ORB review

The article that I read was called My Not-So-Little Pony. It’s about the new 2013 ford mustang. The car doesn’t look much more different then the 2012 model but the point of the car wasn’t for its looks. The difference between the 2012 model and the 2013 model is in the inside of the car.

The goal for the SVT 650-hp 2013 Shelby GT500 is to reach the goal of 200mph. the car beats the upcoming 580-hp Chevy Camaro ZL1. It even beats the 638-hp Corvette Zr1 upcoming car. This means now there is going to be a new horsepower war against the two company’s. 

With a 200-mph top speed as their goal the SVT engineers altered the gt500’s gearing. They also changed the ratio. 5 of the 6 gear ratios are new. By ford changing the gear ratio it changes the speed and torque of the car. This makes it easier to launch the car.

Ford has also changed the dual-plate clutch and made it bigger in diameter from 9.4 inches to 10.2 inches. Doing this makes the car stiff enough to resist vibration at 200mph and also makes the car lighter by saving several pounds over the previous two-piece steel shaft.

During the engineering of the car it was tested at the Nardo track in Italy. The car has gotten to a top speed of 202 mph. the car goes from 0-60 in no more than 3.7 seconds. This car model has more down force and more drag. The engineers were careful to make sure that they make these changes so that the car would reach the 200mph limit. The car is expected to come out in May 2012.

The Old Man in the Sea Essay

In the story The Old Man in the Sea the old man has many decisions that he has to make to try and catch the marlin. He refuses to give up. Even after getting hurt like for example when his hands started to bleed he just put the and salt water and said “Now he knew there was the fish and his hands and back were no dream. the hands cure quickly, he thought” by the old man washing his hands in the salt water he is healing his hands so he can catch the marlin.

At one point in the story he has to deal with sharks attacking him and the fish. “When the old man saw him coming he knew that was a shark that had no fear at all and would do exactly what he wished. “He prepared the harpoon and made the rope fast while he watched the shark come on the rope was short as it locked what he had to cut away to lash the fish”. The old man is trying to stop the shark from attacking the marlin. He ends up killing the shark

“I killed him in self defense” said the old man in the story. the old man had to kill the shark to save the marlin and him mentally.                                                                                                                                

Near the end of the story after the old man caught the fish he made the decision to raise the sail. “The breeze was fresh now and he sailed on well”. The breeze made it easier for the old man to sail back home.

But in the way home it was not a easy sail back. He had to deal with the sharks attacking the marlin. “Then he hooked up the bar with the knife lashed as he could because his hands rebelled the pain”. The old man is attacking the sharks so that they cant kill and eat the marlin.

By the end of the story the old man reaches land but the marlin has died. It was only bones now. As soon as the old man got home he fell asleep. The old man was out on the sea for three days and came back with a dead fish. So pretty much his trip out to sea to catch the marlin was not worth it. He came back with a dead fish because he couldn't keep the sharks from attacking the marlin and eating it.