@79TA: Torque produced by an engine is a function of the force applied to the piston head and the lever arm that force has around the crankshaft through the crank pins and the connecting rod. It has nothing to do with whether the cam is in the cylinder heads or in the block.

@ppiddy: I'm really hoping that biofuels work out in a big way. I think eventually, electric cars will make the most sense for general commuting, but I would love to have biofuels out there to make it reasonable for enthusiasts to continue to operate classic cars.

@oddfish: And...tagged for video of pushrods shooting out through cylinder heads.

@evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars: The state of the art in engineering for the automotive sector is absolutely incredible. Electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical systems are fantastically reliable. Even pedestrian cars today are able to exploit this to perform better in all aspects than some sports cars of the past. …

So, how about a video of an OHV setup at 14,200 RPM.

@Bullitt417: Because what he does is valued higher than what other people can do. There are very few people that can figure skate competitively at that level. Comparatively, there are lots of people that can be good engineers.

@adb: I was just at an NCAA wrestling meet yesterday, and while it's not a leotard, the wrestling singlets are pretty close. And I would dare anyone to tell the 197lb class guys that they're gay for wearing the singlet.

@Bullitt417: I was gonna say. I'm getting my Masters in mechanical engineering, and there's no way I'm looking at 6 figures when I manage to find a job. But if you're good at the engineering thing, and work hard at your job, an engineer could be easily looking at 6 figures after 10-15 years of working.

@Bullitt417: Make six figures when you graduate? Are you getting a PhD? If not, someone lied to you about starting salaries for engineers.

@Bumblebee: So a new car has to pay homage to a legend of the past? I suppose the new Camaro is awesome, then. And at this point, people on here just accuse Toyota designs of being generic on principle, rather than on the actual merits of the design.

The ugly! It burns!

@Unevolved has three moving parts.: Also, in all seriousness, a cable-actuated throttle will probably be nearly impossible without seriously reconfiguring the engine management, and disabling other systems like traction control.

@Unevolved has three moving parts.: I don't think that throttle response is a function of how the throttle body is actuated, but more a function of the engine design and engine control parameters. I've driven mechanically actuated throttle vehicles that felt sluggish too. I would think that the fuel injection…

@BeanBone: They also don't hate technology, per se, just every single manifestation of technology in the modern automobile.

@Lower Manhattan: I dunno, I wouldn't be surprised to hear that it's vaporware enough to not even have an engine in it.

But hey, fuck the environmentalists. And anyone selling or driving a hybrid car. Driving a big, carbureted V8 with no catalytic converters is your American birthright, dammit!

@chsmadden: I wouldn't worry about it. Hennessey would have to actually get a car to a customer first.

Well yeah, generally you've got to have something a bit more substantial than vaporware to show at Geneva.

@Madcows: Well, it does look just like a scaled-up version of other Mars rovers, but I'm not so sure that's a bad thing. Frankly, I think even given $2B to spend, any engineering outfit would come up with a solution remarkably similar to what we have here.

@stolidmind: Yeah, now that Jalopnik's got a little bit of recognition from the mainstream media for their "beige bites back" shit, they get really defensive if anyone suggests that maybe they've taken it a bit too far.