Mallard

If the ZR1 is twin turbo you can bet it will support that with some headroom.

Anyone can write something on the internet. He's in a position, and has the staff to fact check his sources. He simply said it to fuel the fire. P.S. isn't it ironic the Mitt Romney stands in front of a crowd of workers and tries to incite them by saying their jobs are being outsourced to China?

Reading the Bloomberg article (the original source), it was pretty clear to me, but I also recognized that it would be easy for people to spin. Maybe they just didn't say it elegantly enough. http://www.freep.com/article/20121026/BUSINESS01/121026036/Obama-Chrysler-Romney-s-claim-of-Jeep-outsourcing-to-China-is-false?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-21/fiat-says-china-may-build-all-jeep-models-as-suv-demand-climbs.html The Bloomberg report came out 2-3 days before that Washington Examiner piece, so the white house has nothing to do with it.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/tax-policy-center-spotlight-romney-173604062.html just to stir the pot....

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-21/fiat-says-china-may-build-all-jeep-models-as-demand-climbs.html That's because people are twisting words. All that's been stated is they may restart Jeep production in China in order to meet rising demand, and eventually may manufacture the entire product line locally. This is no different than all other automakers producing models in China, like Buick, for example. They will not shift all their domestic production overseas, this is to supplement the local demand. In fact, I talked to several people at SAE convergence last week that stated that China is more expensive than than Mexico by a large margin now, and is close to the cost of US production. Also, many of thuse people also spoke about having so much business that they have run out of production capacity, and they've had to turn down several contracts due to a lack of capacity and good engineers that could work on the projects.

Did you seriously just dress up a cement cat?

Woah, woah, woah! Let's not confuse what's actually happening with what you posted above. Demand for Jeep's is very strong overseas, in fact 3 out of every 4 Chrysler sales outside the US was a Jeep model. They are in talks with a Chinese JV to build the Wrangler, and possibly more, in China. This has never been said it would replace the production in the US, it would supply the high demand in China (and probably surrounding area's) for Jeep's. It's very expensive to import a vehicle for sale in China, so building it there will give them a higher margin. This is NOT a replacement of US production, it's an expansion of capacity in order to meet high demand.

I think there will be a bit of head room with the stock pump, if it's been designed anything like the turbo Ecotec. There are guys running double the stock power on the stock fuel system. This slide shows the injectors flow 22 cc/sec @ 10 Mpa, but the fuel system runs at 15Mpa. The pump pushes 1.48 cc/rev on a 3 lobe cam. http://www.autoblog.com/photos/lt1-gen-5-chevy-small-block-v8/med/#photo-5384611 There are aftermarket companies making upgraded pumps for DI systems. The guy I worked on my Solstice/Sky turbo kit with is actually making a system for the Audi RS4 now.

That blue line is an LS7 torque curve.

GM had a presentation this morning on all the details. Check Autoblog for the goods. DI 450/450 cylinder activation continuously variable cam timing claimed to be the most advanced combustion cycle ever etc.

because TOTAL RACE

What did you think of Waikola Village? I'll be traveling with points (and a 2 year old) and it looks like this is about the only place to stay. I have both HHonors and Priority Club. P.S. That Bluebird card looks great if they don't shut it down. I'm going to have to get one.

I'm starting to plan a trip to the big island for next year. Where have you stayed on the big island?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/10/22/italy-earthquake-scientists-trial.html Wow. I cannot believe this.

Meh, they're so desperate for income in that nation that it could easily become a hub for cheap labor. Talking to so people last week, the cost of doing business in China is getting high, to the point where Mexico has been cheaper by a large gap for a while. I look forward to cheap, inferior goods from Hati flooding the shelves soon.

We re-did our kitchen with 6 Square Cabinets. They are priced well and are all solid wood construction. The downside is you're stuck with standard sizes and fewer finishing options. We've been very happy with them so far.

Multiple stages, adaptive vents, bag teathers, etc. Even the size of the inflator being used today is much smaller than it used to be.

Part of the reason for low-risk deploy is because shorter people (typically women) sometimes sit way too close to the steering wheel. This could lead to something like what you saw. Also, don't ever(!!!!!!) ride shotgun with your feet up on the dash. I see people doing this all the time and it's asking for serious injury. On the flip side of everyone's air bag injuries, I was in a head-on collision while driving a 1993 Oldsmobile and was perfectly fine. My glasses were still on and weren't even bent. It wasn't a high speed impact though.

Airbags have come a long way since then. Look up low-risk deploy airbags or out-of-position testing.

Solstice GXP coupe?

Why to race car drivers wear harnesses, helmets, HANS, have seat halo's and/or nets on both sides of them? It would not be accepted in the public to require everyone in a car to be restrained this way, but all the safety devices in your car are working together as a system to accomplish the same result. The belt restricts your movement and can slow you body down, the frontal airbag additionally slows your body down and prevents extreme neck angles, the side curtain prevents your skull from contacting the structure of the car, the thorax bags prevent your body from contacting the structure of the car, the inboard thorax bag prevents the two font passangers from hitting each other...and so on. All of this IS developed in a controlled environment and done hundreds of times before a car reaches production. The highest chances of survival in an accident are when you wear your seatbelt (and hopefully have lots of airbags too).

P.S. I just confirmed with the wife. The US mandates tests with and without a belted passanger that you have to pass, while Europe does not.

+1 Welcome Dale! I think I used to work with you at LuK when I was just a co-op. Once you get past all the BS there are some good, knowledgeable people here. You can post pics (if they are already uploaded on the internet) by enclosing the url with the tags .......

My wife designs airbags and from my conversations with her about this over a year ago, I believe you are correct. I think the out-of-position tests are all unbelted, but I could ask her to confirm. Obviously everything is designed as a system and you are safest when you use them all together. And airbag may prevent serious injury by slowing down your body in a controlled manner and/or preventing a hard impact with the structure of the vehicle, but it does nothing to restrict your body's movement, like a seatbelt does.