GnarlyCharlie4u posted:

Tomarse posted:

Saw this earlier on faceballs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1AGNa8-4ss

(Yes it would look cool)

literally a fish posted:

Pretty much every production car with a turbo for the last few decades has had a water-cooled turbo as if they arrange the cooling system correctly then water will siphon through the turbos even with the water pump off thanks to convection, cooling the turbos down even after you shut the car off, thereby negating the need for a turbo timer.

You can also just not beat on the car for the last couple miles but where's the fun in that

literally a fish posted:

It is the fault of the EPA and overly litigious americans as in literally every other market on the planet they've just modified the charging software to keep the battery at a higher state of charge and thus lopped 1-2mpg off the fuel economy rating.

They can't do this in the US as the EPA and customers would sue them into oblivion over that 1-2mpg drop.

jamal posted:

Cooling the turbo during while driving isn't really an issue, it's when you stop and turn off the car. The BMW in question is keeping the water pump and fans running when you stop the car and the coolant temp is too high for it to just sit. Every turbo car now will either do that or have a way to keep coolant circulating after you turn off the car.

All the Japanese turbo cars I've ever worked on manage to do it without running a water pump after the car shuts off. I suppose to stop from killing batteries BMW could just have the cars keep idling after they turn off? Even though it's consuming fuel would it technically count against economy ratings?

Pigsfeet on Rye posted:

Why not just attach huge helium balloons to the ship to keep it from sinking? In fact, design the ship so that it can fly through the air! An air-ship!

BOOTY-ADE posted:

How soon does stuff like this start? I saw a Ford Focus that was probably a 2010-11 model on the interstate last week & the rear passenger wheel was almost this bad. One of those "gonna back off like half a mile & move over a couple lanes" paranoia situations when I saw it.

CommieGIR posted:

Having flashbacks to Chinese car crash tests, and cannot wait to see their home made jet engine.

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

Chinese manufacturing is as good as anything or even better than anything the rest of the world offers. The real question is if you pay for quality - the Chinese will give you exactly what you want. You pay for crap, they will send you crap. You want quality? The exact same line will give it to you in exactly the specs you require, pay up for it tho.

Have a careful look at what you consider a quality product and you will almost certainly be surprised to find it's made in China

Platystemon posted:

There are also places where it’s kind of accurate, in that water can travel up river valleys to flood low‐lying areas well inland, but as a practical matter, the cost/benefit of putting barriers at a few openings is immense, so they’re not in nearly as much trouble as coastal areas, where 1 km of sea wall only saves 1 km of waterfront property.

For example, we’re probably not going to let the Rio Grande flood half of Texas.

Raluek posted:

"A pint's a pound the world 'round" innit? Plus, a pint is 16 fl oz, and isnt a fl oz of water 1oz weight? And there's definitely 8pt in a gallon. So where's the extra change come from?

Rigged Death Trap posted:

Turbos I can understand, throttle response etc.
But DI?

My next thought is you saying disc brakes ruined driving.


The one after that is "man i miss choke handles"

Godholio posted:

Why the gently caress is that a Japanese superstition?

Crotch Fruit posted:

I'm pretty sure it was in this very thread that someone posted a link to a Russian body shop that like specialized in clip jobs, had pictures of tons of cars that they stapled back together. Granted that is Russia where anything goes so I suppose it might not happen in the US, or at least if it does happen here the car is probably sold to some 3rd world country.