I loved that thing. Would happily hop on to two wheels and be in danger of a rollover, and this from the safest car company on the planet. Not to mention its five cylinder was a brute compared to the rest of the vehicle.

It was actually the Gen III (The event was all Dodges, not just the Viper; I also got to take the SRT-10 Ram out on the same track, for example). That said, if the Gen V is even nicer, god that sounds brilliant. That chassis in the Viper doesn’t get enough credit.

Wait what? Radar is still tremendously useful at speed. It’s why we still have it on aircraft that are moving at hundreds of miles per hour. Even if you’re “just” using it in a relative manner, it’s still brilliant at that role.

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I got to drive one of them (The base, mind you, not the ACR) at a track a good 14 years ago, as part of the Dodge press event. After hearing story after story about how vicious the things were, I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised at them. Yes, they’re tremendously powerful for a front-engined vehicle, but…

For what it’s worth, motorbikes use gyroscopic effects all the time - when I’m done cornering, I spin my motor up to stand my bike back up for me. It’s the exact reason MotoGP bikes spin their engines backwards - the gyroscopic effects of the engine and wheels go the opposite way from one another, and reduce each other…

The exhaust on that top one remains my favourite aesthetic feature of all time. Putting slash-cut exhaust in between the diffuser outputs was just completely beautiful.

The only thing that brings me joy when I see that, is knowing that they’re sending their turbos to an early, expensive grave. And wiping their warranty in the process, if it has warranty.

Again, the considerations those stationary hubs have to account for are a country mile different from the things something being consistently moved, abraded and damaged has to account for. I don’t have to worry about the insulation on a hub mounted unit - it will always be sufficient for a 240V circuit. I definitely do…

I didn’t realize that a dedicated race vehicle would still come with a VIN. That’s neat!

EV Chargers don’t have to worry about damaged insulation from the road, or ingressed water from going through a puddle. They’re actually remarkably hard to get shocked by, unlike one that would be a trailer hookup on steroids.

Give it a bore job and new rotating assembly. Bing bang boom, kit car of doom.

BWWWWWWAAAAAAAAA NAW.

We do that when sending vehicles away on shipping, just to make sure if anything happens, we have proof for insurance that it’s the shipper’s doing.

I’ve always hated that sentence, because it pretends amps are somehow the only factor. You can put your hands over the terminals of a car battery no problem, and those are usually close to a thousand amps. But 12V doesn’t allow those amps to harm you. Conversely, a wall outlet can easily fibrillate your heart, and…

But what if I only need the drivetrain for other stuff?

I’ll just leave this here, in case anyone is wondering what to do with it...

Aw shucks, we’re back to slideshows.