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

Do you know why they land there? Seems odd given the short distance to hawthorne or santa monica. Read more

Because racecar(s that turn left and right) Read more

If it's anything like the rest of their bikes, it won't be a 100cc bump from 1199 to 1299. It'll be from 1198 to like 1342.8 or something that doesn't sound nearly as sexy as 1299. Read more

I did undergrad at OU and my Masters at UCLA. The only UCLA game I went to was when they played Texas, and I wore all my OU gear. There was more shit talking between me and the Texas fans than there was from all of the UCLA fans. Read more

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Also known as: Operation set soccer stadium on fire Read more

I loved that place. I didn't even know it existed until I visited an old friend who had moved to Nashville. They have a Messerschmitt KR200! Read more

Interesting to see if anyone will lament the 20mph it lost in top speed. I imagine it is more of an issue in Germany than the US. Read more

Congratulations on temporarily doubling the Jewish population of Oklahoma. Read more

These are the stories that keep me reading Jalopnik. Someone reports something way out of context, and everyone else regurgitates it for pageviews, and about the only place where you get a different perspective is here. Thank you for that. Read more

Does this mean the Hell & Country is still on the table? Read more

Presumably the liftgate would still work. You could reach the rear inside door handles from the trunk pretty easily if you fold the seats down. Not ideal, but not a killer. Read more

Interesting. I've worked with water brake dynos and they all spit out torque, but I suppose if you're generating electricity it would be more straightforward to measure the electric power generated and then back calculate torque from engine RPM. Is this an eddy current dyno? Read more

But I've also received a few e-mails from readers who had a different suggestion: try things in reverse. In other words: put a woman in the Ferrari and see how men react. I thought this was an excellent suggestion for several reasons: it would be a great social experiment. It would be interesting to see all the Read more

This is like naming the end consumer in the title of an article about a tragedy at a Tier 1 supplier. Read more

OBD II = Mandatory government system. Government = Obama. Read more