Mid-90's Cougar. I still don't think the head and tail lights are quite right, but it's at least as good as the Monte Carlo. Key features are the rear side window and full-size coupe body.

The driver's name at 31:57 is a joke, right? Right? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_S…

And the 924

There's already buses, the pickup trucks would be an improvement.

Holy shit, get an alignment on that thing, stat. See 4:20 and 5:12.

I had the same thought. Maybe they could countdown until 5 seconds then blank the display so you have to watch the light.

Ford Escort. I always wanted to take an escort out for a few hours. I hear they suck.

Yeah, I thought about skidpad, there just isn't a good consistent source for those numbers. It would definitely improve the metric even further. The other issue becomes weighting the different factors, but that largely comes down to personal preference. I do really like how this exposes how overpriced super cars are.

To include handling, I would propose we square the tonnage so that it counts twice. Once for its effect on performance and again for its effect on handling. This works out as a pretty good metric for fun to drive.

Power to weight ratio isn't really relevant for top speed. Top speed is dependent on power and coefficient of drag. We'll need to be pushing 2000HP to hit 300mph I think.

That isn't too much drain. If we use the efficiency of a turbo compared to a supercharger as a guide, that would indicate that a turbo style pump would be less than 1kW.

1 farad is a ridiculously large capacitor. In practice, uF is the largest relevant unit for measuring capacitors. Most electronics use capacitors in the range of .01uF to 100uF. It's like measuring the distance to the sun in miles. The unit is really too small for the measurement, but we are familiar with miles so we…

It's not oxygen deprived. There are just too many toxic gases.

Why can't you have FI too? You just tap air off the turbo output with a one-way valve that goes to a small pressure tank and the rest of the valve-train system. The rest of the air is used for FI.

The air required will be proportional to RPM since the valves will need to work faster at high RPM. I'm pretty sure that the turbo required for this application would be tiny compared to one used for forced induction, so parasitic losses won't be dramatic.

I'm pretty sure the volume of air required for activating the valves would be marginal compared to the volume required for the intake, so I don't think this would be a big issue. The 30% power increase and 50% efficiency increase numbers they are throwing around should be way more than enough to offset parasitic…

Yup. Beat me to it. It doesn't even require modification, a turbo is already an exhaust powered air compressor.

I imagine the exhaust could be used as a source of compressed air, so you may only need a small compressor so that you can start the car. I imagine factory cars would use hard-lines so that air hose reliability is not a factor (1980s vacuum hoses anyone) but aftermarket camless kits would probably use hoses for…

Done. Focus ST for $21.4k in my area. http://www.truecar.com/prices-new/for…

Easy. I actually suspect it will be more than $8k.