ID a car part in Drive

September 18, 2011 6:28 PM

What car part is Ryan Gosling rebuilding in Drive?

In the apartment while Standard has his homecoming party.

posted by nathancaswell to Media & Arts (4 answers total)

I literally just saw the movie minutes go.....I want to say it a throttle body or some sort of turbo part? Maybe a waste gate?
posted by burlsube at 6:35 PM on September 18, 2011

I think it was a carburetor.
posted by Medw at 1:31 AM on September 19, 2011

It was a carburetor. This was an especially dumb scene in a disappointing movie. Why would a guy who works in a fully-equipped shop take a carb home to play with? He is going to end up with a kitchen that smells like gasoline and/or carburetor cleaner.
posted by leaper at 4:13 AM on September 19, 2011 [1 favorite]

It was a carburetor. This was an especially dumb scene in a disappointing movie. Why would a guy who works in a fully-equipped shop take a carb home to play with? He is going to end up with a kitchen that smells like gasoline and/or carburetor cleaner.

Probably because he had taken it out of his car - which was parked downstairs.
posted by cinemafiend at 2:23 PM on November 16, 2011