Probably their rich parents. I mean I had a 550 horsepower car at that age, but I built it myself and never street raced. Always the drag strip or at least an abandoned airport.

I didn’t for one. I took it to the strip each and every time, or at least the abandoned airport.

In a 2 stroke Detroit Diesel, you absolutely can, because using anything other than a SAE 40, CF-2 or LMOA rated oil will eventually cause severe engine damage.

Hydrogen production will soon become cheaper via photocatalysis, and fuel cells use platinum, which is already extremely expensive and will only become more expensive if required for fuel cell production. Hydrogen internal combustion engines are nothing new either, and really not all that difficult or expensive to…

Yes, however, if hydrogen becomes more popular, automakers are going to see that producing hydrogen internal combustion engines is much easier and cheaper than expensive fuel cells, especially for the less expensive models, and once that happens, it’s inevitable that someone will be like “hey muscle cars were cool”…

Maybe being gay and autistic makes me unable to understand this, but why get stuck on the one girl when she rejected you? There are a billion others out there. If she doesn’t want you, then there’s nothing you can do about it so deal with it and find someone who does. I don’t have much experience with girls, but I…

I could see an engine like this happening again, just that it wouldn’t run on gasoline. Hydrogen would enable all sorts of crazy super high compression engine designs and would likely start another muscle car era if it got off the ground.

I see one staying stock (the running one), one getting an EcoBoost, another getting a big Rotax 2 stroke, another getting that Ferrari V8 they put in Maserati for a while, one getting some kind of diesel, and a compressed natural gas one.

I really want to see GM Performance Parts come out with a crate engine version of this. Relatively compact, bolts up to an RWD Chevy transmission, and makes a ton of power for its size. Seems like a winner for engine swaps with limited space for a V8.

Use Koenigsegg’s FreeValve technology instead of a cam and add a supercharger. Then have the computer hold both valves open at the bottom of the stroke,stroke, starting with the exhaust slightly earlier, to run a loop scavenged two stroke cycle.

I love my Chevy C10 with physical keys. The loud rumbling of the 550HP 454 big block can be heard when the doors are open with the key in the ignition. You have to turn the key back towards you to shut it off. To lock it there are little button things that you push down to lock or pull up to unlock. You can’t ever…

Those are usually only on diesel or high performance vehicles here. I agree that people should not do it unless their car requires it. Some engines just won’t run right unless warmed up and they’ll stall when you put them in gear if you try. Then again there are some engines (I’m looking at you Detroit Diesel) where…

I would just buy a cheap eBay turbo and be done with it. My Mercedes 190D has had an eBay GT28 clone on it for 40,000 miles on it so far with no issues. I did take it to have it inspected at a diesel shop, and they said it was as well balanced as Garretts that theyve seen. Plus it was $150.

Stickers for parts that are not actually installed on the car, ie. a Comp Cams sticker on some Hyundai or something.

I’ve had the opposite experience, but then again, this is in CAD and simulations, not gaming. AMD GPUs (again, these are FirePros/Radeon Pros) render a ton faster and have less errors than Quadros, and are a lot more affordable at or above the same power level as said Quadros. Also, MUCH better Linux support.

Newest is a 1987 Mercedes 190D Turbo, euro-spec model (grey market import).

I do have a fuel injected pickup, but it is simply an aftermarket throttle body system. I keep a spare carb behind the seat. It will soon be replaced in daily driver role by a GMC Jimmy with a Detroit Diesel 2 cycle, which will return much better gas mileage. Also, I have the money, and I don’t really know what else I…

Oldest I’ve bought was a 1949 Pontiac Chieftain Deluxe with a straight 8 engine. Loved the car, but the body was very rusted and beyond my skills to fix, so I sold it.

I should have phrased that a bit differently. I will buy a car with an electronic ignition, but not coil packs/coil on plug, and definitely not a car which came with fuel injection. That doesn’t mean that I won’t install a throttle body system for example, though, because it can easily be converted back to a carb. For…

I really don’t understand what the appeal of “subscribing” to a car is, or even leasing one for that matter. I don’t buy a car and then get rid of it, unless I buy it intending to fix it up and sell higher, or it really has so much stuff broken (and isn’t particularly rare/valuable) that I don’t want to get into…