Adventures in Turbocharging

boost_fail.jpg We're not sure if this guy is a comedic genius, or has more than a few intake manifold bolts coming loose. The poster surmises that since turbochargers are at best 80% efficient, channeling engine exhaust directly back into the engine would be good for moar power. If anyone has a v-band clamp that will bolt an exhaust …

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Is Junior's Move Bad for NASCAR?

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Slate's John Swansburg offers up an interesting meditation on how Dale Jr.'s move to to Hendrick Motorsports from DEI could actually be harmful to the France family's carefully-crafted legacy. He posits that putting the yin and yang of the sport (J. Gordon and Junior) on the same squad could cut down on the sport's…

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Earnhardt Joins Hendrick, Hendrick Kicks Busch To Curb

74441376.jpgWe've just learned Dale Jr's going to the team that's pretty much the Dominator of the sport these day — Hendrick Motorsports. But since Nascar only allows a team to have four drivers, and Hendrick's already got four — we've been wondering who's it gonna be? Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson are both proven winners signed …

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Dale Earnhardt, Jr Says Goodbye To DEI

Dale_Jr_Neon.jpgDale Jr.'s little tiff negotiation with his stepmother didn't work out too well. The driver of what was the Budweiser #8 car's now a free agent after leaving DEI, the team bearing his father's name. So who's going to pick up Dale the younger? We've no idea, but frankly we're kinda annoyed by this whole situation. I…

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Mooresville, NC Becomes Nexus of Redneck Glitz Hell for a Day: Bo Bice …

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The headline says it all, really: NASCAR-noveau meets the post-American-Idol apocalypse. On their way from a gig in Columbia, SC to one in Spartanburg, Bo Bice's band, Sugarland Money, popped in at DEI to check out the cars and were shown around by Daughter of Ironhead, Taylor Earnhardt. We'd go on, but there's really …

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