Looks like it’s wearing some unfortunate orthodontic headgear.

It has since become the standard face on all Chargers sans the base SXT model.

Because it’s a lifted truck.  Their suspension is shot to hell, and they’re likely to roll it if they take that speed bump too hard.

Drag racing is basically a sport about not screwing up. Keep the car in a straight line. Manage the clutch. Hit your shift points (if you even have those). Aside from possibly dodging a wayward competitor that drifts into your lane, everything in the sport is completely under your control. The fact that we have…

While methanol and nitromethane are currently both produced from fossil fuels, methanol was originally “wood alcohol”, a renewable biofuel, and research is being done to produce biopropane, which would be a nitromethane precursor. SAE-grade lubricants not made from fossil fuels are available, and work is being done on…

It makes a big difference in tire dynamics. I also wouldn’t be surprised if they start having compressibility issues with the wings at that speed. Aerodynamics are a whole lot easier if you don’t have to worry about anything going transonic.

Even Lehto’s conclusion about no longer being able to sue shitty mechanics in Michigan is competely bunk.

The mechanics in this case DID attach all the wheels to the car with the lug nuts and tighten them. They admitted to not tightening them with a torque wrench to the correct specs.

How about a dune buggy?

Huh?  The video dude is a Mopar guy.  He was driving away in a Challenger.

I did that once. I was in college, a Friday afternoon in December, last exam of the (calendar) year. Right about the time the exam started, it began to snow, and the teacher turned on the room’s AV system to watch the news. By the time we shuffled out 1.5-2hrs later, there were about 5" on the ground.

Who put Chevrolet badging on that Lexus?

Not quite. Semiconductor fabs use CVD, in which the vapor is a carrier molecule, and the film is deposited concurrently with a chemical reaction to release it from the carrier molecule.

I do about 5K/yr, but that’s because my car sits in a garage for half the year while I’m out of town.

It looks like it’s wearing a mouthguard.

Of course it would burn up if they actually attempted re-entry, but this prototype isn’t supposed to go that high. It’s an atmospheric flight and landing demonstrator.

There may be some ultimate limit, but I think we’re far from it.

I still don’t get the Stainless Steel and the giant fins. I’ve never seen a flying thing made with a lot of stainless (aluminum and carbon fiber seem to rule the airwaves)

SpaceX on the other hand uses gimbaling engines to provide for pitch and yaw control. This is a much more forgiving and reliable system, given our higher level of computational technology. With 37 engines on tap it’s fairly simple to compensate for the control loss of one or more failed engines.

Forget the Shuttle, even Apollo was successfully capable of handling engine-out.