Re: The joy of Linux

On 11/10/24 10:03 PM, rbowman wrote:

On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 19:44:38 -0500, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
 

  THESE days with fuel injection and smarter ignition
    and aluminum pistons you can likely replace those 200 sixes with a
    200 straight or V-4 and get the same or even better performance. But,
    for for the day ... the tough/simple/ez-service cast-iron solution.

 https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/first-drives/reviews/a5041/
performance-tests-first-drives-1965-ford-mustang-r-and-t-archive-drive/
 They didn't deign to test the 6, only the 260 and 289 V-8s but
 "The straight-line performance of the Mustangs we tried was about what you
would expect. In all three versions, there was a tendency to lift the
right rear wheel under hard acceleration but once underway the Mustang
accelerated away at a brisk rate—the 289 4-speed getting through the
standing quarter mile in about 16 sec, the automatic making it in about
17, a second slower, and the 3-speed 260 being about a second slower that
that."
 https://www.zeroto60times.com/vehicle-make/toyota-0-60-mph-times/
 Most of the Yaris quarter mile times are in the 17 second range. The I4
engine is a whipping 91 cubic inches (1.5 L). 2018 was the last year for
the Yaris hatchback in the US. Even then the 4 door sedan was a rebadged
Mazda 2.
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_GR_Yaris

   The "Mustang" was nothing but a Falcon chassis/engine
   with a 'sporty' body bolted on top.
   No especially great performance - but they LOOKED good !

I'd love to get one of those but that's not happening in the US.
 Looking back at the '60s and '70s is depressing when it comes to what we
thought were cool rides. I had a '71 AMC Javelin rental that I thought was
a classy way to get around Minnesota at 90 mph or so.
 https://www.curbsideclassic.com/vintage-reviews/vintage-road-test-1971-
amc-javelin-road-test-magazine-evaluates-a-regular-pony-car/
 360 ci and 16.08 in the quarter. A Prius might embarrass it stop light to
stop light.

   Well, many EVs have GREAT torque ...
   But they're really no better, or even worse, in
   long-haul driving.
   Detroit cars, by and large, were not really "high
   performance" but "utilitarian' - get Joe consumer
   to work, to the market, to grandmother's house,
   at a bearable price.

I don't think Moore's Law is applicable to cars but there is the same
relationship when I compare my phone to hot computers of the past.

   More is involved with cars than with Moore's Law.
   It's always a price/performance/reliability thing
   with cars and newer ISN'T always better.
   And frankly the push to really short hoods just
   made 'em UGLY. Gimme a '34 Packard 12 any time :-)
   I'd decidedly consider a restored late 60s car - but
   it'd have to come from some state where there's not
   a lot of SALT being used (or in the air). That's just
   a handful of central/western states.
   Now to consider ... exactly WHAT kinds of extra IQ,
   likely using a Pi/Linux, would be appropriate to
   add to a late 60s vehicle ? I'd like better water
   temp/flow info, better oil-pressure monitoring,
   transmission oil temps, might be possible to get
   a fair view of brake-pad thickness/temp/status,
   at least some charts of exhaust temp/mix to
   facilitate finer-tuning. *I* want to be informed,
   but not Ford/Chevy/Vlad/Progressive/etc.