White Noise – White noise is a common synthetic noise source used for sound masking; it is effective in improving the mood and performance of workers by masking background noise.
So crank up the volume on your media player and help your co-worker improve their mood. This is my kind of white noise!!!
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Tim
Car Feature: Mike Cavanah’s 1966 Chevelle “Grand Sport” – StreetLegalTV.com.
This is a very well done car, in my opinion. Modified just enough to make it a powerful machine and still look like a 1966 Chevelle. I say ‘WOW” you will too when you read the article. (see the link above)
The Power Plant And Putting It To The Ground
The motor itself is an LS 418 cubic inch stroker with a Lunati crank and H-Beam rods connected to forged pistons. The top end is comprised of ported LS3 heads with an LS9 supercharger. All the machining and assembly of the motor was performed by Scoggin Dickey out of Texas. Mated to the motor is a T-56 six speed transmission that’s outfitted with an ACT dual disc clutch to help lay the power down to the pavement. All this equaled out on the dyno to an impressive 600 hp and 650 lb.-ft. of torque at the wheels.
Monster Chevelle
Got a monster chevy in the garage? Project or not…let me hear about it!!
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Tim
I guess Chrysler….or…um Fiat…can’t seem to generate enough interest in the new Viper selling only 91 cars so far this year. Nor did they sell that great last year only 591 went to new homes.
2013
2014
Chrysler laid of about 90 employees recently at SRT and now the Viper assembly plant is closed until June.
Maybe they can’t compete with…..well you know…..
2014 Stingray
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Tim
Some recently post a picture of this fascinating car on my Google Plus account and I had to look it up.
cB7 Prototype – Look a little like a C7? That’s what I thought.
So what is cB7?
The FELINO cB7 is a tubular frame vehicle wrapped with composite and carbon fibre elements; it weighs approximately 1 000 kg, according to the selected drive train.
Therefore, the cB7 can be mounted with a 4, 6 or 8-cylinder engine, optional for the buyer.
The early prototype, equipped with a 4-cylinder turbo engine, was tested and received high marks in 2012 and 2013. In 2013, a 6,2 litres V-8 was installed under the bonnet of a second-generation prototype and will be tested thoroughly in the Spring of 2014.
The specifications featured in the press documents are those of the V8 version. These specifications may change. Final model specs will be available in the Summer of 2014.
The entry-level model of the FELINO cB7 will be available at a price under $100,000. Final sales prices will be announced later. The FELINO corporation is already considering the possibility of an electric vehicle in a few years.
PRODUCTION STATUS OF THE FELINO cB7
After three years of research and development, the first FELINO cB7 prototype became a reality in 2012 and was tested on race tracks and notably on Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in 2012 and 2013.
In 2013, FELINO built a second-generation prototype, featuring a chassis evolution, along with a mechanical and design upgrade. It will be tested in the Spring of 2014.
In 2014, the company will reach the final phase of development and the level of pre-production. Two more units will be assembled and tested before Production 1 starts. A limited production series is forecasted for 2015.
via F E L I N O | Informations.
Here are the specs they vary of course depending on the drive train. I’m liking it to a kit car – like a Cobra.
Specs
Would you buy one?
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Tim
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Tim
Andy Bolig – April 03, 2014 10:43 AM
If you blinked, you missed it. The limited-edition Mopar ’14 Challenger, the latest Chrysler Group LLC vehicle to come straight from the factory already upgraded with Mopar products, has sold out in just the first day after being made available to dealers.
The Mopar ’14 Challenger is the most recent limited-edition vehicle offered by the brand, continuing the success of the Mopar ’10 Challenger, Mopar ’11 Charger, Mopar ’12 300 and Mopar ’13 Dart in demonstrating how owners can personalize their rides with Mopar products — even before driving away from the dealership. With only 100 built, the Mopar ’14 Challenger is the rarest limited-production Dodge Challenger offered to date.
Did you get a 2014 Challenger? Let me know.
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Tim
Amelia Island 2014 Preview | Mind over Motor.
A great car show with some excellent photo ops for cool cars!!
BMW
Lambo
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Tim
Details of McLaren 650S supercar emerge ahead of Geneva.
“The 650S receives a tweaked twin-turbocharged V8 similar to the 12C, but develops 641 hp versus the latter’s 616 hp.”
Oh only 616 HP in the 12C…..darn it!!!!! 🙂
This is the 650. Nice looking car. I’ve never been a fan of Lambo Doors.
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Tim
Though Dave Bridgewater already had three big block 1969 Camaros and an LS1 Swapped 1969 Firebird that he and his team maintain and race regularly at drag racing events around the country, he still wanted something more to add to his already awesome collection. That something more would most certainly be a Camaro of some sort, being that Bridgewater seems to have an undying love for the pony cars.
When the factory drag race COPO Camaro was first announced, “I signed up for it right away,” Bridgewater recalls. “But I got a call later on letting me know that they were all sold out.” After seeing videos on the internet of Dave Connelly testing the Cagnazzi COPO Camaro, he knew he needed to have one in his stable. With all of them being spoken for already, Bridgewater wasn’t going to let that get in the way of him owning a 2012 COPO Camaro.
See more:
Factory Fast: Dave Bridgewater’s 2012 COPO Camaro – LSXTV.
COPO Camaro
This is what makes the COPO GO!!!
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Tim
So not unlike many restoration projects I’ve worked on, something often pops up that makes you have to set some part of the work aside and tackle some unexpected. That’s about the same with writing as frequently as I do, multiple articles all nicely lined up and a couple fillers nearly ready to go. Then BAM!!! Up pops a car show or a I read something I want to react too. As it is with this piece.
I wish I could just write all day, every day, but I have a “paying” IT job which is a 7 days a week job and manage to squeeze out all the normal life stuff including ‘honey do’ list as long as I am tall.
So while tackling one of those tasks this past weekend, I happened upon a small cluster of cars at end of the a very large parking lot that normally adjacent to a COSTCO. At first glance it looked like a group of a flock of Chrysler Lebarons. But I was wrong, well sort of.
These cars are the offspring of a collaboration between Chrysler and Maserati. I wrote a piece a while back on the Maserati/Chrysler TC (http://wp.me/p2YxYx-14x). Check that out.
Mindful that I have frozen seafood and burgers sitting in back of my wife’s Lexus (it has a bit more cargo room than my C6), I planned on just saying hi a grabbing a couple of shots, but you know how car people are!!!
I asked if I could take a few shots with my Android phone and a couple of the guys said sure. Then a guy approached me and I said “Hi.” I told him I had thought it was a local LeBaron club when I first saw the cars. Well the gentleman was Mr. Hemi Anderson, TC America Tech expert in all things TC. Hemi let me know that although they were similar in appearance the underpinnings were different – different wheel base and all. He assured me that the TC was the original design and that Chrysler came up with the Lebaron as cheap alternative. His TC had about 11K miles and he drives it only on long drives – like this one (he hales from just outside of Vegas) or his annual Florida drive. He was a wealth of knowledge and I wished I didn’t have a car full of groceries to get home or I could have spend a few hours going over every car with him.
Here’s a few shots:
Those Wheels are similar to the ‘plastic hub caps” that are on my son’s Lebaron.
There were a total of 8 cars and waiting for more to show up.
I do like the wheels…I think they’d look good on my son’s Lebaron.
Removable Hardtop with ‘Opera’ window.
You can find this car club at http://www.chryslertcbymaseraticlub.com/.
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Tim
