A splitter is a low front add-on on a race car that helps it stay planted. If it’s too low and the ground is uneven, it can scrape or tear things underneath the car.
Term
undertrend
They’re talking about the car’s bottom panel area. If it gets ripped off, the car can lose its aerodynamic “smooth bottom” and can also get damaged underneath.
They’re talking about a NASCAR Truck Series event at Watkins Glen and what the racing lines looked like. It leads into a discussion about how drivers use the track.
Track limits are the rules about how far you’re allowed to go on the track. If people can go outside the marked area without penalties, they can take faster shortcuts.
The Nissan GT-R is a high-performance sports car. It has an aggressive front design, including parts like a front splitter that help it look and perform more like a race car. The podcast is pointing out those features while talking about the car.
The Toyota Supra is a well-known performance sports car. Here it’s just being used as a comparison to describe how low and sharp the truck’s front looks.
Camber is how a tire is tilted. Negative camber means the tire leans inward at the top, which can help the tire grip better when the vehicle is turning.
A three-row midsize SUV is a family car with extra seating in the back. It’s usually heavier than smaller SUVs, so it can feel less quick when you’re trying to accelerate or drive aggressively.
The Tahoe is a large SUV that can seat three rows of passengers. People talk about it because it’s meant for carrying a lot of people and gear comfortably. It’s the kind of vehicle you’d use for road trips or family trips.
Downshifting is when the car drops to a lower gear so the engine can speed up for more power. The host is saying the Acadia needs to do this a lot to keep up.
This means the Acadia uses a 4-cylinder engine with a turbo to help it make more power. The host is saying that, because the SUV is so heavy, the engine still doesn’t feel strong enough in real driving.
Paddle shifters are little levers on the steering wheel that let you tell the car to change gears. They’re meant to give you more control, especially when you want quicker response.
The BMW M5 is a fast version of a BMW sedan. It’s made for drivers who want strong acceleration but still want a comfortable car for longer trips. The podcast is highlighting it as a practical road-trip option.
A dual carriageway is a road with separated lanes for each direction, usually with a divider in the middle. It affects how much room there is to swerve or change lanes to avoid a crash.
The “moose test” is a common safety test idea: you suddenly swerve to avoid something in the road and then steer back. It’s basically a way to see how well the car handles a fast, scary avoidance move.
A brake check is when someone taps or slams the brakes on purpose to make the car behind slow down. It’s risky because the driver behind might not be able to stop quickly enough.
Double yellow lines usually mean you’re not supposed to pass there. The hosts are talking about people trying to overtake anyway, which is risky because you can’t always see what’s coming.
“Blind corners” are turns where you can’t clearly see oncoming traffic or the road ahead until you’re already committed to the turn. That makes any aggressive passing or late braking especially dangerous because drivers have less time to react.
The Toyota Camry is a common everyday sedan. The hosts are listing it as one of the regular cars people drive while doing the risky stuff they’re talking about.
ZF is a company that makes car transmissions. Here they’re talking about an eight-speed transmission and a software trick that can change how it shifts.
They’re describing an aftermarket trick that changes how the transmission’s computer behaves. It’s usually done through electronics/software rather than replacing major parts.
An “on-demand manual” means you can make an automatic transmission act more like a manual when you want to. Instead of the car choosing shifts, you can force the gear changes.
ZF is a company that makes transmissions. In this story, a ZF automatic gearbox is being modified so it can act more like it has a clutch pedal, even though it’s still an automatic underneath.
In an automatic transmission, the torque converter is like a fluid-based connector between the engine and the transmission. It helps the car start moving smoothly without you needing a clutch pedal.
Inside an automatic transmission, a clutch pack is a set of friction parts that can lock and unlock to change gears. This “fake clutch” idea targets those internal clutch packs to mimic manual-style behavior.
A clutch kick is when you quickly let the clutch out to make the car lose traction on purpose. Drifters use it to help the car start sliding and turning.
Swap kits are packaged components and instructions used to install a drivetrain or major component into a different vehicle than it originally came with. In this context, the kit is used to put an 8HP gearbox into other cars and control it with an aftermarket controller.
Turbo lamik is a company/software setup mentioned here that helps control an automatic transmission. The host says it can add features that make an 8-speed automatic behave more like a drift-focused setup.
Virtual clutch control is software that makes an automatic transmission act more like it has a clutch. That can enable drift-style clutch-kick behavior without converting the whole car to a manual.
Launch mode is a setting that helps the car get moving more effectively from a stop. It usually changes how the transmission and engine manage power so you get better launches and less wheelspin.
ZF 8-speed means a transmission with eight gears made by ZF. It’s popular for swaps because it’s modern and can be controlled electronically to work with different setups.
A DCT clutch simulator remote is a gadget that tricks the car into acting like the clutch is being pressed. It’s used to do clutch-kick style moves without adding a real clutch pedal.
Porsche is mentioned because the company has done something similar on some GT cars with dual-clutch transmissions. They’re using the car’s controls to trigger clutch-like actions.
Drifting is when a driver intentionally drives with the car angled sideways while still controlling it. The hosts are saying clutch-kick timing can be tougher during that kind of driving.
A sequential transmission is a racing-style gearbox. Instead of moving a shifter to different slots, you basically go to the next or previous gear in order.
A “ZF eight-speed swap” means putting a modern 8-speed gearbox from ZF into a different car. It can make an older car drive better, but it’s not a simple bolt-in job.
The BMW E30 is an older BMW 3 Series that people love to modify. In this segment, it’s mentioned in connection with a crazy swap build for hillclimbing.
2JZ (often referring to the Toyota 2JZ-GTE) is a legendary Toyota inline-six engine known for its strength and tuning potential. In this segment, it’s paired with a BMW DCT inside a BMW E30, which is a notable example of cross-brand drivetrain engineering.
A wide-body is a body modification where fenders and wheel arches are widened to fit larger tires and improve stance and clearance. It’s commonly used on drift and hillclimb builds to allow more tire grip and better control during aggressive driving.
A “swap” is when someone replaces a car’s original drivetrain parts with different ones. In this context, they’re talking about swapping transmissions into other cars.
The Challenger is a performance coupe made by Dodge. It’s known for having very powerful versions, including models that are built for maximum speed and acceleration. The podcast is talking about that kind of power and what people expect from it.
A final gear swap changes the rear gearing that affects how the car accelerates. It can make the car feel punchier, but it can also make you shift more often, which may slow you down if the engine isn’t in its best RPM range.
The Honda S2000 is a small sports car designed to be fun to drive. It’s known for revving high and feeling responsive. The podcast is talking about changing the gearing so it can feel better for acceleration or highway speed.
Final drive ratio is the rear-gear setting that changes how the car’s speed and engine RPM relate. If you change it, the car can rev higher sooner, which changes how the whole gearbox feels.
A gear set is the set of different gear ratios inside the transmission. Different gear sets can change how the car pulls in each gear and whether you have to shift a lot.
Gear ratios are how the transmission “multiplies” the engine’s speed to the wheels. If you change them, the car can feel like it accelerates and shifts more the way you want.
Gearing is how the car’s drivetrain is “set up” to match engine speed to road speed. The right gearing helps the engine stay in the power band when you drive hard.
A light flywheel is a lighter part connected to the engine that helps the engine speed up and slow down faster. That usually makes the car feel more responsive when you press the gas.
Sound deadening is stuff added to the car to keep noise from getting into the cabin. If you remove or reduce it, you’ll hear more engine and exhaust sound.
Concept
sliding doors on an SUV
Sliding doors are common on minivans because they’re easier to use in tight spots. The discussion here is about why SUVs don’t usually get them—more about how they’re perceived than how useful they are.
Ingress/egress just means getting in and getting out. They’re saying the sliding rear door makes it easier to reach the back seat and move things in and out.
The Volkswagen ID. Buzz is an electric van. It’s designed to be roomy like a bus, but powered by electricity. The podcast is saying it didn’t work out for what they wanted.
MPV means a multi-purpose vehicle—usually built to carry people comfortably and handle lots of everyday use. They often have sliding doors to make getting in and out easier.
Power reserve indication tells you how much “charge” is left in the watch. It helps you know when it’s getting low so you don’t run out of timekeeping.
A perpetual calendar is a watch feature that keeps the date correct automatically. It handles things like different month lengths and leap years so you don’t have to keep adjusting it.
They’re talking about which newer cars under $50,000 have the best sound. Then they explain that the engine’s intake/exhaust setup is a big reason why.
The Ford Mustang GT is a sporty Mustang with a more performance-oriented engine. Here, they’re basically saying it sounds good compared to a lot of other cars in the same price range.
The Ford Mustang GTD is a very performance-focused version of the Mustang. It’s meant to be faster and more track-oriented than regular Mustangs. The podcast is mentioning it while talking about which Mustangs are worth considering for performance and cost.
The Dodge Challenger is a two-door performance car. It’s made to be fast and to look like a traditional muscle car. In the podcast, it’s mentioned as another option in the same performance category.
The Dodge Charger is a car that’s designed to feel powerful and exciting to drive. It’s a sedan, but it’s built with performance in mind. The podcast brings it up when comparing it to other similar muscle cars.
The Toyota GR Corolla is a sporty Toyota hatchback. In this discussion, they’re saying it sounds good for the money, and that tuning/intake choices can make a big difference.
The Honda Civic Type R is the sporty, performance-focused Civic. They’re mentioning it because it has a good-sounding engine note compared with many other cars under $50k.
“ITB’s” are individual throttle bodies—separate air valves for each cylinder. They can make an engine sound more exciting and feel more responsive, but most normal stock cars don’t come with them.
“Induction” here means the air-intake path that feeds the engine. If you change the intake (like adding an intake), it can change the sound you hear from the engine bay.
Lift-off oversteer is when you let off the gas and the back of the car starts to swing outward. It’s caused by the car shifting weight and the tires losing grip in a different way than before.
The Ford GT 350 is a special, track-oriented version of the Mustang. Here they’re talking about it as a car whose price is rising fast, especially for low-mile examples.
Residual value is basically how much the car is worth after you’ve owned it for a while. They’re saying some cars can hold their value well, so buying them isn’t as risky as it sounds.
The Audi S8 is Audi’s big, upscale sedan in a higher-performance trim. In this discussion, the host is basically warning that replacement parts may become harder to find for a 2017 model.
The Alpina B7 is a BMW 7 Series that’s been tuned and upgraded by Alpina to feel more performance-focused. The host is comparing it to other German sedans and saying the Porsche is the better pick.
The Porsche Panamera Turbo S is a fast, performance-focused luxury sedan from Porsche. The host is saying that, compared with other expensive German sedans, it drives better and feels more solid as a used buy.
The Honda CR-Z is a small sporty-looking hybrid hatchback. Someone asks if it’s underrated, and the host says it was boring when new and still hasn’t changed much.
The Mazda Miata is a small, light sports car that’s famous for being fun to drive. Here, it’s mentioned as the speaker’s own car to compare against other cars they were given to drive.
A hybrid uses both a gas engine and an electric motor. The speaker is saying that, in this case, the hybrid setup didn’t make the car feel any better or faster.
The Honda CRX is a small Honda that people often associate with a sporty, lightweight look. In this clip, it’s used as a reference point for how another car was styled.
The Honda Insight is a Honda hybrid, known for trying to be efficient. The speaker is basically saying the car ended up looking like an Insight instead of the sporty CRX vibe.
The Chevrolet Camaro is a popular American sports car with a long history. Here, they’re talking about redesign ideas—making it smaller but keeping the engine.
“Retro-future” means making something look like the past, but with modern updates. In this case, they’re talking about designing cars that feel inspired by older muscle cars, but built with today’s sensibilities.
The C7 Corvette is a specific generation of the Chevrolet Corvette. They’re using it as a comparison for a design direction: something that feels like a Corvette, but with a smaller, more muscle-car vibe and seating for four.
A facelift is a mid-cycle refresh of a car. It can change the look, and sometimes the driving setup too, which is why the hosts are comparing the updated RS3 to the earlier one.
The Audi RS 3 is a fast, performance-focused version of a compact Audi. It’s meant to be quick and fun to drive, not just comfortable. The podcast is referencing a review of the updated (facelift) version.
“Rear diff” is short for the rear differential, a gearbox component that lets the left and right rear wheels rotate at different speeds. Its tuning (how it manages torque split and locking behavior) can strongly influence traction, cornering feel, and how the car responds when you accelerate out of turns.
It means the tires start slipping because they can’t grip the road anymore. On a track, it usually happens when you turn or accelerate harder than the tires can handle.
A “slide” is when the car starts moving sideways because the tires aren’t gripping as well. The car’s response can feel consistent or inconsistent depending on the drivetrain and traction setup.
It means the car constantly changes how much power it sends to different wheels. The goal is to keep traction and stability, especially when grip changes.
They mention a Ferrari model name that sounds like “Luce,” but the key point is the allocation strategy. The idea is that some buyers have to buy one Ferrari just to get the one they really want.
The Ferrari 296 is a mid-engine Ferrari with a modern power setup that includes an electric assist. The hosts are basically saying it’s the most desirable current choice.
The BMW M3 is a high-performance BMW made for driving enthusiasts. It’s meant to handle well and feel quick. The podcast is discussing which versions they like and whether they’d choose one over other performance BMWs.
Radar cruise control is like regular cruise control, but it can also react to the car in front of you. It uses a sensor to keep a safe distance and adjust your speed automatically.
The Ford GT40 is a famous race car from Ford’s racing history. People talk about it because it was built to win in endurance racing. The podcast is mentioning it as part of a racing story.
It's speculated that the Ferrari luce will mostly be sold to people wanting allocations for other Ferraris
What current Ferraris would be worth having to buy a luce at 600k. Um, none of them. Sorry
There's not a Ferrari on the market that's worth having to buy an extra car to get
Yeah, because you can just get a 296 if you want one, right? Yeah, and I think that's the best one they make
I don't I don't want to jump up to yeah as of 90 or the f80 or like those look terrible
We had this conversation on the last podcast. What other because it because it
Let's say you have to buy a luce at 600k to get into a 296
Special at 600k you're now spending 1.2 million to get the car you actually want
So that that brings us back to last week in in evaluto is fucking a million bucks. Once you're done
What what what would you rather give that money to Ferrari for exactly with their current product lineup like?
Nothing actually
Sigs inside
Says what are your favorite type of shoes to wear for long full day road trips in an automatic transmission
My heels get sore in my Nike running shoes and the accessories of my crocs get caught in the pedals
Don't use crocs with accessories get a set of car crocs
Driving crocs would be fucking sick. I would love to collab with crocs for like a rounded heel
Driving croc that would be so dope
But that's the answer to this person's question is find a shoe with a rounded heel
I had some moments who could tigers that had a rounded heel. They're hard to find makes a huge difference versus the squared one
That that's like the biggest thing so if I'm true it truth be told if I'm doing a long full day road trips
Very often I'm fucking with the radar cruise control and I might even be taking my shoes off
Just stretching my legs straight out behind the pedals just chilling like that
If I have radar cruise control I can count on I could do that for hours and
I basically drove across the country in the tycon doing that
Um having said that um, I normally do just wear
Actually, I'm wearing them today. I wear these these are um, I might I'm sitting like ac slater in the fucking seats
I can't show my shoes, but these are new balance. Um
What number are they 93 threes and they're sort of like
New balances version of like a skateboarding shoe. I guess a casual sneaker with sort of a a flat slash rounded heel
And they're not they're not as wide as my other sneakers. So they're good for driving and uh, I like driving in those actually
Mark Ferrari the tired smoker. Uh, oh
I want to summarize
Who allen man is we talked about on the last show. Okay allen man was basically the european gene haas
allen man racing ran touring cars and did rally and did a field did gt 40 at lamar
At drivers like sterling moss and gram hill and built commas cars for oh james bond goldfinger and chitty chitty bang bang
Okay, there we go. Thank you for that
johnny ev gearberman have either of you driven a jag x kr or x kr s
Yes, I have a review of it on the fucking channel the 175 edition. Go watch it. Good video. Very fun
Cartier ll. Cartier says why?
Is it that the luxury watch industry has not adopted the customizing options that the car industry has it seems wild
Is it such a profit center for companies like ferrari?
Do watch companies rely strongly on impulse purchases?
Has it been trialed and failed before if you mean um the like specking out a watch that you sort of order?
Porsche design does that you can actually order a watch to match your car
um
Many like
Rolex has a whole
Quote off catalog section where if you're super rich and a fucking good you can order things
That are not available to the public
Um, sometimes you have input in what they look like and sometimes you don't they'll just present you with a thing and say you
Can order it if you're like a super fucking boss at patek and you get a world timer. They could put your preferred
Cities in their time zone
Thing they did that for mine. They did it. Yeah, I've seen one of those custom
Time zones before that's pretty crazy. So like I did all the cities in Ohio. Yeah
most uh
It's just the same time zone just Cleveland Cleveland you spin it around it just doesn't do anything right big time zone
um
So at a very very high level you can do some sort of customizations
Uh, most watches are are mass produced and just don't you know, they're not
Even even even Rolex even most luxury brands are the watches are made predominantly by machines and so uh,
So it's not worth the trouble for them. Yeah
Wait
Uh
Two in the ruby one on the star
I thought it would be cool if a car's turn signals and hazards could sink to the bpm of whatever music was playing in the car
Both to make driving more fun and encourage proper signaling thoughts. I think we need standards
I'm sorry. Sorry to signal to signal
and that wouldn't
That wouldn't add enough fun. It would add a lot of cost to the purchase of your vehicle
And now you need a computer to control the light tempo in every
integrated Shazam and
Near blinkers. Yeah, that would be expensive. No, no, no
Uh, lemonhead says any thoughts as to why car guys seem to hold the terminator cobra in higher regard than the s197 gt 500
Oh, would you like to take this? I don't why I mean, that's the s197 drove poorly undersized undersized rear tires
It was it was just it was a weird car
And I think especially the early the early ones were underbraked under tired
Felt like more nose heavy than the old car did. I also think there's a nostalgia element, right? Like the terminator just
Happened it landed in our brains locked in. It was the right time the terminator landed with so so
The gt 500 also had a solid axle still until 25th until the the most recent one has a solid axle
and
Or in the early in the 0708 ones like it was
Very shitty like I drove it when it was new. It was super shitty them things are trash
in
01
Ford got sued class action the cars weren't making the power
and so
They fucking they had to fix all these cars. They had to like retune them all it was very embarrassing
They said a car is never going to make less than advertised horsepower again
They their their next car had this fucking blower on it. That was the first thing
But it also had independent rear suspension
So it was the best handling mustang of all time as well with new technology and all that kind of shit
So it was a groundbreaking car in mustang
And it also happened to drive pretty good for what it is whereas the 500
Kind of didn't yeah, I mean I bet if you put equal tires on them
I bet the old car would out handle the new one just because of the live axle situation
And then the holding it higher regard is definitely among people that like
Drive the cars
Modify the cars like things like that if you asked a blue chip collector, which they'd rather have in their collection
They'd probably tell you an early gt 500 those cars aren't driven. They sit in collections. They have no miles on them
Probably because they suck to drive, but they're actually decent investments
Shelby's undriven Shelby's as we just mentioned are historically very good investments. They look cool. They made lots of power
They did not from what I've heard from people at magazines. They couldn't get it to hit the top speed that was advertised
Oh, well, that was the 2014 the 12 to 14. Yeah, so that one they couldn't but I'm talking earlier than that. Yeah
Riders on the geo storm
Oh, why because these are the new questions
So so this was repeated because we didn't cover it from last week
Is that why no, no, we just covered the repeated the old questions and now we're in new questions
But they're posted by the same page right, but we know this was that question. All right copy and paste
Uh, oh, I moved some up. That's right
Oh
Uh, uh, bb come back says what is the newest car you'd want to rest oh mod?
The newest car
In 20 years
I
Don't I wouldn't need to do anything newer than 20 years
I would take an out a new alpha quad and just redo the interior
I think the exterior is stunning and I think it's fast enough and all that stuff
But I think if you could make an interior that was equally beautiful and not just part shared with fiat
That would be pretty cool. That's not
It's not red. There's no there's no resto. That's just mod because it's new
There has to be a resto more fun to clap that one and you rest of it
Like what you know, what are we defining? It's a made up game. Who gives the shit?
Koji Koji says if you're running a rear seat delete and half cage combo in your car
Would you prefer to leave the rear interior bare metal or cover it up with some soft material like cloth?
Like gt3 club sports spec
I mean look
If you're doing that like
That's a track car, right?
But like carpet doesn't weigh very much like whatever whatever like
Basic cloth it would cost to cover up like the the bare metal part of your rear seat
Dude, it's like
Probably the same amount of weight is like a gallon of gas
Yeah, like if you're not driving for time
And it would look so like the bare metal inside on a car that's driven on the street looks like shit
It's just it looks like an unfinished vehicle
I've gone bare metal twice now the my mini I took the rear seat out
And I did not do the get the nice $800 rear seat delete cover thing
And then the fox body I took the rear seat out and did not get a professionally rear
And in both times I I absolutely regretted it. It saved me no noticeable weight at all
It just made the car louder in a bad way and especially if the car is a trunk
Which your fox body did the noise that comes through like when I fold my seats down in my car
It's so much louder the entire noise that comes through so having a panel is a good idea. Yeah
I don't it
Half cage like if you drive it on the street, I just think it looks so much nicer. It'll look like a higher class vehicle
Yeah, for sure. All right, there it is. Thanks everybody. That was the questions
We appreciate you guys very very much
Look out for these announcements for when we have
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I believe it's august 20th
992 turbo s
Modded by us. It's going to be real delightful. We've driven it a bunch and it's fucking so sick. It's so fast
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Zach right now
Last chance for tst fans to get for patrons to get their hands on the the berry notice canyon if you want it
Watch the evoluto video. Also your nissan nismo videos coming out next week the 18th. Yep nismo z
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About this episode
Road rage stories kick things off, from a brake-check crash to a “palm dale 500” warning about double-yellow passes and blind corners. The hosts also connect racing details to real driving—track limits at COTA, splitter scraping that turns into a jump, and how spotters and contact rules shape incidents. Between travel and track-day logistics, they dive deep into ZF transmission “hacks,” including a fake clutch pedal that lets an automatic do clutch-kick style moves.
Matt Farah witness road rage; the GMC Acadia has a very confusing feature; we're officially racing in the Cleetus McFarland New England 900; someone hacked the ZF 8-speed auto to give it a, uh, clutch pedal?
Patreon questions include:
Why don't SUVs have sliding doors?
Should your turn signal flash to the beat of your music?
Why the Terminator is better than the S197 GT500
Which watch maker should build a car?
What new cars sound good?
Last chance to buy a Mustang GT350R?
Stop my used German sedan bad ideas!
How do people feel about the Honda CR-Z?
Wha should Chevy do with the next Camaro?
Why do we get Vinfast but not BYD?
Should luxury watch-makers have configurators like car companies?
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