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2024 Ford Mustang EcoBoost Review – Cheap(ish) Speed

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You can also set up auxiliary gauges on the center screen or put the exhaust into quiet mode. Other options include an active exhaust, a decklid spoiler, and magnetic damping. Some of these flaws involve the standard trade-offs one must make for a sporty car, others seem like avoidable errors. It’s not perfect.

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2023 Ford F-150 Raptor R Review – Beast Mode

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Other performance and/or off-road bits include a dual exhaust, skid plates, running boards, LED fog lamps, trail control, tow hooks, modular front bumper, 17-inch wheels, an electronic locking 4.10 Fun never comes cheap and the price of entry for this truck was $75,775. The exhaust drowns it out, after all.

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New process uses localized surface plasmons for room-temperature conversion of CO2 to CO

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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have demonstrated a room-temperature method that could significantly reduce carbon dioxide levels in fossil-fuel power plant exhaust, one of the main sources of carbon emissions in the atmosphere.

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The Right Spec: 2024 Ford Mustang

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A $1,225 active valve exhaust makes my list because I’m extroverted and like to annoy the neighbors. If your eyes can weather it, and I’m not sure mine can, the standard GT comes with the asinine interior design choice of plunking two tablets on the dashboard – one for gauges and one for infotainment.

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2023 Hyundai Elantra N Review - Keeping The Faith

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We mourn the loss of cheap and cheerful pickup trucks. Cheap speed is only a pair of rose-tinted shades away. But as I look across the vast automotive landscape, I realize that there are still options open to those of us looking for cheap thrills. And we miss inexpensive performance cars.

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2023 Toyota GR Supra 3.0 Premium MT Review – For Extra Fun, Add Third Pedal

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One thing that’s appealing about the Supra – and its nearest rival, the Nissan Z – is that while it’s not exactly cheap, it’s not crazy expensive, either. That said, this particular test unit came close to the $60K mark and based at over $55K.

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Optimizing Fume Control for Robotic Welding

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Opt for Filtration Over Exhaust. There are two main methods of removing weld fumes from the robotic hood: Exhaust systems pull contaminated air out of the hood using ventilation fans. Exhaust systems are cheap to install, but generally not the best option for the large volumes of fumes produced by robotic welding applications.

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