Car Krush Mar 20, 2026

163. The Pile Up: Brain Buster 16

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Concept

lake bed racing

Lake bed racing means racing cars on big, flat areas where lakes used to be. Because the ground is very flat and open, cars can go really fast safely.

Concept

land speed

Land speed means how fast a car can go on the ground. People try to make cars go as fast as possible on special flat places.

Company

Moon

Moon is a famous company that makes parts for custom cars called hot rods. People like to put their stickers on their cars to show they use Moon parts.

Term

air to fuel ratio

Air to fuel ratio means how much air mixes with fuel in a car's engine. The best mix is about 14.7 parts air to 1 part fuel to make the car run clean and use fuel well.

Term

rich mixtures

Rich mixtures mean the engine uses more fuel than air. This helps the car make more power but uses more gas and makes more pollution.

LIVE

Emily BB16: Yeah. It's good for you.

Emily BB16: Maybe I should put in the copy, which nobody reads answer on Friday.

Rose BB16: And, uh, you know, he was into, lake bed racing, land speed, dry lakes, and wanted to make like safe quality products for racers.

Emily BB16: But he had the, uh, mechanics to back it up. Yeah. Though, right?

Rose BB16: But I think, Moon is just one of the greatest legacies. Like for me it was cool because as a kid, my dad would have the catalogs and I would draw stuff out of the catalogs.

Emily BB16: Yeah. Cool. That's cool. It does seem like a company with like. Feel good vibes.

Rose BB16: their sticker, you gotta have their stickers on your hot rod.

Emily BB16: My question, Emily BB16: he perfect. And he says it's the perfect ratio of air to fuel, which is 14.7 to one. I also asked him Rose's question, but he had no idea. So no answer to that one yet.

Emily BB16: Yeah, that's the meat of it. 14.7 to one is best for emissions and fuel economy. All the fuel is oxidized and all of the oxygen is consumed at that ratio. Now there is rich mixtures and that is for max power, usually high performance cars with or startup.

Emily BB16: I thought that was interesting. Yeah. I wonder if some cars are tuned lean.

Rose BB16: Instead of spark plugs. Oh,

Emily BB16: Oh yeah.

Rose BB16: three, I think. I think there's three colors. You can tell me. So what is the paint scheme? So ask somebody, you know, don't just Google it. We don't care that you can Google it. Everybody can Google it.

Emily BB16: Yeah. Very cool. Anyway, she also likes glitter like me, and she sent me an article about one of the theories that people think the reason why we get so attracted to shiny things is because it's signifies water. From far away. Like sparkly. Sparkly and what you need water to survive. So interesting. I'm very thirsty according to how much I like glitter. Hmm.