I’m confused.  The article makes it sounds like this is some huge accomplishment in brake technology, but as pointed out in the article brakes have had to cope with these forces for ages through F1 and other racing leagues.  It is impressive that riders have to put up with those forces the way they do, so maybe the…

I don’t know. I’m an engineer and paid well and last year when I went on work share because the company was trying to save money I literally got a raise to stay home 1 day a week due to what unemployment was paying me.

What is it going to be used for?  A convertible C5 Vette would be dirt cheap and tons of fun if you’re just looking for enjoyment and a little less practicality.

I actually really wanted to do this for my Master’s project in college. My hope was that I could ideally make a retrofit “carb replacement” style kit or something to use on existing combustion engines, but I think you really need direct injection to make it work most effectively.  Still, being able to “retrofit” or at…

Hmm, hard to say. My 67 Dart when I bought it probably holds that distinction, but I don’t know how much power it actually made. My 71 Vette is rated at 270 hp. The Dart had a 318 with a 4 bbl on it at least, but thinking it was probably less than 270 as it sat. I’ve since replaced that with a 5.7 Hemi that’s likely…

Yeah, it was definitely different seeing it (or not as low as it sat, lol) in the parking lot in the 2000s.  I could always tell where I parked because it looked like the one empty spot closest to the building, and it was also bright orange, so yeah...  Nothing wild to write home about for performance, but it’s just a…

Lol, I wish. The gift was my first car, a 71 Vette. Just a base model automatic, so nothing wildly valuable by any means. Don’t recall what my parents actually paid for it (I was there when we bought it and helped drive it home with my learner’s permit, lol), but I think it was something like $8000 nearly 20 years…

I totally agree with him.  One of the huge issues that always comes up with swapping to BEVs is the turnover problem.  It doesn’t matter if you outlaw ICE vehilcles tomorrow, it will take decades before you get a meaningful amount of them off the roads.  A gasoline compatible carbon neutral fuel makes nearly every…

I’ve got one of those!  And it’s just as finicky as you’d expect, lol.  My biggest problem was the interlock switch though.  There’s a little valve the wipers press on when they are all the way down so that the door won’t close until the wipers are fully retracted.  Had that one go bad and then had the electrical…

I find it very interesting that the larger diameter rims would give them slower lap times, though I’m guessing more of that has to do with the compound than anything else, which seems like it should be “easier” to fix.  I guess you have less thermal mass in the rubber though, so maybe that’s part of the issue.  I…

Don’t know if I’d call this stupid as much as hilariously awesome, but I want an original 80s Caravan, complete with plush velour seats of ultimate comfort, but then to put a Hellcat drivetrain in it. I want it to be the most unassuming vehicle ever, the kind that other kids and parents would chuckle at when picking…

4 cars and 4 motorcycles over the years I’ve been driving puts me somewhere around $75-80000 if my memory is anywhere close on purchase prices.  Granted I still have 3 of those cars and 1 of the bikes.  One of the cars was a gift though.

Ah, interesting. At least they used the better terminology for this ban than saying “EV only”. What they said was “zero emission”, which could potentially still allow carbon neutral fuel, though I suppose technically any fuel burning engine will still produce “emissions” of some variety, even if it was just something…

I say 4 gens if you’re being picky. Gen 1 to gen 2 looked very similar, and if you got a gen 2 roadster it looked just like a gen 1, but a lot changed under the skin and in the interior. The engine was modified and the electronics were completely revamped. The suspension geometry may not have changed, but was redone…

I take anything BYD says with a big grain of salt.  I work in industrial transportation and all the people I have talked to about BYD electric products have been less than thrilled.  One truck went to pull the first trailer at a location, had a huge arc flash, and just died.  The busses they were building for one city…

I’d say the late 60s more just because of how many manufacturer made a “muscle car” which to me means a stripped down car with the biggest engine you can get in it that’s really designed more for straight lines.  Not just that, but a lot of the models on sale could be had in “muscle car” form.  Vette, Nova, Camaro,…

You could get pretty dang close though.  The 68 Hemi Dart/Barracuda would turn 10s well tuned and set up.

So new vehicle sales are basically going to stop in 9 years in Washington is what you are saying?  I’d hate to be a dealer there right now.  I guess you can still make money from your service division, but I’m guessing it would mean new car sales would absolutely tank.  Not sure what their tax situation is up there,…

As one of those Viper fans, I think there are a few different reasons each generation can be called as such. Look under the skin of a gen 1 Viper and you’ll find welded tube control arms and other parts that very much look like they were made by a guy in a garage. The gen 2 cars turned those parts into actual…

So what can you change after being homologated?  If they lock you in for 5 years, to my ears at least that sounds like 5 years where you’d expect very similar results in the racing.  I know you can likely change regular stuff like suspension setups and whatnot, but if you have a glaring fault of your car you are stuck…