10, a mainstay of Ford E450s and F450-750s. These engines currently output about 320 hp.

I don’t understand- why would that account for terrible brake feel?

Yeah, the Tesla Model S, the Toyota MR2, the NSX (gen 1), Lamborghini Murcielago (equal), Porsche 911 4 (equal). I’m sure there are others.

The front weight transfer is true, but it’s not the only factor. Because the vehicle’s weight is more centralized in an MR car (not just weight distribution, but actual polar moment from centralized mass), the vehicle’s mass is more evenly distributed between the tires even under accel/decel. With less mass to carry…

You will notice that many mid or rear engined vehicles have equal or larger rear rotors than front. That’s a pretty good clue as to its weight distribution (another one being the enormously mismatched front vs. rear tire widths). That being said, another factor is the width and the brake caliper configuration. 

I don’t think the clothing that some of them are wearing is comfortable either

I don’t necessarily agree with the biker cosplay comment- mainly because I think HD riders are pirate cosplayers. But I agree with you that mocking people for what they enjoy is tiresome, even if the person deserves it by falling into certain stereotypes.

Is the DCT a wet clutch?

No. Watch the movie. It’s a great look at humanity’s greatest achievement and also how the program meshes with the societal upheavals happening during that timeframe.

This speech was also talked about in the movie “First Man”. I highly recommend that movie by the way, it gives a pretty good insight as to how insanely hard, stupid, pointless, high risk and utterly awesome this achievement was.

The danger with using a blanket statement “all” is that it’s easy to refute. Take a look at various mid and rear engined Porsches and Teslas and you’ll see that often, the rotors are the same size or larger in the rear.

My response is only in terms of weight distribution, which is strongly correlated with rotor mass in that corresponding corner (it’s possible that the rear rotors are thinner... or of course, the specs are a typo). I did not say anything about braking force or distribution. You will notice that most mid or rear…

This implies that the weight distribution is slightly biased towards the rear

I recently saw First Man, and I thought that was a pretty good portrayal of exactly how insane and hard to accomplish this achievement was... and whether it was even worth it in the first place. 

Toyota I think has been smart, like other Japanese automakers and the Europeans, in not abandoning sedans like Ford and Chevy have

Hi Mark, there’s no “like or dislike” from my side. Only a comment that the minimum standards for NHTSA’s FMVSS are just that- minimum. Lighting technology has moved on but those standards have not, so “good” lighting is not necessarily standard equipment and other technology that is otherwise superior, like adaptive…

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