“You can’t make a race horse out of a pig, but if you work at it long enough, you can breed a pretty fast pig” -Al Hilbert referring to the 935

F111 , the sequel

Exactly backwards. As the air gets thinner, the effective compression ratio drops, reducing octane requirements.

That’s becoming a hobby of mine. Grab lawn equipment wrecked by ethanol fuel out of the trash and resurrect it.

I just scored a 2017 Limited (fully optioned ) for 40,500 turn-key. Mama’s gotta stay happy.

Dadgummit, my kid wedded up my wife’s LaCrosse last weekend, and I was looking for a smaller car. I wanted to get one more year before replacing it with a Regal.

Uhh.. NO. It’s either show up or go to prison.

Actually the way to limber up a flathead off it’s studs is to loosen the nuts one turn and run it for a second or two.

Make the diesel combustion work twice .

Run the Otto Cycle engine rich, use the rich exhaust and extra air to run a turbine for electric power. I spent too much time looking at R3350's and Napier Nomads

Thermodynamics 101 for dummies :

Compounding! My pie - in the - sky solution would be a turbodiesel with a second turbine driving the generator. Regenerative braking on all four wheels ,and electric power applied to the rear for AWD launches and low-traction situations.

Common sense, so rare it’s a superpower

Grabbing meat isn’t good , but a big ‘ol pair of tongs do the trick for that.

Grabbing meat isn’t good , but a big ‘ol pair of tongs do the trick for that.

+1 .. Tillman are the best

+1 .. Tillman are the best

New England car ,that old, with only “surface rust? Riiiight!

Edd China did an identical repair/ flip on WD many moons ago. Most of the issues were the same, but his was a diesel.

ES 350 vs. Avalon? Is there a Lexus premium involved?

CP.. 2000 bux max.

I never saw the point of building such fast , powerful cars and try to drive them as slowly as possible. If I wanted to see that , I could go to a PCA novice autocross!