There’s a guy in NH that took a late model circle track car and electrified it. He used a couple Ford C-Max batteries-and the controller + motor came to about $7k. about what the gas motor costs. It was a little too quick out of the box for the class it would have been running. But proved it could work. This just…

“” because the electric motor is directly driving the driveshaft and not situated before the transmission in the car, it’s just a bit sluggish in electric-only mode under 15 mph. “” This was the part that bothered me from sentence one. I’m glad it was mentioned. 

Start the countdown clock.

Well if F1 can mandate magnesium on the bottom of car so it makes sparks, maybe Moto-E cam make them run some form of straight cut gear so they have a variable speed ‘whine’.

That’s quiet enough that you can easily yell “FUCK YOU!” at the guy that just cut you off because he didn’t hear you coming!

I knew a 75 year old guy that had one of these-I used to love t bust his balls.

And fins. It would look better as a 57.

I live 1/2 way between NY + Boston. 120 each direction. If I see a hi mileage clean car, I just figure its a hiway car. I’ve seen clean 300k cars still plenty usable. And you’re talking about Toyota-those things wear to a certain level-and just stay there forever.

Stef-when I first started playing with running a diesel on WVO, (what else do you do when your race car is working fine?) There was a local gathering I went to. There was a guy with a very strange 914. I’m assuming he was an engineer because the car had all the earmarks of a bad initial Idea-and the refusal of going…

Ok-I’m gonna be the only voice of defense. I worked many years in the auto machine shop trade. And from our end, we could tell a lot about the outside world. About 2 years into a new design of engine, the issues start showing up. And then the next 5 or 6 they become the norm of things to do. 4.0 v-6 Ford head gasket…

I read that as “ Doritoian.” I’ll let you choose which you prefer.

Being an auto machinist, (and knowing better) I freak out at the big open turbo’s + sand everywhere. I’d love to work in a shop over there-if you’re playing this game, you can afford it. These have to be 1 event motors. (“ I don’t care what it cost-I want the fastest 6 cylinder in the world!”)And talk about scary?…

Understatement of the year!

Same dude.

And bring the number up to negative 2! It will be their best month is years!

Crazy Leo being Crazy Leo. It may not have been the fastest way thru the corner--but it was the coolest!

X-games--ok. Olympics? maybe not.

Like bobsleds?

“You want a fender? we can make you one. Want a history? We can build you one of them too.”