I would imagine a 4v Cobra head that they grafted another chamber onto.

Aside from the well known spark plug issues, the crankshaft on the 6.8 is pretty weak. The split-pin crank (to accomodate the 2 extra cylinders on a modular engine design) makes it prone to failure when you crank up the power. In the end the amount of internal upgrades that need to be done to make it take the same…

It is somewhat ironic that its proportions are similar to the other crossover with a 2 door coupe name Mustang Mach-E

Spirit airlines should enforce a 2 drink minimum.

Violence isn’t the answer, it is the question.  The answer is Yes.

I drive on the beach at least once a year and have found that 18psi is the sweet spot for sand.  I would imagine the same is also true for snow.  I’m not surprised that having a wider contact patch increases grip as I’ve seen it work in person on sand.  I’ve also seen people who don’t air down get stuck fairly…

NP. These aren’t that collectible as far as I know but having a low mileage car with a over 200hp/300tq, a manual, RWD, and a LSD is getting hard to find for this price.

Funny I had a ‘15 with the 2.0 and all I wanted was the 2.5. The 2.5 makes plenty of power for me. I’ve got a CX-5 now and it has just the right combo of fuel economy, power, and reliability. The turbo would change all 3 of those and require premium fuel (for full power).

Damn Honda stopped making the Civic Hatchback sport with a manual.  Why Honda!!!

There’s certainly some problems with Phos-Chek but I guess better than everything burning to a crisp. Note that it is actually not supposed to be dumped directly on the fire.  It is actually meant to create a fire line (a barrier to keep the fire from spreading). 

These cars are very popular in the drift community because they are one of the few 300+hp RWD manual cars with a factory LSD that are still affordable. My guess is the dealer is setting the price so high because they are hard to find in this condition without a billion mods/miles on them. Still too high IMO. ND

So here’s the thing, people probably shouldn’t be spending 50% of their income on a car. At $75k that would be 50% of a single person making $150k which is where the tax credit stops anyways. I don’t think these credits are making cars more affordable for the people that would reasonably be buying them.

I feel it is unfair to compare this to the Miata.  A more apples to apples comparison would be the Honda del sol which was just fine with 125hp FWD I4.  I had the Civic hatch version and it was plenty fun and got great gas mileage.  That being said, reliability and parts availability for a Fiat may prove difficult but…

A car with manual everything. I’ve driven a few cars without power steering and a manual transmission and it makes you really think about what you are doing at all times.  Parallel parking really make you appreciate a power steering pump.

V8 doesn’t require a balance shaft which is a big hunk of rotating metal found on many 4-cylinders.  Also, depends on the V8.  I would imagine total parts count on a DOHC I4 would be close to a cam in-block pushrod V8.

Don’t know but a F150 powerboost (hybrid) gets 23/23 mpg and costs $75k so if this beats that for the same price then that’s great.

Certainly, the 2-stroke Detroit Diesel 1-71 is the perfect engine.

I have an irrational love for the 6 3/4 V8. The last of them made more than 800 ft-lbs. of torque- something that the W12 never did.  NP just for the engine.

If they removed drug testing requirement from the federal work force their would be a lot more qualified people working there. If there is one thing this new administration can accomplish I hope it is allowing people who use cannabis products to work for the government.

Naturally aspirated engines are more reliable than turbo engines.  More parts=more problems.