That's silly, you can damn near buy or build an entire AR for that money. Although it does look pretty sweet.

Thanks for the knowledge and the clarification. You're absolutely right.

I've never messed with it. I'm not much of a fabricator. I can burn some rod, and turn a lathe, but that's about it. So anything beyond mild steel is really beyond me.

I'm sorry :(

You are correct, it is somewhat denser and it does maintain it's properties better at high temperatures. I misspoke, what I should have said was it maintains its strength better at elevated temperatures, requiring less material, resulting in an overall lighter muffler.

They destroyed both test cars at the end of testing - Edward above had the S70/2 and a Porsche Transaxle, and Albert had a Chevy 454 Big block V8 and McLaren F1 gearbox and rear cradle - they did this so they could simultaneously develop the engine and transmission.

I kept looking at that picture trying to decide which hole to put the key ring through.

One of the most insane is the McLaren F1's muffler. I'll try to recall a bit of Driving Ambition from memory here, but essentially the engineer's calculations showed that they would need a muffler with a capacity of 40 litres to meet noise regulations in all their target markets. The muffler, if made out of…

This is awesome. Never got to see anyone transferred like this when I was in the Navy, but it looks pretty badass and now I'm wishing I'd gotten to do it.

features a six-speed sequential racing transmission that goes through a transaxle

What is this I don't even..?

I went to a tech conference about 2 years ago Sikorsky gave a presentation on this program. It's a spectacular platform and brings a lot to the table. What I really like is it offers more speed and higher ceiling than current single rotor copters, some that, as you allude to, would have really benefitted the US in…

Hoorah! Those guys are some badass mofos.

Seems to me like Spen belonged to a special breed of bros that you just can't be anymore.

Exactly. You can get a LOADED, I mean every option, Trailhawk Renegade for the same money, and $31k gets you into a Trailhawk Cherokee. Both of which are larger, roomier, and way more capable off-road, and the Renegade, at least, is going to give you at least as good fuel economy.

I feel like this is one of those vehicles that ticks all the right boxes on paper, but falls short in execution. I love my Cruze but in the last two years I have been getting back into camping and hiking and other outdoor activities. There are a few places I like to go up in the Appalachians where I don't really…

I saw this for the first time at the DC Auto Show on Sunday, and from a distance, I said that. Then I got up close and personal and changed my mind and went back to the Jeep Renegade.

My dad had a 1996 Impala SS, it was a fantastic car, and if this one is right, $8,800 is a good price. My dad always talked about doing the 6-speed conversion but never did, and ended up selling the car in the early 2000's. It only had about 5,000 miles on it and I think he sold it what he paid for it.

I'm not really sure what the call out is for. I was responding to WheelerGuys's comment about why not bump the 4.5L up to 4.8L AND add turbos.

That would be an animal of a car, a 4.8L with twin turbos, it would probably even eclipse the F12. But they did this to meet emissions and fuel consumptions targets.