Not thinking too hard about it is a survival mechanism. It starts with rotaries, then you start thinking about Reulaux polygons, and the next thing you know, your alarm is going off and you’ve lost an entire afternoon and night and can never get it back.

Just now got the joke in your handle. Ohhh, automotive trademarks…

Big brake kits are heavy as hell. Like 100lbs-extra heavy as hell (comparing to stock rotors ten or so years back). That’s a great place to start suspicions. In the 350 to 350R, certainly not 100, but certainly a fair 15 or so lbs.

Thank you for taking criticism in grace, especially on a subject often repeated, rarely specifically understood.

Bigger rotors are for soaking up and dissipating heat. The increase in mechanical advantage is immediately offset by the increase of rotational mass and rotational momentum. Just think about the difference…

>Rotaries are ICEs[, but I knew what you meant].

burdickjp, in your response to Tiporari, you’re absolutely right! Congratulations, because it’s seemingly a first for this entire discussion thread.

Getting into the technical side of discussion, torque is an expression of twisting force or force x distance, but it need not actually refer to work done. Really, there’s a difference, and that’s why some people get really huffy about the difference between ft-lbs (of work) and lb-ft (of torque), and people…

GTO, that’s a familiar flavor of pedantry that really doesn’t belong in these kinds of discussions. If grown ass men can’t be bothered to understand and always apply the difference between a magazine and a clip, then all engineers or individuals familiar with physics need to be willing to accept that torque frequently…

No shit.

Seems like you’re mixing or not correctly identifying units; Power, or horsepower as being used in the article and American automotive circles, is directly derived (figuratively, not literally from an engineering standpoint) from torque. So torque absolutely cannot be proportional to acceleration without power being…

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Nothing you’ve written here indicates you’re capable of writing an article which is better than the one you’re commenting on.

Up to 1/3rd now? Jesus, retards really love their false statistics!

I made the same mistake as a kid. Most people, in my experience, make the same mistake for a very long time, some never learning their way out of feeding themselves and their children bits and chunks of telfon and other coatings.

Alex explained that (s)he made the mistake then learned from it. So either you’re a fan of…

P85D Hoonmobile just doesn’t have the same ring to it.

THE PATRIARCHY AT WORK, CLEARLY.

The rear-ending (not rear-ended) car was out of the turn for three seconds, and in lead. Nothing at all like overtaking and brake checking someone... Unless you wait at least 1 and a half seconds before slamming your brakes >> If the person behind you is paying attention, then they will definitely avoid (as the other…

Hey Brad,

Don’t look too closely at those F-15s at Shadey J —- You’ll realize they’re in the same condition as the F-18 in the image you posted. Unless that’s a gouge on top of the left stab being ignored, the clusterf*** at the bottom of the left one is course par for an AF CC sealing a stab bullet.

They stay…

They’re Jalops. /tear

Fanboys gonna fanboy.

Mid-Rear all the Fords!