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cluebyfour

linkin' for a living

Jan 25, 2008 13:18

Random Friday linkage:

Warren Meyer on why the labor market is largely immune to the minimum wage:

Correcting for higher state minimum wages, but also adjusting for illegal immigrants (who are a special case with super-low bargaining power) and factoring in salaried workers (who by law to be salaried have to be making much more than minimum wage ( Read more... )

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phanatic January 25 2008, 20:55:12 UTC

One of the big advantages of the hemi back when muscle cars were popular was that the combustion chamber design was a way to increase the compression ratio without increasing the size of the block.

The 'new' hemis didn't offer that, since they're still compression-limited by the octane ratings of unleaded gas. Some minor advantages in pre-ignition mixing were there, but Hemi was far and away primarily a marketing ploy. I'm not sorry to see it pass.

ilcylic January 25 2008, 20:59:19 UTC

It's more that it compensates for higher compression by positioning the spark plug dead center in the combustion chamber, making them remarkably pre-detonation resistant.

ilcylic January 25 2008, 20:57:15 UTC

That think about Hemis is going to make the 2008 Challengers worth quite a bit, at some point.

Man, I fucking hate government interference.

I think that paper engine might well be worth $95C