Posted on 01/31/2022 3:41:23 PM PST by SaxxonWoods
Yeah, that tesla may be quicker but you’ll never know it went by. Sorta like the sound of my Hemi Ram through Borla cat backs. I know, neanderthal.
“RACE THEM.”
They are!
And the smell of electricity in the air.
Chevy offered a 427 too
Love it!
—”But for some reason, they won’t “
A very good question.
Musk and the Germans do not have that aversion.
You can use it to immediately locate the next weakness in your drivetrain.
Latest Hot Rod has a build with a Chevy pickup engine 6.6 liter add two big turbos get 2000 dyno hp. Impressive stuff these days for sure.
These engines will be around as salvage take-outs for decades to come. Although Boody-Gig’s 55mph speed limits and spy cameras will be a pain in the @ss.
My respect for GM was lost when in the 90s, to skirt SRS rules, they put seatbelts on the doors. In a side collision if the door failed you became unrestrained. And then the bailout by GM’s big buddy, Barry.
And I will say screw ALL American car companies. They’re shit. Toyota rules the car world.
The auto transmission in my wife’s 2010 Caddy took a shit right at 100k miles (got stuck in 1st). Cost $2,900.. Only reason she has that pos is because it was a deal from a family member.
Toyotas will go >200k.
—”They are!”
GM?
In Q4 2021, GM delivered in the U.S. only 26 all-electric vehicles (down almost 100% year-over-year). The number includes 25 Chevrolet Bolt EV/Bolt EUV and 1 GMC Hummer EV Pickup (the first one delivered in December).
Gm will sell gas cars globably, just not in Amercia.
Granted chevy’s are absolute garbage and have been since 2008….
That's how they're making some of the larger EV's like pickup trucks and SUV's like the Mustange Mach-E and the upcoming F-150 Lightning. For this discussion, I'm not counting the Mustang Mach-E as a sporty EV since it's really a small SUV with the Mustang name. Right now they have the batteries in the undercarriage to free up cargo space in the front (a frunk is a front-trunk like a VW Beetle has). So a pickup truck has a trunk in the front and a bed in the back for cargo.
Supposedly, the F-150 Lightning will have better curve handling than a gas F-150 because the heavy batteries in the undercarriage lowers the center of gravity. They're claiming the extended range version has better handling than the standard range version even though the extended range version is heavier. That's because the more weight at the undercarriage leads to an even lower center of gravity.
At least that's what they're claiming.
You can just play sound bits from the front of the car so it sounds loud
No sarc tag needed I hope
Only a neanderthal for the hemi choice ;)
No that makes perfect sense about the low cg.
The biggest problem with the added vehicle weight is tire life.
I see Tesla peeps getting 20,000 miles tire life where an equivalent gas car is more like 40,000.
I got a 76 Vega out to the barn that needs a new engine
Past is prologue. I tend to think about Red Barchetta more nowadays than when it first came out.
“I got a 76 Vega out to the barn that needs a new engine”
When was the last time you checked?
“Toyotas will go >200k.”
A friend just traded in his Tacoma, had around 310k on it.
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