I’ve been pondering this question since I got to Hawaii and found out the auto hobby shop is closed for renovations. I could drive across the island to use another base’s shop but I think I’m just going to do it outside my office. It’s partially covered and secluded.

I will gladly join you in that endeavor.

Couldn’t agree more. On my journey from Newport to Baltimore I had to drive through America’s trash can and intentionally avoided not getting gas in Jersey even at the risk of running out of gas. Thankfully I'm here to say I've still successfully never gotten gas in New Jersey.

You should do your research in the future...

Regardless. The picture is of a C-130T (4 blade prop). Whereas the article talks of a C-130J (6 blade prop). Also I'm Marine so it's force of habit to write KC-130.

Not to detract from the focus of this because it's always a sad day when we lose guys and girls over incidents like this but as an aviation guy I keep getting distracted by how it was a KC130-J that crashed but the title photo is of a KC-130T.

$100k would be my cutoff. Regardless of how much money I had I would never need a car that costs above that.

Came here to say this. I want to know how wide those tires because they look narrower than light duty truck tires. That or the hubcaps are throwing off my perception.

Jet versions could possibly work in the civilian world as long as you don't start up the engines while people are boarding. It wouldn't work militarily because of the jet blast and heat would be terrible for troops loading into the A/C.

“It has 345 HP from its twin-scroll turbo inline six-cylinder engine, a bump of only 2 from the regular S60 T6 R-Design”

“Toyota manufactures only the engine block, the cylinder heads, the valve seats and guides, and the valley cover, White said. Like the other manufacturers, Toyota outsources all other engine-related parts from traditional NASCAR vendors such as Edelbrock, Crane, Drake, and Holley.”

They have to use the stock block and heads per NASCAR regulations. You can't race without it.

I don't even want to begin to contemplate the headache that would be an LFA V10 swap. You'd have to rebuild your entire dashboard too to accommodate the digital cluster that would have to go with it.

From what I remember when I looked into NASCAR engines the block and the heads are the only thing that are required to be “stock” and are bought from the respective OEMs. The actual teams build their own engines after that. Hence how they're able to squeeze 900+ hp from a NA engine.

Don't listen to these Non-Floridians. Florida is a great place for car lover. Especially the nicer (richer) west coast. Plus we don't have annual inspections or emission laws!

What car are you driving that's turning 4k+ in 5th? Not even Toyotas ancient 4 speed does that.

Except this article is talking about an Outback and not the XV. An XV with these mods would get terrible gas mileage with that weak engine.

Agreed on saving up for one. Once I have the money and space for a second vehicle that vehicle will be a Jeep Wrangler. I need something to tinker with on the weekends because the Volvo ain't cutting it.

Seriously, what the fuck people? I love America as a place but I hate a lot of people that call this great place home. As Dwight Schrute once said, “We need a new plague”.

Volvo S60 Polestar. I’m kinda bias now since I own an R Design and wish I had held out for a Polestar. But it’s a great balanced mix of a car you can throw around the track on the weekend and then turn heads with in Monday morning traffic.