Did you just write a mini-HARA for a Jalopnik post?

I get standard 53' trailer max payload capacity of 45000lb. At 2.5g/penny, that’s 8.2m pennies, or $81,646.62.

Air dam for fuel economy, as below, and helps with wind noise too.

Those giant fuel tanks are amazing. I have an aftermarket 50 gallon tank in the bed of my 2011 F250, and it allows me to tow a 26ft trailer from Detroit to Virginia without ever thinking about a gas station. No need to search for truck stops or thread the trailer through a rural pump that is really too small, or even…

^^^This is roughly accurate

Where are people seeing a dive bomb? That was an attempted pass on the inside on corner exit - doesn’t get much safer than that. Camera car was off line where the incident happened, leaving room for the flying miata and the BMW to sort it out. The BMW was a bit aggressive, but was on a good passing line for that part…

You know what a Snickers is, but that doesn’t stop Mars, Inc. from advertising it to you.

46lbs for the gearbox. Add another 80 for the motor, 40 for the inverter and controls, 20 for cooling, and few hundred for battery. Seriously, this is a commodity part, and you can find press releases saying the same thing for similar parts from BorgWarner, ZF-TRW, Magna (Focus BEV e-drive), Oerlikon (Mclaren P1 IIRC)…

There are a hell of a lot of people from the OEMs reading Jalopnik, and a hell of a lot of less-technical types who tend to get new studies of old tech commissioned based on whatever happens to float up on Jalop/Autoblog/TTAC. You can even tell which OEM is having a major bid for which component based on what…

Are you advertising for GKN now? Every major driveline supplier (and some not-so-major ones) has something similar in production or is actively bidding. A disconnecting two speed electric motor gearbox is about as technically complicated as a 2 speed electronic transfer case - everybody has one. Congrats on helping…

Patent says it has one. No pics on google patent search.

Where’s the cooling?? Inverters generate a lot of heat. Ford and Toyota both have water cooling for theirs, and even the cheapo 120V truck stop inverters have fans or large fins. They did do a nice job of making a really pretty, really expensive machined aluminum enclosure....

Sweet! The E30 is great, so easy to go fast in. No southern races for us this year. Going to be an East Region season - Watkins Glen, VIR, and PIRC. We were on the overall podium for 3 of 4 events and 4 of 7 races last year, hoping to improve on that record.

You race Chump? If you’re in the SE Michigan area and looking for a drive, send me a message. https://www.facebook.com/GuarinoWatsonR…

Yup, body shops and anywhere welding is done are very different. Requirements for final assembly are usually just safety glasses and closed toe shoes. And no metal or jewelry for anybody working with a painted body.

What would you prefer he wear? Belts and buttons scratch paint, the dude is standing all day so comfortable shoes are a must. Shorts and short/no sleeves makes sense because the plants usually aren’t air conditioned, and even when they are, its hot under those lights. He’s not assembling anything and not working with…

Ever been to an assembly plant? That’s the standard uniform for a line worker - comfortable with nothing that can scratch the paint.

Didn’t you win the K2K Jalop challenge?

1:50 in a bone stock gen coupe on crap tires is pretty damn good.

What’s to prevent somebody from sandbagging on their qualifying laps and pacing the leader all race?