This is why, when looking for an explanation, your average engineer doesn’t go looking at Engineering Explained.

I remember when the car companies all said that the ICE was as efficient as it could get and that there were no more gains to be had... That was hilarious.

Am engineer, can confirm, math checks out.

Finish reading the post yo

Some cars have known issues with timing chains and should be addressed accordingly. By and large, though, timing chains shouldn’t ever need to be touched.

Six -gears for me. 6th gear makes 80-mph highway cruising a non-taxing affair.

Who needs two cruising gears?

Pretty sure, that based on the size of the engine/vehicle combo, they actually bolted a Mini Cooper to the back of a BMW V8

Then there are these guys, who are putting in a 2.0-liter engine and AWD drivetrain scavenged from a Celica (which I have learned is pronounced seh-LEEK-ah in UK English) into a Mini. An original Mini.

put it in the back to power the front wheels!

That’s a Cummins X-15 engine in red in the top picture. Rated up to 605hp and 2050 ft-lb of torque for when you need to bring home the bacon.

I’m madly in love with the M contour.

How is there not a picture of M Parallels in the main article above?!

M Parallels > All other wheels

Its surprisingly easy to overheat your engine with the grill and radiator packed with snow. Ask me how I know.

I see that Jalopnik picked up on a very early version of my rotary valve endeavors. The one in this article is V2. V3 is a much improved version of V2. V4 is the rotary valve BMW e36.

Honestly, I live in a place with lots of snow and hills, mostly what you see are Buick LeSabres and Ford F150s or name your normal awd or fwd vehicle. Fancy cars like Subarus and Audis are summer vehicles here. Honestly I might have gone too far people just drive their daily drivers, with snow tires.