Archive for 'Automotive technology' Category
Bolt on Electronic Fuel Injection from RetroTek Speed
27 November 2006Electronic fuel injection systems are now standard equipment everywhere, but adding EFI to an older engine with a 4 barrel carburetor usually involves a fair amount of plumbing and wiring and the result doesn’t look like the system you replaced. RetroTek Speed has a solution with a bolt on EFI system that not only looks [...]
Electronic Wedge Brakes Signal Future Electric Cars
10 November 2006Electronic Wedge Brakes, scheduled to appear on a German production car, probably in 2008, are the first part of a multi part concept called “eCorner” by Siemens VDO. Electronic Wedge Brakes or EWB, eliminate the hydraulic system used to power the brake pads in current automotive systems and substitute 12 volt electric motors that move [...]
DashDAQ Data Aquisition System
8 November 2006DashDAQ is easy to miss at a big show like SEMA, it’s not covered in chrome or sporting a big turbocharger, but this little device may have been one of the biggest product introductions last week. So, what’s the big deal?
DashDAQ, by Drew Technologies, can plug into the OBD2 port under your dash like many [...]
Self Driving VW Golf GTi
2 July 2006Though everyone was amazed at the DARPA Challenge when several vehicles navigated their way though a very difficult off road course, progress marches on and Volkswagen just demonstrated a Golf GTi equipped with a self driving mechanism that was very impressive.
This Golf can self drive, accelerate, steer and brake through a pylon course at speeds [...]
Quadski - High Speed Amphibian ATV
31 May 2006Walk into any powersports dealer and you’ll see the personal watercraft in one area and ATVs over in another area. Makes sense, one for water, one for land. The folks at Gibbs Technologies had a different thought, why not build a workable amphibian? It was a natural for them because they’ve been building high performance [...]
Aging Tires and Old Parts – Mandatory Replacement?
23 February 2006Did you know the Japanese will soon not be able to sell any electronic device if purchased before 2001? The government is eliminating the second hand market by law to force people to buy new products, an obvious and huge catering to Japanese electronic companies. It sounds totally ridiculous but there’s more. (Be sure to [...]