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

I feel like few sensations in motoring are as satisfying as the “ker-CHUNK” of a motorcycle transmission going into gear.
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The I-beam was connected to the truck with only a clevis pin and misplaced confidence.” Read more

This is local to me. I didn’t see this particular one, but it’s not really *that* unusual around here. Woefully underpowered pickups towing trailers stacked high with hay bales, etc, is the norm out here. Slap on a slow moving sign and they think it’s fine. Don’t get me started on the Amish and their horse & buggies. Read more

This is $%&@ amazing! I’ve wanted to do this to a Datsun Roadster or a Mini. How awesome. Talk about a cure for the work day blues on your drive home! Read more

“....with only a clevis pin and misplaced confidence.” Read more

Wow, I’ve been reading most of your articles (Posts? Blogs? What do we call these now a’days?) the last couple months, but I didn’t realize you were THE Matt Brown! I’ve always dreamed of a motorcycle powered roadster, and all the research I’ve done on yours keeps nudging me closer and closer to actually doing it. Read more

Interestingly one of my favourite quirks about the BMW R1200 motorbike I ride is BMW decided to use helical cut gears rather than straight cut for the transmission and final drive. Read more

Until the mid 90s, Ladas were available in Canada. They were rare though, as they were notoriously cheap. Ladas were, and still are to a certain extent, the butt of car jokes. (The equivalent of a Yugo in an American car joke). There’s actually still a white Niva Cossack being driven around in my city. Otherwise, Read more

An automotive engineer writing about biggest USA commercial aircraft mfg third largest defense contractor is funny. Muilinberger is safe he is from McDonnell Douglas which ruined Boeing after the merger the stock is stable wall street does not care about corpses. Lazy reporting stick 2 cars bro Read more

That was just great. I love the shit-eating grin you had just cruising along while Jay flogged that little car. Must have been incredibly satisfying day. That thing runs like a top too. Read more

Seriously I have enough projects, Now your making me want to rip my kawasaki apart and build it into one of these. Actually upsets me that they never gave us these gear boxes as an option.  Read more

This is one of the coolest little rippers I’ve seen in some time! So seriously, did Leno make an offer? He seemed to love it and I’d be surprised if he didn’t start a sentence with you that’s like “Sooo...ummm...about how much are you thinking...”. I have to compliment your ability to suppress all the ‘Holy-shit-Leno’s Read more

Those videos are awesome. Driving around with Jay Leno looks like a crack up. The guy is kind of nuts and I love him for it.
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Created an account just to gush over this. That’s one hell of an impressive build! Read more

This is pretty cool.  I’ve been following GrindHard Plumbing CO’s build, where they are doing something similar stuffing a supercharged snowmobile engine into a car. Read more

listening to the live stream, it was obvious that they were continually taking shots at SpaceX effectively calling them unprofessional because the get excited when something works. Read more