In racing, a pit stop is a quick stop in the pits where the team can do things like refuel or make changes. The hosts are imagining a similar idea for fueling/engine setup.
A carburetor is a part that helps mix gasoline with air so the engine can burn it. The hosts are talking about how fuel would travel from the tank to that mixing point.
Edelbrock is a major American performance parts company known for intake manifolds, carburetors, and other hot-rod hardware. Here, they’re referenced in the context of an intake/manifold discussion and who might be interested in the design.
An intake (often meaning the intake manifold/air path) controls how air gets into the engine. The discussion connects intake design to “colder air” and engine power, especially at higher RPMs.
RPMs tell you how fast the engine is running. The hosts are saying some engine setups feel strong when you rev higher, but can feel weak or unpleasant when you’re driving gently at low RPMs.
Concept
hot vapor engine
This sounds like a made-up or slang term tied to hot-rodding ideas about using vaporized fuel. The point in the conversation is that a drag car can be set up differently because it only runs briefly.
Rose BB20: you just know Danny's gonna know the answer. Yeah. But I wanted to have, I should have asked Danny for an explanation of it.
And then, you know, at the first pit stop they would deflate the basketball or whatever, or after the inspection, deflate the basketball and add more fuel.
Rose BB20: well imagine it goes from the gas tank up to the carburetor.
Rose BB20: just do that through a bushing. You just do that in a three inch to three eighths bushing is probably kinda what it looked like. I mean, they probably just like capped into the pipe, welded it, and then drilled it from pipe.
Rose BB20: I think that's fair.
We don't like you, you know, kick rocks. And uh, Edelbrock was like, um, yeah, we're interested. You know, or Smokey was like, Hey, I've got this intake that, uh, GM just passed on, but could make use 10, 16, $15.
Colder air gives you a chance to pack in more fuel. So it increases power in high RPMs. And the, the basic di uh, the basic like, um, thoughts on this intake was that it drove like shit at local RPMs like below 2000 RPM. It was just untenable. It just did not work.
Rose BB20: But if I had a nice little tube going up to the front of the van, it captures some of that cool air Emily BB20: I much so. Okay. It's a drag car, so it doesn't need to run for very
Rose BB20: A hot vapor engine. Sorry, Danny. I don't have, anyway, this is another Hot Rod article. They always have good ar Have you ever read Hot Rod?
Rose BB20: Yeah. So it was, it was, you know, it's a real ripper and smokey, just, you know, what a great character. Such an interesting character. Anyway, Danny Danny's, you know, if we haven't talked about Danny enough, he's a heck of an engine builder in, uh, in the, uh,
Emily BB20: Hmm.
Emily BB20: fine. I know I love a, when I can get a backup camera, I'm not gonna lie. And I know how to use my mirrors. I don't really know how to parallel park. Sure. Um, I do it a lot better if I have a camera. But I do like a backup ca when I get a, get a chance to use one. I'm, what
He's like, dude. You have a shitty car. Nobody will ever care about this thing. I like if that guy hits the nose of my van. It's not, it's not been hit before. Right. It'd be totally fucked. Yeah.
Rose BB20: I came across something very interesting and I thought, wow, we might have some real smarty pants out there that know the answer to this, but what was the original name of the Chrysler Corporation?
Emily BB20: I do. I wear a hat because I, when I go to the gym, I get sweaty and um, then it just, sometimes I don't have time to like get my hair wet and do it again. And I don't wash my hair that much
Yeah. What years did the, how many generations were there and what years did they
Emily BB20: regularly. Yeah. Roast threatened that she might get a little bit drunk. Maybe she might have a buzz.
About this episode
The show turns into a “brain buster” Q&A session, mixing trivia with hot-rod engineering talk. One thread debates intake and fuel/air plumbing—how a cooler-air tube feeding an intake could help high-RPM power, while a particular GM intake reportedly drove poorly below 2,000 rpm. The hosts also reference Hot Rod articles and Smokey-style character insights, plus a Chrysler Corporation naming trivia question. Backup-camera and parallel-parking banter adds a modern, everyday twist to the gearhead discussion.
