Dan Luu on Nostr: In ancient times, some rally cars solved turbo lag by having the engine backfire. We ...
In ancient times, some rally cars solved turbo lag by having the engine backfire. We have much more efficient ways of doing this "now" (for 30 years?) but, if you read/watch car reviews, reviewers often call out how they love "crackles and pops", so performance cars usually have a mode that does this. Sometimes the performance mode automatically does this, but because this is basically purely aesthetic, some cars let you set turn on perf mode without sound and have a bonus mode that adds sound.
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