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Because - you know - I claimed that. Exactly. I know how Diesel-Electric Locomotives work. Do you know how non-sequiturs work?

It is also incorrect. This is not the 1850s. (just an FYI - I have held a high-pressure Stationary Steam Power Operator’s License since 1994, and a Class II Boiler Engineer License since 1998 - among other Professional Licenses)

Oh? Then perhaps the “10% efficiency” you quoted was a Typo? You know why we use Diesel-Electric Locomotives in the US? Because a Monkey can operate one. Not because Steam is “inferior”.

Huh? You’d best check again. Googly “Thermodynamic Efficiency of Steam Power Boilers”, for starters.

When a MIL is set, and it won’t run - do you get the GUY-Gaga-GUY-Gaga-Guy-Gaga Noize from the speakers? Doesn’t it have Optional “Engine Sound”? :hidesbehindsofa:

HaHa! If I had a nickel for every time I did something Braindead, I’d have a Fat Bag of Nickels!

We did a v8-swap on a s6/manual once. It blew ass trying to find and fit small, fiddly-ass parts like linkages and mounts, harnesses and the like. This was back in the days when NOBODY made any kind of “kits”, for ANYTHING.

‘70s/‘80s Dodge Tradesman vans. I don’t know why, but my Dad loved those POS’s.

Hell, the average performance tyre weighs 33lbs. It’s not like the 11” stock rotors have zero mass, either.

Oh, I intend on putting the larger rear rotors on as well. I just saw these on sale, thought it might be a good start for a Brembo 6-piston retrofit. S197’s are Big Girls, and brakes Ford put on them up-‘til the end were marginally adequate, to put it mildly. I’m also a Cheap Bastich. $240...

Okay, 2018 Brembo 6-pot calipers @ Rock Auto, pn BRCF 430 and BRCF 431, any Opinions on use in an S197? (Aside from usual wheel-fitment issues) Correct me if I’m wrong - the difference between these and the earlier 6-piston is a decreasing piston diameter vs. early had all 6 same diameter...

And those Stealers are even more off their rocker. I’m not unfamiliar with ADMs - I’ve seen them for Decades. I’m merely saying, I refuse to do business with anyone that practices it. It’s like the greasy little guy hanging around outside the venue, scalping tickets for double or triple what...

“Market Adjustment”. Good Luck getting that additional $3k outta me.

I like it. Shades of On In 60 Seconds stuff for the Bullitts.

Well, Hello there.

“A failed project some guy gave up on, that we just bolted-together and made 1003hp.....” See? Is Million of wayside-Projekts to be just waiting for boltings from pieces, Tovarische!

I think those chromie covers look nice - but The Wife doesn’t want them on her car....

Wise Decision.

That’s a dang good idea; I have several of those left-over from a previous kitteh.... (from the wtf didn’t I think of that?!)

The tread looks like they are using 2-generation-old Hankook Ventus V12 moulds. Current V12: Doesn’t mean much, other than Hankook could be recouping costs on Obsolete Tooling. That 400 Treadwear tells me those are probably hard as rocks - likely the reason they do poorly in the wet and/or...

“Whatever in the Unholy Seven Hells is Going On here?” -The Wife

I don’t think the special coating is going to matter - I put those on my Veloster in April, it’s been a bit of a Disappointment. I’m not even in the Northern “Rust Belt” (and they haven’t been on long enough for road salt to rust anyway)

They are very..... er.... Japanese, to be sure..... They aren’t the worst I’ve ever seen on a Mustang (not even CLOSE to the worst, in fact), they just look, well.... incorrect.

Yes. If you Short the cathode and anode plates in the battery, or damage the Bus connection(s) in a Cell, you will lower the capacity and shorten the lifespan of the battery.