Today I Learned (TIL)

Stefan (Forum Supporter) said:

NickD said:

TIL that if you adapt an Eaton M90 to a GM 4.8L LS, you will actually make less horsepower.  So, for those of you who see cheapo LS motors and cheapo blowers and want to marry the two, don't.

Kinda obvious since they aren't really sized for a V8, even a relatively small one.

Now if it were fitted to that Camaro V6?  That might be interesting, if it could handle the RPMs.

It was a test by Richard Holdener, who does a lot of "I do this so that you don't waste your time and money instead" testing. Honestly, I bet it wouldn't even make much of an improvement on a GM LFX 3.6L. The heads on that flow so much better than a 3800, that I imagine it'd just be an inlet restriction.

In reply to NickD :

Yup.  An LFX moves more air than an M90 can.

TIL that I clearly have too many LEGO collectible minifigures. I picked up a display case that is supposed to hold 180 (only practically holds 168)... and I found that I'm probably going to need another of those just to fit all of the ones I currently have.

TIL traveling solo with a 4 month old is virtually impossible.

Appleseed said:

TIL traveling solo with a 4 month old is virtually impossible.

Lololololzers....  true for a few years...

Appleseed said:

TIL traveling solo with a 4 month old is virtually impossible.

Travel at bedtime.

After you have cataract surgery some people have to go back and have a layer of the lens capsule zapped away by a laser because the back of the capsule sometimes gets cloudy after the new lens is inserted.      The lens capsule contained the original lens, this lens was sucked out and a new one made of space age plastic, selected with an optical correction for your particular eye's geometry, was placed in there by a cool micro surgery machine.   The measurement for new lens selection is by the use of a very fine grain topographic laser scan map of the cornea to show the curvature it has.   Optics is cool.   They pick the diopter you need from this info.

Anyway: Looks like I win the after surgery laser treatment!  Only 30% of people do.

TIL about the Mitsuoka Himiko, an ND based luxury roadster.

Brett_Murphy (Ex-Patrón) said:

TIL about the Mitsuoka Himiko, an ND based luxury roadster.

 

I much prefer the Mitsuoka Rock Star.

ND Miata with a C2 'Vette reskin

TIL that the E46's HID light setup includes 'angel eye' DRLs- but apparently one of the inverters got lost and they just unhooked the other. $12 for Amazon to have a new set of inverters here on Saturday and it will not only look cooler but also not have the warning lights on the dash that the DRLs aren't on...

TIL that I love the Mitsuoka Rock Star.

Woody (Forum Supportum) said:

TIL that I love the Mitsuoka Rock Star.

I wanted one so bad, but they were limited-production (50 I think) and were not sold outside of Japan. The C2 styling works surprisingly well on an ND. Then, send it over to Keith and his boys and get it LS-swapped, so it looks like a mini-Corvette and drives and sounds like one too.

TIL I can have the hellspawn scream at me for 8+ hours and I won't kill him. 

TIL that the granting of patents went down 5-15% during Prohibition therefore confirming that my best ideas come to me while drinking.

TIL that all Nissan Jukes had 188hp direct-injected turbo 1.6l fours, and the AWD models had torque vectoring.

I'm conflicted.

Pete. (l33t FS) said:

TIL that all Nissan Jukes had 188hp direct-injected turbo 1.6l fours, and the AWD models had torque vectoring.

I'm conflicted.

I wouldn't be.  That's not enough to overcome having to look at a Juke.  It would take twice that HP, and maybe not even then.

TIL that the character Debra Morgan said f*ck 996 times over the show Dexter's 8 seasons. That's literally just the count of one curse word. And actress Jennifer Carpenter said she actually censored the script and cut down on the amount of curse words that were written into the script.

Pete. (l33t FS) said:

TIL that all Nissan Jukes had 188hp direct-injected turbo 1.6l fours, and the AWD models had torque vectoring.

 

I'm conflicted.

CVTs too I'm sure...

Saron81 said:

Pete. (l33t FS) said:

TIL that all Nissan Jukes had 188hp direct-injected turbo 1.6l fours, and the AWD models had torque vectoring.

 

I'm conflicted.

CVTs too I'm sure...

CVTs I am okay with.  Driving a truck, not so much.

Pete. (l33t FS) said:

TIL that all Nissan Jukes had 188hp direct-injected turbo 1.6l fours, and the AWD models had torque vectoring.

 

I'm conflicted.

This should have been the base engine in the Sentra.

Duke said:

Pete. (l33t FS) said:

TIL that all Nissan Jukes had 188hp direct-injected turbo 1.6l fours, and the AWD models had torque vectoring.

I'm conflicted.

I wouldn't be.  That's not enough to overcome having to look at a Juke.  It would take twice that HP, and maybe not even then.

 

What about 600?

TIL that Eastwood has brick and mortar stores.

And that one will be opening in Pasadena Md this winter.

I have no idea where that is as I never leave the city but 'road trip.'

TIL that the NA Miata without cruise control is not the answer to the question: "What is a comfortable car to drive on the highway for 7 hours?"

wae said:

TIL that the NA Miata without cruise control is not the answer to the question: "What is a comfortable car to drive on the highway for 7 hours?"

I finally figured out what is wrong with the cruise control in my Miata (I installed LED taillight bulbs) and I can't wait to get it operational again.

nutherjrfan said:

Duke said:

Pete. (l33t FS) said:

TIL that all Nissan Jukes had 188hp direct-injected turbo 1.6l fours, and the AWD models had torque vectoring.

I'm conflicted.

I wouldn't be.  That's not enough to overcome having to look at a Juke.  It would take twice that HP, and maybe not even then.

 

What about 600?

Let me think about it... NO.