I’m sure there’s different techniques used for the “kneeling” action, but the van I recently used worked by having a winch mounted in the undercarriage that compressed the right side suspension when the ramp is extended. When “kneeling” it could lower the right side to where the rockers were pretty much on the ground.

Converted vans like this ARE expensive - even on the used market. I just sold a 20 year old, 200k mile wheelchair accessible Ford Windstar for $8000. If you remove the words “wheelchair accessible” from that sentence, it would be absurd. The van bodies are worth enough that it’s not uncommon to justify putting new…

And before you beat me up on reliability - I’d be willing to bet most F1 engines see more miles (and certainly more demanding miles) than the average Bugatti engine ever sees.

Another way of looking at this is a Formula One engine makes roughly 300hp less, yet the entire assembled vehicle weighs in at roughly the weight of the Chiron’s engine alone.

From what I’ve seen, almost everyone does. They aren’t really looking for horsepower numbers though - they’re just using it as a more convenient way of doing a small road test on each vehicle. As the car pulls off the assembly line, it immediately goes onto a dyno, where it’s run through a series of quick tests,…

I’ve owned two 4th gen K20's (4wd, 3/4 ton) with the 350 in them - neither of which I paid more than $1500 for. Neither of them was pretty... for that matter you had to put a tarp down in the bed first before you used it, or else you’d loose your cargo along the way, but they both ran well enough for local-only tow…

This^ I’m used to autocrossing small cars, formula cars, and go karts - but when I got the opportunity to autocross a Challenger (unfortunately not a Hellcat), I was expecting it to be about the worst handling thing I’ve ever driven. Instead I was pleasantly surprised with how it actually did. For something being…

I’m always amazed that deceiving a customer into visiting the dealership creates enough of a foundation of trust with the customer to translate into a sale. I don’t doubt that it works - these dealerships wouldn’t do the marketing campaigns if they didn’t work, but I’m just shocked by the general gullibility of the…

Racetrack. Whatever the specialty, Road racing, autocross, rally, circle track, whatever. The answer is racetrack.

You’re right. But they do have ignition switches. The ignition switch is used by the driver to turn the engine off (and conversely to turn it on before the engine is started by the mechanics).

I should note though that starting in 2016, F1 cars can now self start. They do still use external starter motors while in…

Of course, the last big aero change with no corresponding engine change (2009) saw Brawn (aka, Mercedes) win the title, but Red Bull quickly closed and exceeded that gap by the late mid-season. We then saw 4 years of Red Bull dominance.

That’s what my thinking is.... For all we know, 2017 could be a Red Bull year. Their “Renault” engine seemed to be pretty decent by the end of 2016, and who wouldn’t want Adrian Newey sitting on the sideline on a year with one of the biggest aero changes since 1998.

I was surprised by that as well

The complexity of the controls is due to the rules. Williams had adjustable brake bias programmed by track position way back in 1993, so it’s very possible today - just not allowed.

The answer is a little of both. They did have relatively few controls - especially compared to the cars of today, or even the street cars of their relative era’s.

None the less, they would’ve had a couple controls for things like ignition, brake balance, or even boost level. However, these controls wouldn’t be…

I see where you’re going with that... but I’d argue that stock (or “Street” as we call it now) is probably one of the more expensive places to run, if you want to be competitive.

Why? You need to have the *right* car for the class, and that generally means buying a new car every 2-3 years, and re-prepping it (which if…

Ditto - My primary need for a truck is to have a vehicle with a trailer hitch. The only off-pavement duty it sees is grass or gravel parking lots. I definitely appreciate having a living space in the vehicle that is more comfortable for those long highway journeys.

Ouch. I was just about to say the kicker would’ve been better served to have gone down in the endzone, limiting Boise State to 2 points, not the subsequent 3 or 7 that was almost guaranteed.

almost.

Does anyone know how accurate these are, or what the range on the reader is? I’m loving the idea for monitoring trailer tire pressures, but I’m wondering would they be good enough for the race car as well?

Does anyone know how accurate these are, or what the range on the reader is? I’m loving the idea for monitoring…