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I feel like overbuilding for power is a thing of the past. Cars these days are overbuilt for reliability, but there's less space for worry-free mods. With the new CAFE standards and better computer modeling, I feel like care is taken to "overbuild" to the minimal possible. Like say rods and...

yes, and as I said in that post thread, you don't find it telling at all that they increased rod stiffness by ~15% when they increased the torque by 15%? Seems to me they are using similar wear and usage modeling for both...

Uhhh, stiffer rods are a very significant change, seeing as how in turbocharged cars they are very often the point of failure when people go for aftermarket tunes. The fact that they made rods significantly stiffer for like a 15% increase in torque means something. Also when rods fail, it's...

Interesting point. So if these people are right: https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/model-3-charging-efficiency.112857/ and let's be generous at about 85% charging efficiency. Also, model 3's lose I believe about 1% of charge a day out of 75 kwh just sitting still for an aditional 273.75...

Power plants don't just continuously make electricity and throw it away. The output is closely matched to the overall demand. Using more electricity at one end necessitates power plants working a little harder on the other end. True, if more electricity generation switches to non-carbon...

Hmm, guess this doesn't include line losses. Didn't read it carefully, I should have just used the emission factor from (https://www.epa.gov/energy/greenhouse-gases-equivalencies-calculator-calculations-and-references) So at 1,559 lbs CO2/MWh it's at 74% of the C02 of the civic at the US average

hmmm, just because I was curious 8,887 grams of CO2/gallon of gasoline for 35.7 miles (https://www.epa.gov/energy/greenhouse-gases-equivalencies-calculator-calculations-and-references) 35.7 miles/1g * 26kwh/100miles = 9.3 kwh IL = 847 lbs/mwh = 384g/kwh...

Technically, for people who argue about terminology , sports car is soft top 2 seater intended for track. So s2k and miata are some of the only true "sports cars" that exist. Most other sporty cars are "gran tourers" https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a28225/sports-car-definition/

if the pilot sport 4s is too expensive I would look at the sumitomo HTR ZIII. Pretty decent tire, not as good as the 4s, but less than half the price...

can you please link with part number? most of the results are aftermarket or the wrong plastic part. I don't believe they sell the little metal thing by itself. the like dealer price is $400 and change. When I looked some honda dealer parts departments were selling it online for like $350ish

go back to the dealer that did the oil change and complain. $200 seems like a steal, can you get a part number for that? I had to fix mine, from previous posts and the dealer they said had to order the huge piece that small one attaches to, for like $400 ish then plus labor and connectors.

as other people said, you don't need to move it left to get it to 4th. read that ranger shift excercises. don't grab the shifter, try using gentle motions only palm of your hands and fingertips Also, why are you shifting from 5th to 4th so often on the streets? just let it keep going and...

wikipedia is a good start! it actually is on the detailed side though https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbocharger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuously_variable_transmission There's nothing you really NEED to know to operate your vehicle. Honda made it pretty idiot proof to make a...

you can look at your rotors and see if they even have material from your current brake pads. If they are shiny then there is no material transfer and you don't really need to worry. When you switch from a less aggressive to more aggressive brake compound, you can just drive it normally on the...

i think for F1 it's a materials thing. Dunno if you can do slots or holes on carbon brakes or if it helps. There's a SAE whitepaper out there that show that slots and holes do help. For same braking produce less heat at the cost of reduced pad life. when it is iron like nascar or supergt...

to add to this, torque converters are not 100% efficient in sending power backwards like a clutch, so that contributes to the lack of engine braking as well as the better mileage.

the new 8 and 10 speed auto gearboxes that are going in everything for fuel savings are just as not fun as a cvt.... What's the difference between a mushy automatic torque converter gear shift and a simulated cvt fake shift? they both feel kind of the same. I can understand the argued since...

the fact if the matter is that cvt and new autos are TONS smoother than a manual, no matter how much you are willing to wear your clutch. Passengers are passengers... they don't care about your driving feel. I drive manual, and even I prefer to be a passenger in an auto. manual isn't some...

In general car shocks are desired to not be position dependent (though this isn't always the case) and instead use bumpstops when you get to the end of travel that has additional damping built in through the material. In general cheap oem stocks are pretty linear and not digressive like you...