They already do spend craptons of money on squeezing every bit of performance possible out of their iron rotors. Every driver even on the same teams will have their own brakes designed for every track to suit their braking style. And they may be limited in diameter, but they get huge depending on what track theyre…

As someone who hails from the part of the country that won the civil war, theres some things about NASCAR that I just cant understand. To wit, why arent the cars allowed to have functional brakes? It has been over 30 years since carbon ceramics were first used in racing, and theyre drastically better performing.…

Yeh, hypermiling isnt exactly for the faint of heart. That said, this gives you the option not to, but a Prius doesnt.

Ford kinda fucked up when they made these, but in a good way. Instead of making a shitbox Prius-like vehicle, they made a real car that feels like a real car and can be driven like a real car. That means people drove it like a real car, and got marginally worse mileage than a Prius, then flipped out and sued Ford. You…

There are lots of applications where amphibious landings are necessary. We use rotary winged aircraft for it. Chinas situation is different, needing to cover much longer ranges with their expansion into the East and South China seas. Yes, there are other ways it can be done, but there are also situations where this…

We find military uses for a lot of civilian equipment too. Your “not the other way around” statement couldnt possibly be more wrong.

He said “almost certainly”, not “certainly”. 

Shopping around, it doesnt look like dealers are discounting these much at all. Ford has a $1k rebate on them, and thats it. Compare that to F-150s that are always discounted well below MSRP, and you can actually walk away with an F-150 Lariat 4x4 Supercrew for about $2k less than this. That gets you the 2.7 Ecoboost,…

We patrolled in Afghanistan with John Deere Gators. We only lost 2 people in them and a third to a broken spine after an IED hit one. The broken spine was the guy sitting in the back, the bed got launched off the thing. Probably would have lost all 3 and 1 more and the turret gunners legs if they had been in a humvee.…

https://www.electricmotorsport.com/ev-parts/motors/brushless-motors/me1202-brushless-motor-24-72v-5000rpm-10-kw-cont-24-kw-pk.html I dunno how many splines are on the input shaft of the differential, but this might be a drop-in fit. I mean, sure, you could go for a 3000W motor and triple your power, but the price…

Right now Tesla is unquestionably doing the best at leading the electrification wave. Why is that? What are they doing differently? One could argue that it is their investment in electrification infrastructure with their Supercharger network, as opposed to all of the other manufacturers waiting for someone else to do…

Torch’s Chinese EV truck

Cant wait til Hoovie buys it when youre done and throws a Tesla drivetrain in it

Sweet mother of god, someone please force choke the camera guy

That price is nuts for a class 3 chassis when you can get new ones from Ford/Chevy for around 35k and they come with a cab. They must not have the capacity to actually sell many of these so theyre pricing them to keep it niche. 

You say you love this shit, but didnt tag The Expanse under category 2 and were looking for things to watch on Netflix. Im not sure if you havent seen it or if I have to judge you for having seen it but not being obsessed with it.

The old Ford plant in St Paul could be a good spot. Already has river and rail access as well as being completely powered by its own hydroelectric dam. Teslas labor practices dont exactly float Minnesotans boats though.

Time for a 1L Ecoboost swap from a junkyard Fiesta.

Hi there, long time internet user here. I would like to introduce you to an old internet acronym: RTFA. It originated on Fark several decades ago, and stands for “Read the fucking article”. It is used when someone has so little understanding of the article upon which they are commenting that they appear to only have…

Way too high for an SEL. Theres plenty of Limiteds with the ecoboost engine for less. That ecoboost engine is what takes the Flex from “Wow, you bought a Traverse instead of a Flex? Whats wrong with you?” to “You bought a Traverse? You should be shot.”