Subsonic might actually be better in the long term. Sure the initial hit and fallout will be worse, but it’s more likely the core will remain intact rather than potentially break apart, which makes cleanup easier.

You aren’t going to use this thing to deliver anything other than nuclear weapons, and any weight used to shield the reactor is just more payload you can’t carry. On top of that using a heat exchanger is going to lower overall performance. Given that you are already OK with dropping a collection of nuclear warheads on…

or go the other way and call it a motorcycle.

Even if it’s just weeks, it’s still going to cause massive fallout if you don’t shoot it down.

Because it makes it less efficient and the radioactive exhaust is part of the weapon. Also because making the exhaust clean would require the reactor to be shielded, which would likely make it to heavy to deliver a meaningful payload.

I think you are underestimating the fallout from a nuclear reactor essentially ablating itself out the exhaust of a ramjet on a missile travelling at hyper sonic speeds a couple hundred feet off the ground. It is literally spewing atomized reactor core out it’s exhaust until such time that the core reaches is no…

You’re still better off shooting it down. Something like this can literally fly for years on end. If you shoot it down there is a decent chance the reactor will make it to the ground in one piece and while it’ll really suck for that specific area, you can clean that up and in a few decades things will be OK again. But…

Because when everybody and their sister knows you have a massive dick you don’t need to get into a dick waving contest to show how much you are packing.

To keep it short, you cram a bunch of air through an unshielded nuclear reactor and your thrust is due to the thermal expansion of the air. It will keep running as long as the reactor can stay critical. The exhaust air is radioactive and contains small amounts of the core itself

If Danica was willing to race with the backrunners I’m sure she’d be welcomed to race with them. She just isn’t going to get another invite from a top-tier team because her race record just doesn’t match what they expect. In 191 NASCAR races she had zero wins, zero top 5 finishes, 7 top 10's and a single pole. Her…

Came here to say this, was not disappoint.

I don’t care that they are trying to call a sedan a coupe yet again. I need this in my life.

Keep in mind that the 335hp number is almost assuredly wildly under-rated. The B58 in the M240i(which is likely what the Supra will have) is rated at 335hp but dynos at ~370 at the crank and is rated at 339 lbs-ft, but dynos at ~415. For the most part BMW turbo engines are outputting their claimed crank power at the…

iirc BMW is using it in the dashboard support bar for the i3 & i8, along with a few other hidden places.

Actually I think that second one is Estoril blue, which is not a custom order, but it does require the M sport package. The yellow one is custom though.

Individual color has been an option for BMWs for decades, it’s not just limited to the M5 either. You can get your car in nearly any color you want with them.

Well, Dinan is already up to 426hp & 463lbs-ft with just a chip on the 340i(should note those numbers require the 340i already have the factory m-power kit, otherwise they are at 412/438).

it’s dual sequential twins, i.e. 1-3 has a little turbo that gives way to a big turbo at higher RPMs and 4-6 has the same thing.

Knowing our government, it will probably result in an amendment raising the voting age to 25 so they don’t have to worry about getting voted out by the “angry kids.”

e46 323, 325, 328s plus the e39 525 and 528 all use the same MAF as a 99-01 Hyundai SONATA 2.5L. If you buy it as a Hundai part its $150, as a BMW part it’s $300-$400.