Archive for 'Engines' Category
Chrysler 300 Diesel Testing in U.S.
9 June 2007Testing is currently under way on a Chrysler 300 powered by a three-liter, direct-injection diesel engine for potential introduction to the U.S. The key word here is testing, because there are no specific plans to bring it into this country. After earlier diesels using much older technology failed in this market, there seems to be [...]
Koenigsegg 1018 Horsepower E85 Supercar
19 April 2007Koenigsegg builds a pretty amazing line of cars but they have now gone green, too, with the E85 powered Koenigsegg Flower Power supercar. The power and performance numbers put this car in some very heady territory. The engine has been detuned slightly from their original 1100bhp+ and 885 foot pounds of torque to a [...]
Performance and Economy - High Mileage Horsepower
16 April 2007The SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) 2007 World Congress will convene in Detroit this week with a theme of “Engineering for Global Sustainable Mobility — It’s Up to Us.” One of their tech sessions is titled “High Performance and Fuel Economy: Can We Have Both?”
Increasing fuel economy while maintaining or even increasing performance is something [...]
W9 Nine Cylinder E85 Engine Project
17 January 2007Thomas Johansson has been working toward a Master of Science degree in Engineering at the Lulea University of Technology in Sweden. Looking for an appropriate project for his thesis he decided to design and build a complete internal combustion engine from scratch to run on E85. Of course, he didn’t just build an inline 4 [...]
GM Engine Builder Plus Online Dynamometer
13 November 2006General Motors Performance Parts is a major player in the crate engine business which should be no surprise since GM has produced some of the most popular engines ever installed in a car. The small block Chevy is legendary in racing and hot rodding in general and the big blocks today put out horsepower numbers [...]
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 [...]