So how exactly are “manufacturers” defined? Is Stellantis considered the manufacturer for every sub brand it owns or does each brand have its own limit? That could be one very interesting loophole for Ferrari. Maybe Ferraris stay ICE and they sell their electrics as Dinos or something. That would still drastically cut…

One question I’ve always had with stuff like this (and it kind of also comes up in dyno number discussions), is did they do everything at full throttle and just pick out the different RPMs in the track runs?  Because engines work at many throttles besides 100%.  The same way that a peak horsepower number doesn’t…

Having finally ridden a sport bike myself, comfort must be in the leg of the rider because it was awful to me.  Also, my Octane makes torque right of the twist while the sportbike I rode I was expecting to pull a front wheel when I twitched my wrist and it never felt that impressive.  I guess I didn’t let it wring all…

These are pretty handy, but come with a caveat to me at least.  I haven’t had the best of luck with them when it comes to using them with thin sheet metal.  I know they have different types though, so maybe I just need to keep looking around.  The main problem I had was that I needed something that way going to be…

So EVs have the problem of needing to have more “sustainable” and “clean” materials in their construction. How is that any different than trying to find a carbon neutral fuel?  We’re putting way too many eggs in one basket with EVs.  Even if someone came out with a $10,000 EV that got 400 miles and charged in 5…

Why don’t you try living their reality for a day and see how it goes?  There’s a vacant building over there that has a guy with a gun in it.  Go in and bring the guy out without hurting him.  Most people actively dislike you, you get spit on, peed on, literally crapped on, etc.  Imagine the worst day you’ve ever had…

And what happens if the guy gets away and guns down someone on his way home or the next day? Are you going to blame the cops for not chasing and trying to apprehend them when they had the chance? It’s a no-win game for police.

Yeah, I don’t want some monster house on wheels.  I was more looking for something like the larger van sized stuff that’s more like a room on wheels.  I just need a place to stay for the weekend, but it would be nice if it had at least a bathroom and maybe even a shower.  I think those are class C ones if I’m…

Man, this would be awesome if only it had some more grunt to it.  I have a track weekend event I go to once a year and trailer my car and have always thought a smaller RV would be a really nice way to do it, but if the 5.7 Hemi in the 1500 Ram I’m currently using for the job struggles I don’t think taking away 200 hp…

I recently found a  YouTube series called “American car party tricks” or something to that effect and this was actually in there.  It was basically novel options and things on various cars over different 10 year periods.  Lots of stuff like hidden gas tank fills, swing away steering wheels, swiveling seats, and the…

I feel like this could be bad for other surfaces and materials in the car though.  Ozone is an oxidizer, that’s mostly why it’s used as a “cleaner” of sorts, but I feel like having a large concentration of oxidizer in your vehicle is just asking to somehow weather interior parts in a way you don’t want, like UV…

This just reminds me of the YouTube series “Sorted”.  I stumbled on it one day and watched through to see what the different cars were.  There was a Supra like this one on there and one of the clips has the hosts trying to wind it up without spinning the tires and it’s hilarious to listen to the engine note.  It’s…

Honestly, I think the biggest problem with Harleys is just the crazy prices they ask for stuff.  I will give them the old tech and old school air cooled engines because I could almost guarantee that’s the marketing division’s doing, not the engineers.  I bet they want to make modern engines like this that can really…

So as kind of silly and ridiculous as this seems, it actually sounds kind of cool and I’d be curious to hear it in person.  It’s like the ambient lighting in cars changing with how you drive, but just sound instead of light.  Would be neat to put the car on a track and see what it sounds like.

Wow, that looks more like the cockpit of a fighter jet with all those control panels and indicators, lol.

May not be exclusive to high end cars as much any more.  Most modern cars have several modules for running all the different systems in a car, and some of those might need some very basic programming at least when replaced.  A good example is a powertrain control module.  Most of them have a VIN and mileage programmed…

Just got back from my yearly track weekend (Viper Rendezvous in Hastings, NE).  Didn’t end up going last year mostly because I hadn’t gotten my fresh rebuild dyno tuned for top end fueling yet, but was also nice to avoid the crowd in the height of covid worries.  Planning to attend the American Speed Festival in…

It’s like an emergency brake for drifting!  Just on the wrong axle...

Wow, that is a lot of gauges...

As a pro tip, if you are removing a plug and want to try to keep as clean as possible, keep pressing in on the plug while unscrewing it.  That should keep fluid from seeping around the threads.  Then when you are ready and sure it is all the way unscrewed, pull back on it real quick.  My dad taught me that one and I…