I salute you, sir.

The most efficient simple-cycle gas turbine of which I am aware is the GE LMS-100 and it is around 44% efficient. However, small turbines are subject to a host of factors which make them less efficient than large ones, from tip losses to heat losses. Furthermore, large turbines can have many stages, high compression…

According to TrueCar, the average Bolt sells for $3526 off of MSRP. Once again, comparing MSRP between manufacturers is not based in the real world. In some cases, manufacturers never sell anywhere near MSRP (GM) and in others, negotiating gets you laughed out of the dealer (Toyota). The last Leaf was a shitbox, so…

If you think an Alpha-platform vehicle has poor ride and handling, either something was wrong with the car, or your basis for comparison is an F1 car for handling and a Citroen DS for ride.

I know a lot of people with newer GM cars, including myself (and I was a Euro snob before). Our experiences are universally positive. The General is making good hardware these days.

Those hearses are killer!

I put the bottom right-hand photo through some fancy standalone software which does targeted reconstruction of blurry photos. In this case, I believe that this may be helpful. Mercedes W140 does seem possible, however the slanting B pillar doesn’t seem right, so I’m thinking something else.

So the Z06 absolutely suffers from cooling issues. They didn’t give it enough radiator or intercooler. When combined with a blower sized more for European hood clearance crash regs (aka, spinning the balls off a small blower right from the factory), it struggled with heat soak and plenty of videos show it getting…

I still think that high load situations are going to need more fuel enrichment due to the inherent loss of squish. Aka, drive it within the intended parameters and you might eek out a few percent improvement, but enjoy that torque and those injectors will become shower heads to keep it from detonating.

I believe the Drive-E engines had some initial teething problems (not related to cylinder pressure) and have since become reliable performers. My S60R had 160k miles when I sold it and still had factory levels of compression despite 300 HP from 2.5 turbo, 15 psi, daily full throttle, and significant towing of 2500+ lb…

I’ve been watching YouTube videos from a news group called “Asian Boss.” They have several North Korean escapees interviewed for various videos. It seems that they’ve done quite well at adapting, despite the massive culture shock. All of them have incredible stories and show that the average North Korean is not very…

Volvo has been doing boosted 4 cylinders for 35 years. This is nothing new.

To be fair, most Prius batteries don’t have lithium. They use Nickel, which has it’s own set of issues (arguably worse).

ATCO with a DA of something like -1100ft helps (edit: Looked it up and calculated to confirm). The 720s is a stupid fast car for the money, but same day, I think it still will lose to the “hypercars,” although not by much.

Yes...250+ psi of boost pressure.

Johnny Bohmer ran 292 in a Ford GT on what appears to be a similar tire (and others have been in the 280s already). Less weight, less torque required (due to improved aero), and less downforce required (once again...better aero) will lower overall loads and would suggest to me that Hennessey will likely go out and hit…

Someone was trying to be WAYYYY too artsy-fartsy with their doc. I could never watch 90 minutes of that nonsense.

That’s not a Peacekeeper Missile Defense System...that’s a famous photo of a Peacekeeper ICBM test. Those are the re-entry vehicles. If they were real, everyone at the end of those bright lines would have an unpleasant, if brief existence.

Delivery price is actually lower than I would have guessed. Impressive.

I figure either a stroked BMW M5 engine, or maybe they swung a deal with Ford to get some of the TT Coyotes from the CobraJet program?