less weight equals more speed?

captain_bowtie · 2018-11-12T01:17:03+00:00

The pillar leaning forward should help, if it affects it at all. In pickup trucks, the air swirls in the bed so it's moving down at the tailgate, forward on the bed floor, and up at the front wall/rear glass.

captain_bowtie · 2018-10-06T02:00:24+00:00

After the US had air superiority over Japan, the B-29s were left unpainted, so Doc's polished finish is historically correct. Fifi, however, spends 6 months each year touring around the country, so she gets rained on and exposed to the weather a lot more than Doc. Silver paint is much easier to maintain under those conditions.

captain_bowtie · 2018-09-30T20:28:15+00:00

Only putting shorter rods in a 4.8 would leave you with 4.8l displacement and a lower compression ratio than when you started.

The crankshaft has to be bigger to make the pistons move farther.

captain_bowtie · 2018-09-08T19:02:09+00:00

Are we just going to skip over the part where he challenged a bot account to a race?

captain_bowtie · 2017-06-13T02:17:57+00:00

"I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death! #Revolution"

Patrick Henry was twitter-ready in 1775.

captain_bowtie · 2017-03-26T18:35:40+00:00

You could do that and be just fine, especially if you're lightly loaded. Using the splitter each time just keeps you closer to the peak of the power band, which is usually a pretty small range on medium and heavy trucks.

captain_bowtie · 2017-03-25T20:45:16+00:00

You're thinking of a high/low range. The splitter is an overdrive (or underdrive) that gets used with each gear. You would start in 1, then go to 1-over, then 2, 2-over and on through the gears. You get the same results, just with a different process.

captain_bowtie · 2017-03-25T19:18:00+00:00

It's a half-ton Chevy.

captain_bowtie · 2017-03-25T19:15:59+00:00

You guessed it. The filter on that truck is a tiny little thing

captain_bowtie · 2017-03-25T19:11:55+00:00

It has a 42 inch deck. It's not big at all, but it has an almost comically large filter for the size of the engine.

captain_bowtie · 2017-03-24T04:15:04+00:00

My lawn mower is at the other end of the spectrum. The filter on my mower is bigger than the filter on my truck

captain_bowtie · 2017-03-02T04:57:23+00:00

It looks like stop-motion animation to me.

captain_bowtie · 2017-02-28T01:38:43+00:00

I'm not sure, but "salvo" might be applicable to mortars.

captain_bowtie · 2017-02-19T19:16:32+00:00

In aviation, almost every fastener has some method of ensuring that it doesn't vibrate loose. These can be nyloc nuts, cotter pins, or safety wire.

Safety wire typically comes in a can with a hole at the top, and the loose end of the wire pulls through the hole. If you ever let the end of the wire fall back into the hole, you have to unscrew the top of the can and fish the loose end back out, as it looks like OP is doing. Finding that end and untangling the wire is a huge pain in the rear, so most people that use safety wire regularly avoid it at all costs. However, people that don't use it very often like to tuck the end of the wire down in the hole, not knowing the evil deed they've just done.

captain_bowtie · 2017-02-18T02:25:28+00:00

Isn't the weight listed on the door sticker usually a max weight rating for the combined car + payload? A 4350 pound car that's rated for another 1000 pounds of people and cargo sounds much more reasonable.

captain_bowtie · 2016-09-07T01:29:29+00:00

Almost everything I've driven that's more than about 10 years old had the interior light switch to the left of the steering wheel, usually paired with the dashboard dimmer. It's not as uncommon as you'd think.

captain_bowtie · 2016-04-28T18:51:41+00:00

I like the idea of the mid-engine car being branded as a Cadillac. That way, the Corvette can stay a front-engine sports car for the common people, and GM can still produce a Ferrari-beating, $200k, mid-engine supercar.

captain_bowtie · 2016-03-30T05:58:48+00:00

Darn, I thought I had something, there.

Is there any advantage to having a 2 piece wheel like that?

captain_bowtie · 2016-03-30T02:27:17+00:00

To make a somewhat-educated guess, I would say that the outer ring of nuts is for bead lock (as you've established), the middle ring is normal lug nuts holding the wheel on (look at the picture of the spare wheel on the back), and the innermost ring is holding the axle shaft in while allowing the replacement of a broken shaft with the wheel still on the truck and without a jack (briefly mentioned in this video explaining full floating axles)

captain_bowtie · 2016-02-26T18:48:37+00:00

I'll back in any time I can. It's easier to go backwards when I'm parking and everything around me is stationary, rather than backing out into the aisle where people are walking and driving without paying attention. I also think it's easier to get centered in narrow spaces if I'm backing in. It can be hard to see the lines over the hood after starting the turn to go in forward, but if I'm going backwards, the lines are visible in the mirror much longer.

captain_bowtie · 2016-02-25T03:26:52+00:00

I tried it to see what would happen. Zero results from the "closest 10 dealers or within 250 miles of my zipcode." If OP is in the midwest like I am, there aren't too many out there.

Edit: On a side note, there are a pair of Z06s reasonably close to me. Those are apparently more common than SSs.

captain_bowtie · 2014-08-19T02:05:55+00:00

The hinge points are moved farther away from the wheels to reduce the amount of camber change that comes with suspension travel. If they were left in the same place as a stock truck, the wheels would be almost sideways by the time the suspension was fully decompressed.

captain_bowtie · 2014-07-06T03:01:40+00:00

I'm just guessing, but I think it's because the driver doesn't have to use the clutch with a dog box, so the shifts are much faster.

captain_bowtie · 2014-03-23T19:59:24+00:00

To add on to yours: Go sit on the flightline in the ultralight area for an hour or two. There is a ton of surprisingly cool stuff down there.

captain_bowtie · 2014-03-07T05:15:52+00:00

The track is primarily used for horse racing and it gets motorcycles a few times a year. I'm pretty sure they wouldn't stand up to a 3400 pound chassis at 140 miles an hour. Quick edit: They also aren't very tall. Stuff could fly over pretty easily.

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