The Fast & Furious Car Guy Answers Car Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED

Dennis McCarthy, the man behind all of the cars from the Fast and the Furious franchise, uses the power of Twitter to answer the internet's burning questions about cars. How many cars have they destroyed filming the Fast and the Furious franchise? What's the point of spoilers on cars? Why do people rev their engines? What's better, a low-rider or a muscle car? Dennis answers all these questions and much more.
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[@TheLukeStein]

That tractor part is so f'n cool. Never ever would have thought of that.

[@Shubham_Bahirat]

Yeah man I even saw KZbin video about pointing out mistake like how car can go this fast in reverse. Maybe he didn't notice this detail

[@Rurik_Luci]

It's a realistic thing for Cuba as well. I've seen cars with similar setups and many even using boat engines.

[@gurjindersingh3843]

@@Shubham_Bahirat Yeah some people are too quick to make videos criticising others.

[@meneldal]

It's pretty obvious that with the right gearbox you can go just as fast in reverse than in forward (outside of potential aerodynamic limitations). Obviously it's not something you'd do on normal cars but it's not crazy.

[@james7110]

yeah that was pretty interesting

[@tavarish]

Dennis is a national treasure

[@christopherbenoit5585]

Tavarish is ghey

[@shantieshprakhul3889]

Hey Freddy!!!!

[@intruder9127]

@@christopherbenoit5585 why

[@muhammadfahmi540]

How about craig Lieberman??

[@bigobloks1656]

@@muhammadfahmi540 yea

[@jordantothesmith]

I like his "yeah, these movies are ridiculous, but dangit, they're fun" attitude.

[@super1million11]

That's the thing with these movies you have to kind of take them as a parody of themselves. If you take them too seriously they're terrible movies but if you just sit back and giggle at them they're actually really good. That's why a lot of people complain about the new ones.

[@mondaysinsanity8193]

@@super1million11 i love them so much because they arent trying to be serious just trying yo do cool stunts with cringy one liners and look cool its like if an 80s action flick was made with modern sfx and budget

[@TiddyTwyster]

Seems like I saw somewhere he tried pretty hard to make the first film authentic, and was initially a little disappointed but ultimately realized he loved it

[@Zambicus]

He literally calls the scenes "gags", what a guy.

[@supremeleadervlogs6910]

@@super1million11 I mean in f9 Roman was making those self aware jokes so even they know 😂

[@damaka]

I love that he acknowledges the gearing "issues" and just rolls with the jokes. At the end of the day, it is just a movie and it just makes for great scenes. Great CarSupport episode.

[@usanian83]

Don’t expect an oscar performance When watching a movie like that, just turn your brain off right

[@HDitzzDH]

@@usanian83 Why would you turn your brain off? It’s entertaining movies, they don’t have to be realistic.

[@___echo___]

@@HDitzzDH if you dont turn your brain off then your start thinking about whats realistic in them :P

[@supreme_xenon]

@@usanian83 If you turn off your brain, you would be dead, don't do it

[@aiv4873]

This guy is geniunely impressive to me, just the amount of experience you need to talk about things like this without running out of thoughts. If he was more popular he'd probably be a motoring legend.

[@derekdreke4990]

If you really kno who he is and what he has done and built he is a absolute legend most people don't even kno DMC or Craig and that's a shame hardworking dudes as well as many other's

[@ES_ETP]

I’m surprised that basicallyidowork made it into this video.

[@Dogthegod-lu9ty]

I was gonna point that out. Also never knew he was much of a car guy

[@osvaldoalcaraz3637]

I was thinking the same thing 😂

[@1nonlyAV]

@@Dogthegod-lu9ty Evan and Tyler are so 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@Dogthegod-lu9ty]

@@1nonlyAV I know that Tyler is and Vanoss makes sense because his og PlayStation name was Vanos, which if I’m correct is an engine component on some BMWs

[@1nonlyAV]

@@Dogthegod-lu9ty yessir correct

[@TheBushmyster]

“Somehow fast 10 will succeed”. Oh god there’s going to be a fast 10.

They already planned a trilogy. 9, 10 and 11

[@dtheengineer2746]

If people would quit paying to see this garbage they would quit making them

[@surebilly101]

@@dtheengineer2746 Calling it garbage and your here watching F&F related videos 🤦🏽‍♂️ alright

[@kib7292]

@@dtheengineer2746 God forbid people enjoy stuff that you don't. The horror...

[@six_1327]

@@dtheengineer2746 then why are you here? 🤦‍♂️

[@Jim.Frantzisson]

If family is so important to Dom, how come he hasn't got a family car? Edit:dad I'm famous please come back with the milk

[@alexschwatz1068]

He drives an urus, of course

[@crispyshaman4937]

Muscle cars are family cars believe it 9r not most of them have rear seats. Wich means most of them can carry 4 or 5 poeple. And they have big trunks wich means they can carry some lugage

[@chicagoswishrhymesHARLEMOGden]

His Dodge Charger is the family car, not cuz it’s a “family car” but it’s his dad’s. I like how they got into the background of the OG torretto in the latest flick. But technically that charger is the “family” car cuz his family, dad, was the one that inspired him to drive it. Poetic. *edit* “So much torque, the chassis twisted coming off the line”

[@ripley_10mo]

@@crispyshaman4937 or another person

[@Josh-rf9qy]

He's driven modern chargers, which are family cars

[@JackLoyal93]

LOL! I love that Marcel was one of the people who got their questions answered (or at least I hope it was really him).

[@richardpadilla6922]

Fr I’m surprised no one pointed this out haha

[@djvelocity]

This guy is so knowledgeable! He breaks down these complicated concepts so that anybody can understand them. Honestly, the gold standard of what a teacher can be eh? 😊🙌📚

[@jpjipperwong]

"A dollar a car" Dude what? 😂😂

[@Studeb]

Yeah, I hope it wasn't just some vain politician throwing away tax paid vehicles for his own pleasure.

[@DogeDragone]

@@Studeb they literally said that the cars wernt being used anyways

[@Studeb]

@@DogeDragone I guess that means they are only worth a dollar each then.

[@ml106]

@@DogeDragone spare parts in those cars are worth more than just 1 dollar... smh

[@jeuneroi3069]

Its crazy, but it was probably costing them money just to keep them stored. Must have been hundreds of cars though

[@dannewt9020]

"If it's a fast and furious movie you go up to 16th or 17th gear" haha love it how he can make a joke about those scenes

[@landrybowen8872]

They missed an opportunity to call it “fast and curious” since they are asking questions

[@YouHaveReachedBob]

What fascinates me is how they destroy so many cars, but never show the blood, guts and limbs of the drivers inside them, who get road-murdered along the way.

[@kadesmith8598]

because it's pg-13, not r.🤣

[@jurgenweibach568]

In Germany a Spoiler comes in handy at the Autobahn ;D

[@sharadkulkarni7851]

First movie: Hey dude cool car wanna race for it Sure man Tenth movie: Imma go kill god Wtf how? FAMILY p.s. I love the series

[@vypzo1618]

😭😭😭

[@tunerimpala5658]

That wasn’t even close to the first movie

[@RealNameNeverUsed]

Third movie: Hey bro nice car! Wanna drift?

[@firghteningtruth7173]

Femly

[@vindiesel564]

When I see you again OOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

[@FinancialShinanigan]

Wonder how many gears Dom will shift when he's driving Elon's Mars Rover.

[@GaryDunion]

Oh god this is definitely going to happen and I hate it already

[@BrianBBBB]

69

[@UnknownUser-ej8tk]

The rover will be electric so no gears

[@GaryDunion]

@@UnknownUser-ej8tk Doesn't matter, Dom will find some

[@Billythekid42069]

@@UnknownUser-ej8tk that’s the joke

[@Churro_EYT]

10:04 Yo Basically got his question answered

[@MrChucknorris1997]

No one knows who's Marcel in this c-section bro!! i thought i was alone in this.

[@anushgopalakrishnan]

I had to scroll too far to find this

[@viggovidin9108]

Yeah i was really surprised seeing him of all people here lol

[@Jaysin999]

@@viggovidin9108 lol i oaused the video to read it right

[@schworgis8951]

Yo that’s cool.

[@J_o_B_is_back]

Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall. Torque is how far the wall moves when you hit it.

[@eurly93]

Kind of but not really. Too over simplified.

[@animalscars3799]

@@eurly93 thanks for your opinion Caption obvious

[@earlsmachinerepairandsidin6211]

Horsepower is how fast the pistons travel. Torque is how long the pistons travel.

[@SuperFintsch]

HP is how much energy per time your engine ist able to create (how fast your car can go, not taking transmission into account), torque is how much force it has (for comparrison most noticable at lower speeds or when accelerating, still not taking transmission into account)

[@zeb5239]

@@SuperFintsch this is easily the best explanation i’ve read in these comments

[@JustNotIt9927]

if fast 9 had them destroy a satelite with a car in space and still survive... i like to imagine that they'll be conquering mars with offroading hypercars in fast 10

[@NathielIsaac]

Spoiler warning bro sum of the homies ain’t seen the movie yet 😭

[@trev24or77]

Literally my thoughts 💀.

[@i1uminoustv]

"Why cant a diesel engine use gas" Oh it can. Hope you like forbidden butter

[@houseking9211]

oh yeah

[@eduardoalbornoz2718]

wait you can??????

[@GeekOfAllness]

@@eduardoalbornoz2718 You can diesel with gasoline, you just have to be very precise with the timing or it blows stuff up. Realistically though, a stock diesel motor isn't at all tuned for gas, so you'll either not run at all, or have parts flying out of the engine. But I think C.H.'s comment was one of those "it's possible, but stupid" kind of things.

[@akki6045]

@@GeekOfAllness Depends on the purpose of the engine, if it's used for everyday life then it is going to be very wasteful, but there are engines that got developed exactly for the purpose of using multiple types of fuels. The british Chieftain Mk 1 had an multifuelengine. As far as i know that is. Btw gasoline in an diesel engine is a big no no.

[@misseselise3864]

a diesel engine can use regular gas. but only one time

[@mandybackstrom5758]

This man HAS to make a video with Donut media, ranking cars w James and Noland for D-List

[@unknownjoshanimations9947]

YES

[@esoteridactyl]

I think he's been on videos with Mighty Car Mods before.

[@tweenieBANDzz]

Or have the f&f cars vs hoonigan cars

[@rylanholman4433]

that would be awesome

[@YeYe-wd7vq]

@@tweenieBANDzz hoonigan would obviously win that one

[@obiwanswanson1635]

"I feel it's my responsibility to make it look realistic and to make it explainable." You may be working on the wrong franchise, buddy.

[@lozenz1058]

I called it easy "job security" lol..

[@jasonmoore7223]

Hello master Swanson

[@iForix]

Gotta love how people keep saying buddy in a way that makes them think they sound any different but it's just obsolete 😐

[@cooperlittlehales6268]

he never said he was good at doing it

[@thomaschristopherwhite9043]

It is explainable I'll give him that. That is the thing with this series, it certainly is anime for the most part but there is an A to B to C to it.

[@onesadtech]

This dude is so smart, I never miss a chance to hear him talk cars! 🙌

[@brandonaldaymachuse6669]

At this supercenter Sam's Club in my city, the person who refills the reservoir under the gas station filled the regular one with diesel...people were driving down the highways and once they stopped the engine was destroyed. Sam's Club now has to replace so many engines...including my co-worker's son's Ford f150 engine.

[@Nigglenuts]

“You take off at the light u go to first gear then second gear and third gear. If it’s a Fast and Furious movie, you go to like 16th or 17th gear” 7:08 lmao

[@scalychannel5897]

Wow you watched the video

[@AwkwardYet]

@@scalychannel5897 Shut up

[@tunerimpala5658]

@@AwkwardYet shut up

[@andrei-wh3hh]

@@tunerimpala5658 shut up

[@Ghost-xb5kn]

@@andrei-wh3hh shut up

[@jupiterwilkymay5161]

Dang…I learned some things. Dude knows his sheit! @4:09 - How many cars they wrecked (200-300 per movie!) @6:11 - How a 4 stroke motor works (i know everything about cars now) @8:33 - Difference between Turbo and Supercharged engine @7:27 - Most ridiculous moment in fast movies @10:11 - What do they do with all the wrecked cars? @11:28 - Difference between Horsepower and Torque

[@demon9401]

Well, thanks for the comment 😊👍✌️

[@dtheengineer2746]

Dudes kind of a jackass honestly. Says the Hellcat is the coolest car ever🤣

[@gurjindersingh3843]

I mean he is a human. He can be interested in multiple things.

[@nahhb]

@@dtheengineer2746 i mean its his car and his opinion almost everyone thinks that their car is the coolest

[@anthxny3925]

@@dtheengineer2746 because it is

[@ItsDaOneMac]

Cracking up at the handle name “Fully Vaccinated Clitorrisa” at 14:51 lmao. It’s also the one with the highlighted question of this episode. Good one @Wired

[@jakefox3677]

Lmao and the name botothot420

[@breadtemplar2895]

definitely seemed like the kind of person who wouldn’t know the difference between gasoline and diesel

[@solitudeguard3036]

@@breadtemplar2895 K

[@phillipmorgan4260]

There is no way that man is vaccinated.

[@yen7564]

The fast and furious franchise is slowly becoming hot wheels with all the fiction.

[@retroren7614]

I’m not a huge fast & furious but he delivered the motor knowledge impeccably. What a nice guy ✌🏽

[@zmanboss1]

They really glossed over him having a 6speed manual CHARGER

[@SgtSomething]

Probably stole all the 6-speed parts off a wrecked charger/ challenger in one of the movies

[@thekraken1173]

@@SgtSomething Based

[@caro3721]

@@SgtSomething them job benefits hittin

[@Trevor_Leach]

Yeah lol I was like wait my guy manual swapped the challenger trans into that? Pretty sick

[@jimmycantor9602]

The irony of the fuel truck running out of gas.

[@AutoYoung]

When did he say the fuel truck ran out of gas?

[@jimmycantor9602]

@@AutoYoung that’s not the point. And he didn’t. It would just be ironic if it did.

[@AutoYoung]

@@jimmycantor9602 Dude chill. I was just asking; thought I missed it cuz I took my eyes off for a second. Just wanted to hear the story...

[@jimmycantor9602]

@@AutoYoung apologies. I have a very sarcastic personality. That’s half an excuse and half just the truth.

[@soupe.]

@@jimmycantor9602 you used incorrect grammar and confused him, it’s your fault

[@jakeshurbitt5681]

At 15:45 when she says someone stole her boyfriends drive shaft, does anyone else think she was talking about the catalytic converter??

[@OneEyeDollar6]

She definitely was.

[@issackaiser]

Yep. Definitely.

[@TCAPChrisHandsome]

There's a possibility that she meant the catalytic converter, not the drive shaft. Catalytic converters have very expensive metals inside, like Platinum and Rhodium, which are rare earth metals, and if someone steals a car part, that's probably what they stole, because the scrap value is high. Catalytic converters are made to lower the emissions of the exhaust.

[@HumourusLAV]

Tez - "This is just not possible, to pull this off we would literally have to make Meteors strike the Earth.." *Dom looks at Tez* Roman - "We are NOT doing this!!!!!" Dom - "Family.."

[@plasmaglowmusic1655]

What the Fast & Furious Franchise has taught me: -Everyone crashes. Even the pros. -Your car looks good eh? ...UNTIL IT GETS DESTROYED >:D lol -Making a story about wrecking cars in action scenes is real entertainment.

[@Comfy_Bed]

and you'll be fine as long as *family* exsist.

[@godofspacetime333]

Yeah if you forgot about family then you haven’t really seen them.

[@code-dredd]

"The goal is to always be bigger, better, ..." That's the fundamental problem that's at the root of so many franchise failures in general... bigger, "topping" the previous one, etc. that does not equal "better"...

[@shaggyjones5637]

Stfu

[@code-dredd]

@@shaggyjones5637 Gonna cry?

[@heltonrolobcv2181]

I agree, i don't know if you guys have saw Naruto but in the end war arc had the same problem, villains getting too strong so heroes had to pull powers out their assess and repeat so it lost a bit of the touch of before

[@Simon-gq8wn]

The kids will never agree with that. You are probably no the target audience.

[@code-dredd]

@@Simon-gq8wn It doesn't matter. You're comparing finances with quality writing and these are different things. That said, the target audience is whoever has actual money to pay to see it... so, for the most part, parents are also targets there.

[@namanish450]

I think the person asking about the stolen driveshaft may have meant to ask about catalytic converters

[@rodneymartin6154]

They're both tube-like, right? ;) I agree though, she was asking about the cat. Those things have platinum, palladium and rhodium in them so maybe not worth more than diamonds, but gold? ounce for ounce, yes.

[@KifFTW]

I know! And I had to dig way too deep in these comments for someone to say that. Ofc we don't know for sure, but either she or her boyfriend were mistaken and my man's cat was stolen. Wish the expert would have said that, I have to assume he would have known an entire drive shaft isn't often stolen "in the middle of the night."

[@callummclachlan4771]

@@rodneymartin6154 So little in them though. Especially considering just 30 tonnes of Rhodium is produced a year.

[@savagesock3598]

@Ugly giant bags of mostly water my driveshaft was stolen by torque.

[@gabriieIl]

I know nothing about cars, but I do think they’re cool. I also love hearing car experts talk about them. The jargon sounds dope af.

[@KidSwagg2015]

"Sorry if I offended anyone. Just reading em like they come in" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 BRO IM CRYING

[@maximilianb7722]

Like that guy, he doesn't try to dance around the ridicilousness of the franchise

[@infamoswordz]

this was one of the best wired interviews I've ever seen well done great topic great guest speaker

[@user-dk9ql4gb8t]

[W]-[H]-[A]-[T]-[S]-[A]-[P]-[P]-DIRECTLY (+1)-(3)-(3)-(7)-(7)-(8)-(0)-(8)-(4)-(4)-(2)•

[@LouCooper]

“Spoilers are for cosmetics on street cars” Shows a 1970 Plymouth Superbird 🙄🙄🙄

[@msihcs8171]

He's right, the Superbird isn't a street car, it's a Nascar car that was toned down for the street (that includes the Daytona.) That wing isn't gonna do anything until you get over about 80 or so miles per hour which most streets don't allow, actually because of the wing and nose clip they're heavier than the stock charger/roadrunner for those years so the wing cars were slower on the road and off of the line.

[@dertmatyui]

@@msihcs8171 a homologation car just like the sport Quattro, pajero, 98 sti etc,

[@pikekeke]

@@msihcs8171 Yeah, but that's a wing. There's a huge difference between a wing and a spoiler on a car. A spoiler works just fine on a regular car to reduce drag and increase fuel efficiency. Kinda strange for a "car guy" to not know that the difference between a spoiler and a wing is not just semantics.

[@justin_lee3005]

Another simple explanation for torque vs horsepower. Torque is how fast you get up to speed, horsepower is how fast you can go. "Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall, Torque is how far you pulled the wall with you".

[@theapexpredator5428]

The fact that Marcel got his question featured in the video and Tavarish is in the comments is golden for me

[@biggusoofusboyus]

This man could be a professor. Easily.

[@jupiterwilkymay5161]

he actually was one! then he started moonlighting in the movie biz. quickly rose to then have to give up his position as a shop teacher.

[@caseyfenton90]

He didn't share any knowledge that most people who grew up around cars didn't know...

[@jupiterwilkymay5161]

@@caseyfenton90 but that's not who this video is for my guy.

[@caseyfenton90]

@@jupiterwilkymay5161 I wasn't making that implication. I was replying to the exaggeration of Tyler, saying this guy should be a professor. I knew all of the technical bits he shared by the time I was 12.

[@Comfy_Bed]

@@caseyfenton90 ohhh i get what your saying. You mean he just saying stuff that's common knowledge for car guy but may sound advance and professor like for non-car guys.

[@DuranmanX]

The next one should be called Fast 10 your seatbelts

[@highidle4532]

It’s hilarious how BasicallyIDoWork made it into this video and even left a comment on the twitter post 😂

[@thedawapenjor]

Man loves his job, can't hate him or the series now.

[@droganovic6879]

This is one of the most interesting 'Wired" interviews I've seen you guys make! Great stuff!

[@Clayvicle]

Honestly this video was more interesting than the majority of the franchise. Let's get back to the cars

[@jasenaleman1006]

Clearly didn’t listen to his explanation

[@Longshlongjon22]

I love how this guy also realizes how ridiculous fast and furious is

[@derekdreke4990]

Yep same with them paychecks tho

[@agentsus9681]

Horsepower determines how fast you hit a wall. Torque determines how far you take the wall with you.

[@n01928]

Not really all that accurate. Torque measures rotational force. HP measures that same force AND takes into account how quickly you can repeat that force.

[@Malficion]

A car with 200hp/200ftlb engine and 15:1 total gearing will tow a trailer faster and harder than a car with 150hp/250ftlb engine and 10:1 total gearing.

[@patrikjansen7831]

@@Malficion but why would you build a high torque engine if you then give it all away with your gearbox?

[@manangandhi2881]

one of the best QA ever. Truly super informative.

[@Nathan15038]

7:31 *and that reason is family*

[@Logi-Bro]

“Wrecked more cars than any other franchise”? …. Blues Brothers enters the chat

[@Luke-so4hv]

Id say its a tie between that and dukes of hazzard

[@drakvaclav826]

*Alarm für Cobra 11 enters the chat

[@Highskill3r]

@@drakvaclav826 gg

[@luchadorito]

“Some spoilers are cosmetic on street cars” * video shows Daytonas and Superbirds, legitimate NASCAR racecars* “Spoiler can refer to a rear wing or a front splitter” *shows a tailfin * Who TF edited that 😂😂

[@benkkuboii101lastname2]

yeah it was really strange seeing a daytona while he was talking about cosmetic wings on street cars. the daytona's wing is the upgrade that allowed it to be the first car to reach 200mph.

[@GeekOfAllness]

The Superbirds being referenced are street cars that almost nobody drove hard enough for that ridiculous wing to matter. It was 99.9% cosmetic insanity because "it's a NASCAR, yo!" not actually useful to the people driving them on the street. And he ignored the entire difference between wings, spoilers, splitters, diffusers, etc. because it doesn't actually matter at the level he's speaking to: they're all mildly functional items on a typical car driven in a typical way, but have specific uses on a racetrack that are too technical to get bogged down in for this conversation. That tailfin may or may not have a useful aero effect on the car in question, but was mostly another example of a cosmetic bit stuck on the car because "it's like an airplane" not because it makes the car go significantly faster.

[@luchadorito]

@@GeekOfAllness I mean…they made under 3000 Superbirds and something like 500 Daytonas. They were impossible to sell and considered ugly at time. Imo for all intents and purposes we can think of them as homologation specials or special editions and not proper production streetcars but I see your point

[@StuTubed]

@@GeekOfAllness I also noticed he mentioned rear wings helping traction on RWD cars, which is true, but not the only reason. Wings aid grip, which applies to all drivetrain types and help with cornering too.

[@patrikjansen7831]

@@benkkuboii101lastname2 there were 250mph+ modified race cars in the late 30s . Without rear wing.

[@stephenconnors2111]

Ok so hands down the coolest part of this video is when BasicallyIDoWrk blends my two favorite KZbin genres, gaming and cars, together!!!

[@maxbracegirdle9990]

When I asked my car friends dad the torque question at around 12:00 , he said torque is how hard you punch, the other one is how fast you punch. Someone smaller may punch fast, but not hard, where as someone bigger, will punch hard, but not fast. Obviously you can get strong people who can punch fast but it worked for the sake of the argument.

[@aland7236]

For the torque/horsepower question, I have always thought of the answer this way; not factoring in gearing, horsepower grants you the top speed, torque determines how quickly you get there.

[@steve0t107]

Kinda, Horsepower is literally just torque multiplied by engine speed (with a few conversion factors). It's an extension of the more basic physics formula: Power = Force * velocity

[@LS460Driver]

for me, easiest explaination is horsepower is how hard you hit the wall, Torque is how far you pull it

[@Lhy8snt-yk4cd]

I didn't even realize how many cars they wrecked I-

[@tobi2375-y1u]

|-

[@dontgivenofuckzz]

I bet ur cute in real life

[@tunerimpala5658]

I-

[@Dextoe]

Transformers destroyed 400 more cars in each movie

[@heinman6250]

“I-“

[@thisisnootnoots]

"We've wrecked more cars than anyone else in movie history" This guy has seen Blues Brothers right?

[@oFFtheWall518]

They beat the Blues Brothers record.

[@AveragePicker]

Blues Brothers was one movie though.

[@quitehandsomedude6412]

I have an important question: is there even a vehicle stronger than "FAMILY"

[@azultarmizi]

I can't stop laughing at "fully vaccinated clitorissa" and he said nonchalantly.

[@goriaakash]

As a mechanical engineer its good to hear this stuff again its a good refresher

[@mdiasz3478]

18:47 “catastrophic failure” forged in fire memories

[@joodkrf7051]

10:06 Is everybody gonna ignore the fact that the youtuber BasicallyIDoWork or Marcel who plays with Vanossgaming commented on this?

[@zachsweeney2784]

Fr

[@Rayzboomboomroom]

Would've been cool to see Craig Lieberman on here as well

[@zerosixteen.4644]

True

[@Mihalyofficial]

Love that guy. Hes honest, no bs and thats refreshing in this day in age.

[@riccardorudatis9349]

"I think we wrecked more cars than any other franchise on the planet" Alarm für Cobra 11: starts laughing in german.

[@baconstrips6260]

Supercharger is instant power and the turbocharger has to spool up or build pressure before it even works, great job explaining unnaturally aspirated engines.

[@TheOtherNeutrino]

Positive displacement superchargers have near instant boost but centrifugal superchargers do have a bit of a delay as the pressure builds in the impeller housing.

[@angeljongho86]

Going into auto tech school and the way he explained some things definetly was much better than the explanations I've gotten before.

[@OneEyeDollar6]

You defiantly need to go to a different school if these explanations were better than theirs.

[@angeljongho86]

@@OneEyeDollar6 Not the schools explinations- more like family members explinations lmao

[@OneEyeDollar6]

@@angeljongho86 Ah ok, nvm then lol

[@angeljongho86]

@@OneEyeDollar6 It's okay! Sorry for the confusion lol

[@akaJRob]

He said he has a 6 speed charger 🥶 my ultimate dream car no way he did the swap no way! 6 speed hellcat power and 4 doors. Need that

[@danielgroeneweg3781]

You realize that you can buy one with a 6 speed stock

[@akaJRob]

@@danielgroeneweg3781 Dodge never offered a 6 speed option for the Charger bro only the Challenger can’t believe after so many years of making the Charger not once did they think about offering a manual option 🥲

[@danielgroeneweg3781]

@@akaJRob your right

[@Devil914]

I didn't expect this many questions to be answered! Thank you! I appreciate you taking the time to help us all understand more about F&F and also just general information admit vehicles!

[@petmah8320]

“Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races”

[@skrublordnord69]

"The" fast and furious car guy? Ummm..... Craig Lieberman? I mean that orange supra was his own supra. The silver and blue skyline was his too. I know this dude is legit. Just bugs me they don't give Craig any credit.

[@rafaelsaez5596]

As far as I knoe Craig hasn't been involved in the recent movies, it could be that.

[@StockyDT]

For anyone who has also seen anime. I feel like there is more appreciation for how F&F has changed if you view it like a shounen. Start off with small enemies and not much power or resources to bigger more impossible enemies that you overcome.

[@gpoop23]

I like how this guy responds to a question specifically about the gears with "It all makes sense" and then mentions the ridiculous apparent gearing in his answer to a later question. Much like the movies, he pays attention to details. Unless he thinks you've forgotten about them.

[@garymcdonald7528]

The easiest answer for the difference in TQ and HP is, HP is how fast you hit the wall, TQ is how far you go through it

[@mb7205]

Lmao it's kinda wrong, if we're talking hitting walls kinetic energy (depending only mass & speed) it's the only thing that matters. If we're talking about towing then the amount of wall you move depends on torque

[@kerimca98]

But why does torque matter when there's transmission that changes the torque anyway? Serious question

[@Park_Place]

HP is how many footsteps you plant on the ground during a race, torque is how much force each footstep has. For example, a runner with high HP but low torque can run quickly but can't pull a wagon with a child on it. A runner with high torque but low HP can speed-walk while dragging 4 giant bags of rice. A mid-grade runner with moderate amounts of HP and torque can run at a normal pace while pulling a wagon with a bag of rice and the child.

[@GeekOfAllness]

@@kerimca98 Torque at the wheels matters. Torque at the motor just tells us what gearing we need to get that torque at the wheels. Any motor can be geared to pull with any amount of torque. When pulling a wall, it's really about traction, which is mostly about weight. A 20000 lb tractor with 20 HP will pull better than a 3000 lb car with 500 HP, because it sticks to the ground better. But if you've got the traction to move the wall, the 500 HP car will pull it further and faster by far.

[@GeekOfAllness]

@@Park_Place No. First, you're conflating linear vs rotational movement, which makes it hard to directly implement analogs of gearing. Second, that's really not how it works. A runner with high power is necessarily capable of pushing with lots of force. Because at high speeds, you need not only enough force to move your legs, but you have to have even more force so you're actually accelerating. If you can exert that much force at high speed, you'll be able to do it at low speed as well. Yes, different muscles are used for different activities, and there's a difference between sprints and endurance. But for our analogy, a high-power runner will pull a wagon better than a low-power non-runner, because the runner still has a bunch more strength in their leg muscles. In a motor, high power with low torque just means the motor revs high. High power with high torque means the motor revs low. Low power, high torque doesn't do anything useful, except maybe last longer or get better fuel economy. The high power, low torque motor just needs to gear down and will either pull harder than the low power, high torque motor, or do so at higher speeds (or some blend of both). The high power, high torque motor isn't faster, it just uses different gearing because it revs lower. (Assuming the same "high" power.) For calculating roughly how strong a motor is, max power matters. At any speed. Max torque doesn't.

[@Daylen151]

the HP and torque was once explained quite nicely. HP is how fast you reach the wall, torque is how far you can take the wall with you

[@gtpicasso4794]

Dennis was nailing these questions appericate his time and point of view on these movies

[@OkRulo]

The difference in Superchargers and Turbos are simple. Its instant power that takes away some for more, or gradual power depending on boost for free. Im a turbo guy, but I respect both. Its down to preference

[@andreialexandrescu9810]

16:00 she was talking about the cat exhaust. Confused, but she got the spirit:)))

[@spacecrash]

Wired if you get this guy on again I’d like to ask him what his favorite wrapped car was

[@Ozlow95]

"I think we wrecked more cars that any other francise..." German tv series Alarm für Cobra 11 enters the chat

[@toastedclubsandwich]

Fast and Furious directors hired this man to give them advice about how to make the movies authentic and then ignored it lmao

[@eek2020]

Question: "Someone stole my Boyf's drive shaft in the middle of the night..." Answer "I think If I were you and your boyfriend, I would be driving round the neighbourhood" Me: A) Which one are you her or her boyfriend B) They cant drive, someone stole the Boyf's driveshaft

[@jjbarajas5341]

@@user-dk9ql4gb8t I advise you to go all in on doge coin

[@dirtrider88]

b lmao

[@cheshirecynic3061]

Question: "How do I seem like less of a douchebag?" Answer: "Buy the douchiest car you can find." Me: Bruh... That's not gonna help.

[@tsuyunobradley4439]

If it's a 4 wheel drive you put it in 4WD and you can drive on the front only, but it's not good to do long term.

[@SomeoneElse92422]

Tractor Transmissions rarely have syncros

[@StrangeDuck]

love that part when he says 17th gear, lol

[@Czechbound]

SUPERCHARGER vs TURBO : He didn't mention that the supercharger is giving benefit at all engine speeds. Turbos only kick in at higher rev ranges - hence the phrase "turbo lag"

[@volundrfrey896]

Wings and spoilers are different things. Spoilers spoil unwanted airflows to reduce drag. Wings focuses the air to increase drag in order to increase down force. Completely different things and shouldn't be used interchangeably. Spoilers are great on road cars (given that they've fitted by someone who knows what they're doing) because they can increase stability and fuel economy.

[@cloudy9622]

Lmao Marcel is there😂

[@Trexile]

Haha yea! Did not expect that going into this vid

[@NormanHussaini91]

I like how he refer to the stunts as "gags". they are, because it doesn't make sense haha

[@LeBeautiful]

I wanna know if Dennis know how Vin Diesel was able to catch a car in one of the movies

[@cordsouthwick5345]

Your pfp has me dead

[@patrikjansen7831]

In which?

[@robertkyle6186]

I always understood horsepower and torque has in the most simplest way: Torque is acceleration Horsepower is top speed.

[@vintageludwig]

Kind of like how 'quick' and 'fast' are different, not always mutually exclusive.

[@shanyosefna5470]

Shelby gt500 cobra-760hp and 625 pound-feet of torque,1/4 Mile in 10.9 seconds Porsche 992 Turbo s-650hp and 590 pound-feet of torque, 1/4 Mile in 10.1 These are the tested times of the cars at stock form

[@Denarkwaes]

"the difference between horsepower & torque, I remember some saying that went like "torque is how fast it takes you to hit a wall, horsepower is how far you take the wall with you"

[@voidaurora3326]

I would like to say that the old nascar cars they showed for the spoiler question, those where built to race, and the spoiler is there for a reason, and not just cosmetic

[@chadfalardeau5396]

Up to a point, some of them are just for looks

[@voidaurora3326]

@@chadfalardeau5396 very true, I’m just into video correctness. I get that they were just using them as cars that had spoilers and had no real correlation to what he was saying but he was talking about spoilers just for looks with overlay of cars that actually used them.

[@Nathan93Baker]

You want to hear a joke? Fast and furious has a car expert. 😂🤣

[@user-dk9ql4gb8t]

𝘛𝘏𝘈𝘕𝘒𝘚 𝘍𝘖𝘙 𝘠𝘖𝘜𝘙 𝘊𝘖𝘔𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘛 𝘐 𝘞𝘐𝘓𝘓 𝘈𝘋𝘝𝘐𝘚𝘌 𝘠𝘖𝘜 𝘛𝘖 𝘎𝘌𝘛 𝘐𝘕𝘛𝘖 𝘊𝘙𝘠𝘗𝘛𝘖𝘊𝘜𝘙𝘙𝘌𝘕𝘊𝘠 𝘐𝘕𝘝𝘌𝘚𝘛𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘛 𝘞𝘐𝘛𝘏 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘈𝘐𝘋 𝘖𝘍 𝘔𝘠 𝘛𝘙𝘜𝘚𝘛𝘌𝘋 𝘛𝘙𝘈𝘋𝘌𝘙 𝘖𝘕 𝘞𝘏𝘈𝘛𝘚𝘈𝘗 𝘈𝘕𝘋 𝘔𝘈𝘒𝘌 𝘎𝘖𝘖𝘋 𝘗𝘙𝘖𝘍𝘐𝘛𝘚...

[@blueknigh7]

@15:40 The driveshaft question - I think she meant a stolen Cat...

[@Justus4Libertea]

Was the whole neighborhood dead asleep? It would take much longer to efficiently steal a driveshaft than snatch a cat lol

[@Nickthegamer01]

Same

[@adhitya105]

I wonder how many cars they wrecked shooting all the Fast&Furious Movies Dennis : Yes

[@deadmansfire]

Ironic about F1 mention as they just didn't really race in the wet at Spa

[@sammed92]

Everything has limits dude. Wets don't magically make the cars go through big puddles