Suzuki Samurai was Re: [geeks] SPARC proprietary (waaaay

[Mike F]

On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 18:29:46 -0500
doctor obnox son of a bitch <drobnox at visi.com> wrote:

> Mike F spoke in riddles, like the night...
[snip] 
> > Plus, NASCAR teams spend millions of dollars every year refining the
> > ancient technologies their cars are based on. I don't care how much
> > CFD, FEA, or wind tunnel work you do - you've still got a heavy,
> > steel- tubed, sheet-metal-bodied car, albeit a highly-tweaked one.
 
> How can we get NASCAR to start refining new and possibly useful
> technologies?
> 
> Hydrogen? Fuel cells? Stirlings?
[snip]

Well, maybe if they start by bringing their core technologies up to 1960s
(or earlier) levels like overhead cams and fuel injection.