Racing improves the breed and creates excitement, that's the idea behind Formula Zero, an organization based in the Netherlands with the ambitious goal of establishing a hydrogen fuel cell racing series. Beginning with fuel cell powered racing karts, they have just begun racing at the student edition level where teams from top universities compete. The initial race in Rotterdam … [Read more...]
Performance and Economy – High Mileage Horsepower
The 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 everyone thinks about … [Read more...]
Barry Grant BadMan Inline 4 Barrel Carburetor
Barry Grant, the company behind the famous Demon carburetor line has introduced a new inline 4 barrel carburetor and matching manifold. Called the BadMan, it offers a lot of advantages over the standard 4 barrel configuration. The look is what catches your eye but having an inline 4 barrel carb gives you better fuel distribution across the length of the manifold which, … [Read more...]
Bolt on Electronic Fuel Injection from RetroTek Speed
Electronic 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 like a 4150 series 4 barrel carburetor, it will bolt on in … [Read more...]