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Suave posted:Also, I would say Nissan's future looks without a doubt more doom and gloom than Honda's.  . The only thing they have going for them is their pickups, but those aren't exactly top of the market these days, and if the woes of the Big Three have taught us anything, it's that trucks can't carry an entire automaker.Anyway, Ford is becoming a force to be reckoned with, and most other automakers will be playing catch-up with them pretty soon, if not already.
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Based on a lot of reviews of the Mazdaspeed 3 vs. the Mazdaspeed 6, AWD is justifiable solely on the basis of eliminating torque steer, even before other driving dynamics are taken into account. Adding it to otherwise RWD cars is debatable, but there's no question it makes an improvement over FWD for performance applications.
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Dec 9, 2010 04:47
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Looks like those clutch packs take the place of a transmission clutch and the differential. The pinion gear drives that big cylindrical housing, the clutch packs control how much of the power gets sent to each front wheel. E: It's got some variation on a gearbox, it just splines directly to the crankshaft, and the clutching/slipping action takes place in the "diff" housing. Sorry if that was unclear. Basically it's an e-diff that also serves as a clutch for the front tranny. Fender Anarchist fucked around with this message at 18:11 on Mar 9, 2011 |
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Mar 9, 2011 17:32
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Yeah, rake the windshield a bit more and it's a front-wheel-drive 911.
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Apr 20, 2011 03:58
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mobby_6kl posted:They probably weren't, which is why the movie owns. Go watch it.
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May 7, 2011 18:16
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MiniFoo posted:I don't get it. Plymouth BReeZe.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:With trucks and SUVs anyhow it's not like the RWD version is super awesome handling and the AWD one is not. Most AWD vehicles that are at all fun to drive are derived from originally RWD platforms, or are dedicated AWD like Subaru. On the other hand, there's the Evo.
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Oct 6, 2011 19:20
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Lowclock posted:*Or just does the test in the quicker automatic instead* Whoa it's 2011 already? Frozenphil? Is that you?
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Oct 16, 2011 01:12
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Astroman posted:Ah yes, the Cadillac Sixteen, another car I would definitely have bought. Don't forget its contemporary, the Cien:  Would have been GM's first mid-engined supercar (aside from the Fiero, that is).
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Oct 27, 2011 08:34
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Gain 20 Pounds posted:Just another reason flip-up headlights own. I can see and hear them when they go up. Of course, when they freeze shut... Well clearly you need to switch to HIDZ so the heat melts the ice.
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Feb 2, 2012 21:00
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A5H posted:There's a new McLaren coming and it's a proper hypercar This was always the plan IIRC. Build the MP4--12C as the "practical" McLaren to fund the F1 successor.
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Feb 8, 2012 07:43
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Well, the SLS is all but confirmed to be built on what was to be the third-gen Viper's platform. We don't know if THIS third-gen Viper is also built on that platform, though; it's not like Fiat auto group has a dearth of sports car platforms to build on, after all. It could be a whole new car from the ground up. I'm really interested to see whether the new engine will be odd-fire like the old Vipers or a euro-style even-fire design. Has anything like that about the motor leaked?
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Apr 4, 2012 02:27
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wav3form posted:I think the main point is so when you're pulling GEEEEs you don't starve the engine for oil. The main point is whichever affects the conventional-sumped engine more, but both are major benefits to performance.
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Apr 7, 2012 05:24
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It's amazing, really. While he was there, I remember a lot of LUTZ from the automotive press. Now he seems to be a missed opportunity for GM to really become competitive.
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RE: FWD turbo V6 cars, is everyone forgetting about the Ecoboost? 3 of 4 vehicles with it are transverse FWD platforms.
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Jun 13, 2012 00:38
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Devyl posted:So the new Dodge Dart started rolling out to dealerships yesterday. I'm pretty opposed to the car in general, as it's your run-of-the-mill "car by manufacturer" relying on a legacy of a famous name. And it can come in Laguna Blue. It really ought to be a hatchback, demographics and market preferences be damned.
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Jun 21, 2012 23:26
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Cream_Filling posted:I think they're calling it a "four-door coupe." Which is kind of dumb, but consistent. Wasn't the 6-series essentially a 5-series coupe to start with? This is like the Explorer Sport-trac: A pickup truck... based on an SUV... based on a pickup truck. Congratulations, you've invented a Ford Ranger!
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Jun 22, 2012 23:56
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Could they do a longitudinal FWD setup, leaving RWD as an option for performance models?
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Jun 24, 2012 03:08
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tobu posted:Meanwhile I think Mazda is on a winner with the new 6. It has a samurai helmet feel to the rear end. Those taillights are gorgeous, I'm getting a major FD vibe from them.
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Jul 29, 2012 05:19
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travisray2004 posted:Isn't the SS supposed to be a slightly updated G8? or is that just their foundation? Both are Americanized variants on the Holden Commodore.
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Sep 4, 2012 02:38
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Throatwarbler posted:Sorry to interrupt your 10 year old car chat, but GM is introducing variable intake valve lift on the 2014 Impala! So Chevy has invented VTEC.
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Sep 18, 2012 13:43
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Throatwarbler posted:Especially considering that the current limitation of the multiair heads is that they are too big and limit an OHC head to being SOHC. A pushrod engine would not have this issue and a large OHV V8 would actually be a better application of the multiair tech than a small OHC inline engine. And you could have some semblance of VVT on a pushrod motor with that, running a high-overlap performance cam and reducing overlap with the multiair system.
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Sep 19, 2012 05:02
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Preoptopus posted:So a buddy and me got to talking at work and he let me in on a weird fact. Yeah, but with a 5,000 lb curb weight, 70/30 weight split and 4-speed auto it's not exactly going to be blowing the doors off of anything.
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Sep 28, 2012 00:57
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hedge posted:Sounds like a 5-cylinder to me. To me, it sounds like a V6. Which makes sense.
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Oct 6, 2012 02:09
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Das Volk posted:So a frat destroyed a Continental to make that thing You really are a bad person, you know that?
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Oct 9, 2012 16:34
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Q_res posted:The more powerful version of the 1.0 should make for a really entertaining motor in the Fiesta. But I can't stop thinking that two of those joined at the crank would make for an amazing TT V6. I think you mean I6. 
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Nov 20, 2012 04:12
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angryhampster posted:I don't get it. Mazdas, aside from the Wankel-powered coupes, are just as efficient as others in their class, no? Well, speaking from experience, my 03 Protege gets around 22 around town, maybe 26-28 on the highway. Contemporary Civics and Corollas were easily hitting mid 30s. Granted mine is a Speed and I have a lead foot, but poo poo, I was getting similar numbers out of my old Taurus.
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Nov 29, 2012 02:01
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IOwnCalculus posted:Cobb has put up their own take on the situation (rehosted at my server) where they actually tested a number of different solvents against each other, including Seafoam. It did dissolve the buildup, but only in a situation where it was allowed to puddle in the intake port for a number of minutes; it wouldn't do a drat thing if it was blowing past it into the combustion chamber. Yeah, that's the most effective way to use it. You use a vacuum line to suck it out of the bottle fast enough that the motor's right on the edge of stalling, then shut it off as soon as it's all in, let it sit for like a half hour while you eat some pizza or w/e, then go start it up and drive around as a rolling smog generator.
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Dr 14 INCH DICK Md posted:On topic for last page's RamChat Tell me that's a floor jack and not the lift you're using to lift it like that.
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Between styling trends, competing in the same market segment, pedestrian safety and collision ratings, and having similar aerodynamic concerns, there's only so much variety the stylists can put in for wrapping up a particular package.
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Dec 11, 2012 22:40
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yyyyyy posted:An electric car, even electric racecars ain't gonna have any fireballs popping out the exhaust or badass turbo blowoff noises or any of that. Well, if you have charging infrastructure at the track, you can use it to power big fuckoff tesla coils and jacob's ladders and poo poo like that while the cars are out racing.
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Bumming Your Scene posted:A 30K Mercedes is going to make this guy's life a living hell. Holy poo poo that guy is my new hero.
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Throatwarbler posted:So Spinning off Ram as its own brand has at least one benefit: As a brand that only makes one product they can at least make them pretty reliable. Ram is now just behind Honda and far above Mazda or Nissan. Of course Land Rover's at the bottom.
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Steve French posted:The guy posted this in response to Elon's tweets (but not the blog post, this was posted before that): I could see regenerative brakes extending your range... if you're using them to slow your descent down a mountain road.
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The LS was a fine design, and mechanically and comfort-wise it's what Lincoln should have kept making instead of going back to glorified trim levels of standard Fords.
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Laserface posted:And having a dashboard comprised entirely of one part just sounds bad when heater cores and wiring and stereos have to be removed. Well, if they're producing the part and assembling the other stuff inside of it, presumably they'd have access inside of it, yes?
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Well, unless that really dinky piece of glass you can see through the window is the windshield, I'm pretty sure it's facing right. Plus you can see the silver door hinges. Fake edit: Yeah, some quick googling tells me that's an Enzo, here's the same car fully dressed (from the other side): 
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DropShadow posted:A real man could tell that was an Enzo from the window profile alone. Yeah well EFF YOU TOO buddy. t  In all seriousness, when I think Enzo I mostly think of that nose.
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Giblet Plus! posted:Curb weight, 3,211 lb Wow, my Protege is 400 lb less than that. poo poo, my Blazer barely weighs more than that. Man, new compact cars really are getting fat as gently caress.
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