What I want to see is a plot of wheel-torque (after being multiplied by the differential/final drive ratio) vs speed in comparison to other high performance ICE cars as they go through various gears compared to the Tesla’s single ratio. For example, the above image is the Tesla Roadster vs last-gen V6 Camaro. Neither…

Cars usually do long dyno runs because you can get a more accurate data logging over 10+ seconds rather than trying to record everything in a couple seconds. Also, being in a higher gear (thus slower acceleration, less wheel-torque, longer time to reach peak) reduces the chance that you’ll get wheelspin ruining the…

Are pano sunroofs supposed to be an impressive luxury feature still? You can get one in a nearly 10 year old VW wagon that looks bigger than this.

It’s a fucking (barely road legal) dragster you idiot. Plus you over-estimate how beneficial cylinder shutdown would even be for fuel efficiency, especially on a supercharged V8. Get a base V6 if you want to try squeezing 30 mpg out of a Challenger.

I guess the difference is if it is an active/preemptive system or just reactive like stability control is. The Mclaren setup probably doesn’t wait for the rear inside wheel to start spinning, because even when it still has grip the car can be made to rotate into a turn easier if the inside wheel is braked and the…

I think the “street start” rolling 5-60 mph times some magazines also record is much more valuable in eliminating the effect of brutal launches that would only ever be done on a drag strip (where you’d be more concerned with the 1/4 or 1/8 mile time anyways).

Apparently the trick suspension and aero wasn’t very light.

Are you kidding? The GT has a 40 mph higher top speed than the ACR! It wasn’t even worthy of benchmarking...../s

Especially when it gets lower fuel economy than any other <700hp supercar rivals, being beaten out by more powerful twin turbo V8s and even an N/A V10 that is based on a ~15 year old design.

I actually think Porsche doesn’t have nearly enough variants to satisfy all possible permutations. What if I want a RWD Targa? Or a RWD Targa Turbo S? Or a RWD Targa Turbo S manual with GT3RS aero and tires?

They are the same price, roughly similar speed in a straight line and on track, except if you wanted a cheap autoX/track toy the Miata would need a rollbar/cage to compete in most events while the BRZ doesn’t have that issue as a coupe. Plus you can fit 4 full size track tires inside, since those rear seats are better…

Yeah, if he came out of a 300 mph crash and coma still mostly the same as he was before except for a few quirks and issues, I’d say he’s been extremely lucky. Plus, I really think when one of the three makes a tasteless joke that falls flat and the other ones call them out on it, it’s more humor in the sense of that…

Yeah it looks so fun I bet he’s almost glad VW won’t accept it from him so he can drive it around like that for the heck of it.

D E S I G N A T E D Shitting Skies

There are no streets in a plane. Dumping poop out of the plane at altitude is the closest they can hope to having their poop land on the designated shitting streets, albeit at terminal velocity.

Technically it is power that the brake disc experienced, and why it failed. While friction is a force, that friction was applied some radial distance from the center of the spinning brake, thus generating a braking torque acting against the torque provided by the engine and transmission. Couple that with the…

This is the problem. Low speeds= very little force. It will literally never be able to stop itself without an additional set of friction brakes.

Think of it more like sibling rivalry/camaraderie. Sure, they both have the same parent (VW) but they are their own independent beings with their own aspirations to victory.

This guy has reinvented drifting in my mind. Typically you’d think RWD would be the way to go if you want to get crazy sideways and vaporize rubber on pavement, and that AWD has too much traction and stability for that kind of nonsense unless you’re on dirt or snow. Ken Block manages to drive his AWD cars in a way…

Also, the 1.4T Fiat 124 is quite a bit slower than the 2.0L Miata even though the Miata only makes 155hp.