superfastmatt
Matt Brown
superfastmatt
Matt Brown is an automotive engineer, writer, and builder of unconventional things. Mostly vehicles.

That is very neat. Did you put in the pickup points and all possible load cases and let the software crunch it? Does it account for the changing load paths with suspension articulation? I’ll often use Altair’s Inspire as a dummy check and to get a quick idea of load paths, but I’ve never really explored the more Read more

I heard it comes with a custom paint color that is a blend of Grabber Blue and Pussy Magnet Yellow. Read more

That’s a pretty novel idea to use the driver’s legs as impact attenuators to protect the Corvette engine. Read more

Yup. I got better fuel mileage in a loaded U-Haul towing my Viper than I ever got in the Viper. Read more

The public perception of a product is no doubt changed by the headlines they read. People are more afraid of terrorism than heart disease even though they are orders and orders of magnitude more likely to die from the latter. Read more

Nope. Mine self-immolated in a Walmart parking lot about 10 years ago. Went in for oil, came out to a truck fire. Read more

I had an old Ford F100 that got 60 miles per gallon. Of oil. Read more

P100M: optional Merlin engine Model 3

$10k for one in amazing condition maybe. I got my S600 for $1650. CBR1000rr for $1000. Google away. Read more

This is SOP for starting shifter karts. Read more

Well the world definitely needs more high performance cars for people in Dubai. Read more

Max and min temperature is gonna be a sweet feature for car camping Read more

I’ve got a nitrous question for anyone out there who has had experience with using shitloads of nitrous. since air is about 21% oxygen, and NO2 is 33% oxygen, does that mean your maximum power from nitrous is 33/21 = 157%? Like if you had a 21 horsepower bike and you sprayed so much nitrous in the intake that the Read more

Sorry I missed this one. Here’s mine:

Presumably, if you exposed it to a near vacuum, it would all evaporate. Read more