This is footage from the 2009 Sema show of Piss’d Off Pete, a 1960 Peterbilt Hot Rod Truck built by Randy Grubb for Jay Leno. It’s got a twin supercharged 14 liter two stroke diesel V12 that makes 500 hp and over 1000 ft-lbs of torque.
I came across another one of Motor Trend’s random gratuitous drag races. This is the 2012 Nissan GT-R vs. the 2011 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 vs. the 2011 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500. One of the interesting stats to note is that the Corvette is the only car without forced induction, but weighs in under 3300 pounds while the other two are north of 3800. Enjoy:
Source: Motor Trend on YouTube
The concept behind the Monotracer-E is pretty clever. You start with the fact that motorcycles achieve great gas mileage because they’re light and basically the absolute minimum of what you need as a mode of transportation. From there, you start to address some of the motorcycles shortcomings. Lets start with exposure to the weather, safety and aerodynamics. What could you do to fix those things? Well, add an outer shell to the bike. That’s exactly what they tried on Mythbusters:
Achilles Tires released this video about their two Formula D Drivers, Daigo Saito and Robbie Nishida, at this year’s Formula D round at Road Atlanta.
It’s not hard to see why Ford was able to survive without having to take government bailout money. They’ve always had huge customer sales with their F-150 trucks and fleet sales of the Crown Victoria and Ford Ranger. They’re also innovating well as evident by their EcoBoost technology. That being said, the key to continued success is to not be afraid of reinventing yourself while you are at the peak of your success. Ford has ended production of both the Crown Vic and the Ranger as part of a large corporate restructuring. I believe the last Crown Victorias were purchased by a police department while the last Rangers were bought up by Orkin. This is a video documenting the trip of the last Ford Ranger down the assembly line at the Twin Cities Assembly Plant in St. Paul Minnesota. It’s pretty cool to see the line workers take pride in the quality product that they produced.