Understanding the Area Moment of Inertia is critical here. There is a world of difference between the plain rectangular spoke on the COR wheel and the modified H spokes on those Marchesinis.

Pretty much what I expected. That tells a much better story than 450 horsepower. :-) That is boner-inducing at 3000. It wasn't long ago that it took a supercharger to make the curve look like that.

I know, right. It's insane. It was already tough enough that the 90's LT1 was different from the 70's LT-1, which was actually RPO LT1. I guess they didn't like the sound of LR1 (the next logical progression of LT, LS, etc)

This is the correct answer. I am waiting to see the torque and BSFC curves. They will be impressive, though not quite as impressive as the Lt2-LTA variants' curves. Keep in mind, 450/450 is the BASE engine. Project what the LS9/LSA has become back onto the very first LS1 for a moment.

I am not sure one look can tell you that they will or will not be strong enough, but I have to admit that there is NO WAY I would put cast wheels with spoke roots that thin on my car. Even for driving in the street. A quick visual analysis of this image hints that the two visible spokes didn't break all at once.

WOW, best thing I have seen posted in a while. Thanks. Now I am stuck in the rabbit hole of research and daydreaming about working on an LMP team. Had no idea there were so many 90º V8 engines in those cars.

It's more fun when you convince them to get a tattoo

I haven't seen one in years. That was a jab at the fact that everyone and their toddler has a phone with a camera, but it's like 100x more work to actually get a picture in your hand now than it was 30 years ago.

Wouldn't a Polaroid be a lot less work?

Congratulations, this is the first comment to make me lol. Yes, audibly. I am just waiting for one of the Obama haters in the next cube to post about this on Facebook.

Perfect burnouts, in my book. No brakes involved, just powering through the until the tires catch up. Brakestands are boring.

Somehow, I never get tired of that video. There must be something wrong with me, because I have seen it WAY too many times for it to still be enjoyable. "Did I pop the tire?"

SO MUCH win at 2:06. Thanks for the background. Sad when some jackass has a bunch of expensive toys that he doesn't respect...most likely because he didn't have to earn anything in his life.

Thanks to the flying GT-R thread last week, all you need to know is: keep hitting 4

Seems like good time to wonder out lout about this old clip of Dave's rant. I can't remember the first time I saw it, but it was many years ago and I thought it was brilliant at the time. Ever since then, I have always figured it was something someone put together since there is no way the network would ever…

The version I heard from some old guy many decades ago was "Never take a car to the track that you can't afford to push off a cliff". I still live by that and think it might need some kind of amendment to the effect of "...make sure you can also afford to replace any cars you hit"

Wonder how much sympathy he got from the cops considering that the light had turned red just a moment before he hit the car. Looked like he was gassing it trying to beat the light and wasn't paying attention to the fact that there were multiple cars trying to clear out. Sometimes, situational awareness is a habit…

Makes more sense. I will be sure to look for a disable button if I ever upload any videos. It's quite sickening.

What is up with that camera mount? It allows the camera to yaw, tilt and not bounce?

Bingo. Journalism is still dead.