Yea, I was gonna use a photo of the modern composite-spring setup, but I figured this old-skool implementation would make it easier for an uninitiated person to understand what's going on. The "it isn't true IRS" is a hard argument to support, although the spring does technically tie the left and right wheel together.…

Wait till you see a dyno sheet for the LT1 until you pass judgement. Yea, it's only up 19 PEAK horsepower, but it will have much, much more 'area under the curve' than the LS3. At certain parts of the rev range it will be up at least 40 horsepower. Direct injection gives it a much fatter torque curve as well. Not that…

The Corvette has a profoundly weird rear suspension setup. It is independent rear suspension, but it also uses a leaf spring. That's right, not "leaf springs", but "a leaf spring". Observe:

Great cars, but if ever there was an automobile in need of a supercharger, the V8 Vantage is it. Some kind of sophisticated compressor, perhaps a finely-engineered twin-screw like was used in the Mercedes SLR. I know it would spoil the intake snort, but that glorious exhaust noise would be unaffected and you would get…

I was always a bit ambivalent towards the guy up until the day I was trapped at a relative's house and this was on the coffee table:

I've never understood all the love Nutella gets. As a hazelnut spread, it is shit. Almost every other brand, even the generics(!), are superior in both flavor and texture. The best you can regularly get in the USA, I think, is Nutkao:

That line is terrible, but what I find funniest about it is that the only bees which do any pollinating (workers) are universally female. Maybe that was purposeful? He touched her like only a lady would know how???

Wrong, wrong, wrong. The RTA96-C and other super-large marine engines like it are actually much MORE efficient than automotive engines. They are very clean-running which is amazing given that they run on what is basically petroleum sludge. In maximum economy mode, the RTA96-C has up to %50 thermal efficiency and no…

Actually, when you divide it out by all of the payload it can carry, this engine is among the most economical in the world. It would cost MUCH more in fuel cost per minute to haul the equivalent weight via big rig trucks or something like that.

Remember, it's a truck. It has a bigass transmission, transfer box and differentials. Lots of rotating mass, lots of frictional losses, etc. 600 hp at the flywheel and 459 at the wheels works out to a %23.5 reduction in power due to drivetrain losses. That's high, but certainly not unheard of. Hell, a couple of…

Yep. If you can master drifting with the heavy characters (DK Jr, Bowser) you can lay down insanely fast lap times. It helps if you know how to abuse the mushroom and feather items as well. It's difficult, but worth the payoff if you play with friends cus they'll all go "WTF HAX!!!"

Depends entirely on the quality of the build. It could be a well-executed, well-built little truck, or it could be...

Jeeeesus. Didn't know Japan had huge crazy killer ants to go along with the huge crazy killer wasps. I will never, ever complain about my wussy North American insects ever again. Well, I'll still complain about the mosquitoes, but nothing other than that.

Yea, I'm ok with being half a world away from some of Japan's bugs...

It's activated by a height sensor so it only goes off when a too-tall vehicle is approaching. Ideally, it should never go off because drivers would pay attention to the height warnings.

I was thinking something along those lines what with how the deer smashes through the windshield and appears totally unharmed (or at least capable of running around and causing a ruckus). It reminded me of this moment from Venture Brothers:

Yea, the only skill here is in not panicking and stamping on the brakes. Still hard to do, but not as epic as, say, the fellow in the GT2 a couple days ago.

Magnus makes a damn good 911, but his emphasis is more on styling than absolute mechanical perfection. He made his fortune in the fashion industry and it shows in his cars. The Singer cars are so expensive because of their absurd depth of engineering. The term "nut and bolt restoration" does no justice to the work…

Fuck yes it is, and there's much badder shit out on the ice than snowmobiles:

That's more-or-less what it takes in the USA. Either you have to have your own animals or you need to know somebody that does. It is illegal to exchange unpasteurized milk for US federal currency so it is neigh impossible to develop a supply chain. I'm able to get it sometimes by bartering with my preserved garden…