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29th September 2009
In the U.S., gas is the short form of gasoline, while in many Commonwealth countries, it is known as petrol. Gas is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture that consists of hydrocarbons and is used as a fuel in internal combustion engines.
There are differe... Read >
Author: wbdoyle28th September 2009
Ferdinand Porsche was born in Reichenberg. At the time that area was known as North Bohemia and later changed to Czechoslovakia. At the age of 18 Ferdinand Porche was recommended for a job in Vienna with Bela Egger, due to his remarkable mechanical aptitu... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer25th September 2009
A crane is a type of tower that is equipped with pulleys and cables and is used to lower and lift materials. Cranes are most commonly used in industry that requires heavy machinery, such as construction or other earth moving tasks.
There are many diff... Read >
Author: imran24th September 2009
A crane is a type of tower that is equipped with pulleys and cables and is used to lower and lift materials. Cranes are most commonly used in industry that requires heavy machinery, such as construction or other earth moving tasks.
There are many diff... Read >
Author: imran21st September 2009
Have you found your knack yet? I think all of us want to find that slot in life that we just seem to fit perfectly into. Now I'm not just talking about the spouse and family aspect, but also about the career side. Do you know what you would love to do for... Read >
Author: clickfor17th September 2009
Recently, my little sister completely ruined her car and had to buy a new one.
Why? Because she didn't check her oil.
Every car-savvy member of my family felt guilty for not teaching her how to check her oil, and why it was important. Frankly, it ... Read >
Author: VehicleRide29th August 2009
Car parts Info
Car parts Info
Well before learning how to drive one must know at least the basic vehicle parts. In this article, I would tell the readers about the basic parts of a car or a truck.
Radiator
Radiators are heat exchangers; they are use... Read >
Author: HK28th August 2009
If you’ve got a pulse, you’ve probably got an opinion about the about the current conflict over universal health care reform. But here’s a little secret: We’re all wrong for even dealing with this issue now, and here’s the reason:
-If you ha... Read >
Author: Lister McMillson17th August 2009
The modern car is powered primarily by internal combustion engines. This is a fancy way of saying controlled explosions. These explosions in the cylinder heads produce power, but also tons of heat. The coolant system in your car is tasked with dealing wit... Read >
Author: Dirk Gibson01st August 2009
Recently many people have asked me about buying used cars online. When Ebay or Yahoo auctions are there why one should go for local dealers is a 64M$ question.
Used car business has been here since the start of auto industry. Japan started mass p... Read >
Author: Lila Ivanova23rd July 2009
Today, we are using sealed lead acid batteries extensively. This article describes some of the more common uses of this type of battery in our everyday lives.
Perhaps the most common use for a sealed lead acid battery is for brownouts. That is extreme... Read >
Author: SEO Global Expert07th July 2009
Finding the time and the subject to write articles seems to be a common complaint of new authors that are just getting on board the article writing and article marketing arenas. Here is an article writing mantra to help you get started.
Newcomers into ... Read >
Author: Raj Krishnaswamy06th July 2009
Diesel generators are based solely on the electric motor, the electric and hybrid engines using internal combustion engines for locomotion. But that's not all. These motors can be used for the production of electricity of these vehicles on board battery. ... Read >
Author: powerscity30th June 2009
Over the course of the history of the locomotive and its components, there have been many propulsion methods. The evolution of the locomotive engine has needed to be adapted in order to accommodate the needs for these differing propulsion methods.
Bac... Read >
Author: Travis Bierwerth28th June 2009
We have various types of people - some are sick and some are healthy, and some of them are dominant and others are physically challenged. There are those who have won the Olympics in sprinting, and there are those who cannot even walk because they hav... Read >
Author: Josh Suarez28th June 2009
NJDEP Consideration of Health Risk from Internal Combustion Engines (All4 Inc.: June 15, 2009)
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's (NJDEP's) Subchapter 17 rules require facilities to consider air toxics when installing or modifying ... Read >
Author: ALL426th June 2009
Alternative fuel cars refer to vehicles that run on any fuel other than petroleum fuels, or any engine that is not completely dependent on petroleum. Environmental laws and global warming have made alternate power sources a high priority for government an... Read >
Author: breezego.css22nd June 2009
Alternative fuel cars refer to vehicles that run on any fuel other than petroleum fuels, or any engine that is not completely dependent on petroleum. Environmental laws and global warming have made alternate power sources a high priority for government an... Read >
Author: breezego.css06th May 2009
You probably could have guessed that on your own, but what’s more interesting is how each industry uses adhesives. The following lists some of the less visible applications in use all around us.
Ground transportation -
In the rail and vehicle indust... Read >
Author: Rebecca Wilmot28th April 2009
7 Things You Should Know About Cannondale 700 and Cannondale
Accurate cannondale information is not always easy to find on the Internet.
I struggled to find a reliable source myself, so I decided to collate some tips for you, along with other releva... Read >
Author: Coran Levison15th April 2009
Ever since the invention of automobiles, there had been continuous endeavors to invent new designs and technologies. This led to many events which later became important chapters of the history of the automobile industry by introducing new cars even in ... Read >
Author: Carazoo.com09th April 2009
Hybrids cars use rechargeable battery and gasoline, for their power, instead of just gasoline. As a basic info on hybrid cars, hybrid batteries are efficient in reducing fuel emissions. This is so because a hybrid engine uses the energy from the battery... Read >
Author: Jenny Styles09th April 2009
Hybrid cars are so efficient, economical and practical. However, the tag prices are not that appealing to consumers because hybrid cars are basically more costly than the traditional counterparts.
The technology for the manufacture of hybrid cars is c... Read >
Author: Jenny Styles06th March 2009
Wood gasification is the process of turning wood into carbon monoxide and hydrogen by reacting the raw material (wood) at high temperatures with a controlled amount of oxygen. Without oxygen, the wood can't burn so it transforms into gas. This gas can be ... Read >
Author: Steve Last21st January 2009
Butane, also known as n-Butane, is the un-branched alkane comprising of four carbon atoms. Butane is a collective term also used to define n-butane along with its only isomer isobutane. Isomers are isomerisation compounds showing similar orientation.
... Read >
Author: Eric Token16th January 2009
Ongoing economic recession – unprecedented in our lifetimes – has hit every industry hard. Even the newspaper industry is shrinking. But Auto industry was the hardest hit among all. Analysts are alive to the situation and are continuously giving opini... Read >
Author: Hamid16th January 2009
If you’re gonna go get yourself an alternative fuel vehicle then you better get acquainted with the types of biofuel. It is defined as any type of fuel derived from biological sources. Biofuels are used in households around the world as fuel for heating... Read >
Author: Guile Canencia16th January 2009
Propane is a three-carbon alkane found basically as a gas, but it can be readily converted into a liquid and transported. Propane is produced through other petroleum compounds during the processing of oil and natural gases. Propane finds great utility as ... Read >
Author: Florence Gasket13th November 2008
So you’re thinking of getting an electric car? Well, one of the first things you need to do before getting one is to learn a few basic things about these vehicles — especially with regards to how they run and where they get their power. And like all t... Read >
Author: Guile Canencia30th October 2008
Hydrogen gas saver devices have become popular nowadays. The reason is that it is more important than ever to save money currently, as the economy is in the worst position that it has been in for a very long time.
Even the people who normally never wo... Read >
Author: Michael Lee23rd October 2008
A hybrid vehicle is a vehicle that uses two or more discrete power sources to propel the vehicle. Common power sources include:
• On-board or out-board rechargeable energy storage system (RESS) and a fueled ... Read >
Author: Sarah23rd October 2008
A hybrid vehicle is a vehicle that uses two or more discrete power sources to propel the vehicle. Common power sources include:
• On-board or out-board rechargeable energy storage system (RESS) and a fueled ... Read >
Author: Sarah15th September 2008
Jules Verne, the famous science fiction writer of more than 100 years ago, once said, "...I believe that water will one day be employed as a fuel." He was right, and there are prototype future cars to prove it. In fact, there are ordinary cars too using w... Read >
Author: steve magill08th September 2008
Some of the most exciting things in the world are the ones that we do not fully understand. It is something that can boggle our mind if we are not exactly sure what is going on with the new technology that is out there today. One of today's most interes... Read >
Author: Lorna Goldsborough08th September 2008
The hydrogen fuel car has finally caught the attention of the automobile manufacturers and it was high time! The powerful car industry is now researching seriously the promising potential of hydrogen fuel for the average consumer.
In short, the new hy... Read >
Author: Mei Fontana03rd September 2008
Like any specialized field, auto repair has its own unique set of abbreviations. Used by professionals, the abbreviations can seem to create a completely different language. This can be frustrating for car owners who may not understand what’s being said... Read >
Author: Emma Gold01st September 2008
The easiest way to save money on fuel is to get more miles out of each gallon of gasoline or deisel that you put into your tank. Driving around town looking for the gas station with the cheapest price will probably end up costing more than it saves.
I... Read >
Author: Janelle Elizabeth14th August 2008
Gas engines are known as internal combustion engines
and are divided into two general classes, specifically
two cycle and four cycle engines. A cycle of an
engine represents one stroke of the piston or one
half revolution of the crank shaft, as a c... Read >
Author: efoartticle09th July 2008
Lubricants can play a big role in industry. One cannot think about smooth running of industry without using lubricants. Lubricants are used in moving parts or components to ensure that the component remain in good working order. The key role of industrial... Read >
Author: Michael John08th May 2008
Magnetic Vortex Engine
No more gasolene, deisel or oil changes
Almost twenty years ago I became very angry, mostly frustrated. I owned, operated and jacked of all trades a trucking company. When you are paying (high at that time) fuel, oil, grease ... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer01st May 2008
It is a given that people should not take their car maintenance for granted. The totality of its cleanliness directly affects all the occupants of the vehicle, and on some occasions, the performance of the car too. But what people should mostly consider a... Read >
Author: andirixx01st May 2008
There is this miraculous thing created for car batteries to work their wonders. It is the alternator, the part that is responsible for antagonizing the power charge from the battery to the car. But first, here is a little peek under the hood to better und... Read >
Author: andirixx25th April 2008
Water and Gas is a technology based on splitting water "on board" a vehicle, and using the resulting gases not to drive the vehicle - but to boost the efficiency of its combustion.
It is a Do-It-Yourself technology, specifically designed for beginners ... Read >
Author: SETH MANNE25th April 2008
Water and Gas is a technology based on splitting water "on board" a vehicle, and using the resulting gases not to drive the vehicle - but to boost the efficiency of its combustion.
It is a Do-It-Yourself technology, specifically designed for beginners ... Read >
Author: SETH MANNE17th April 2008
Honda Motor Company, Limited is a multinational corporation and an engine manufacturer based in Japan. Being the largest maker of engines in the world (able to produce 14 million internal combustion engines on a yearly basis), Honda has lived up to thei... Read >
Author: Anthony Fontanelle26th February 2008
Auto Mileage: The Need to Replace Lead to Reduce Friction in Industry
Auto mileage is on everyone’s mind. Manufacturers, inventors, industrialists … and even “gear heads” are looking for solutions for improving auto mileage. The issue involve... Read >
Author: techtip07th February 2008
Electric remote control cars use high capacity compact batteries to drive brushed or brushless motors via an electronic speed control. They run on small but powerful electric motors and rechargeable nickel metal hydride, nickel-cadmium, or lithium polymer... Read >
Author: Riz Davis09th November 2007
Engine oil additivesDo they really work? That question has sparked controversy for years in the automotive and diesel industries. Are the various engine oil additives really just the modern automotive versions of “Snake Oil”? Many engine oil additives... Read >
Author: techtip07th November 2007
Solar energy is renewable, and has become quite common in areas that have a dependable number of days of sunshine such as California and Arizona. Solar heat collectors can be seen on roofs all over the Southwest. There are many ways to use the sun to gene... Read >
Author: Christopher21st September 2007
A Pontiac Spark Plug is an electrical device located in the cylinder head of some internal combustion engines ignites compressed gas or fuel by means of a spark to transform the fuel into working energy. It is actually a high voltage bridge for electricit... Read >
Author: Anthony Fontanelle23rd August 2007
If there is one thing that has been invented to allow car batteries to work wonders, it is the alternator. The alternator is the part responsible for directing the power charge from the battery to the car's engine. For those who wish to better understan... Read >
Author: Evander02nd August 2007
New Report Examines Market Potential
Seen in the past mainly as a safety hazard for coal miners and a costly nuisance for mine operators, CMM is now being widely studied and exploited.
Coalmine methane (CMM), for centuries the bane of canaries and m... Read >
Author: Denise Palmer26th July 2007
A collet is the device used which forms part of the work holdings. Collet forms part of chucks and it is specifically designed and produced has a type of chuck. True length collet chucks, manual collet chucks, pull back collet chucks, collet reference are... Read >
Author: Russel25th July 2007
You are probably confused with the job of your Saab belts. How about reading this article, with notes from an online source, to get the know-how on one of those belts? – The timing belts.
Timing Belts are tightened rubber bands or sometimes chains... Read >
Author: Michhelle Crimson05th July 2007
General Motors Corp.'s European division announced an affirmation on Friday regarding making its model line more environmentally friendly. The division said that it would put cleaner engines in conventional cars, offer more cars that can use ethanol and... Read >
Author: Iver Penn29th June 2007
Drivers know the basic procedure for keeping their vehicles running: fill up with gasoline, drive, repeat. Most drivers know this routine so well that it is second nature, without stopping to wonder where the gasoline that seems so essential to their life... Read >
Author: Greg Chapman15th June 2007
Throughout the history of the automobile, many innovations have come and gone, creating a billion dollar industry with a fierce global market that employs millions. The advancement of the many aspects of technology like computers and electronics have made... Read >
Author: jessicamatthews15th June 2007
Spark plugs share equal importance in function resulting to an engine's overall performance. From its name, it is an electrical device responsible for the ignition of compressed aerosol gasoline through an electric spark. This is found in the cylinder hea... Read >
Author: jessicamatthews15th June 2007
A spark plug is an electrical device used to ignite compressed aerosol gasoline by means of an electric spark, as its name suggests. It is usually found in the cylinder head of some internal combustion engines. These plugs have an insulated center electro... Read >
Author: amandanealy30th May 2007
A diesel engine is a type of internal combustion engine that uses compression ignition to burn fuel. Instead of merely flowing in air and fuel burn materials into a mix in the combustion chambers, the way gasoline engines do, a diesel engine uses a fuel i... Read >
Author: mrestelle1427th May 2007
Introduction
From the time man set foot on earth, traveling short and long distances had been one of his basic needs. Horse-drawn carriages were used as means of travel and transportation in olden days. The ardent need to travel fast and save time gave ... Read >
Author: Tom Johny25th May 2007
The State of Florida together with Ford Motor Company has announced recently that they are putting a fleet of hydrogen-fueled Ford E-450 buses in all of Orlando. It would become the first US city to take delivery of these ultra clean vehicles.
Flori... Read >
Author: Kraig16th May 2007
The internal combustion engine of your Toyota can provide you with a tremendous amount of horsepower, but in order to maintain that excellent performance, the engine parts must be constantly lubricated. The reason for this that the engine contains a lot o... Read >
Author: jessicamatthews06th May 2007
A VW bus is being sold on e-bay. It is a 2007 remake of the 1961 VW bus, complete with VW parts, including innovated VW hoses. The bus costs the same price as a new car and not as its fellow vehicles in the segment.
The 2007 remake of 1961 VW Bus 2... Read >
Author: benjamin24th April 2007
Huntington Beach, CA April 12, 2007 -- SmokinVette.com, a Huntington Beach, CA privately owned Corvette Forum, would like to announce water/methanol injection kits will be added to both our 2005 C6 project Corvettes that’s to the Snow Performance. We’... Read >
Author: SmokinVette30th March 2007
Adding a turbocharger to your car will give you one of the biggest increases in horsepower over any other engine modification. Nitrous oxide systems can rival the power performance, but not the durability and constant gains associated with a turbo system.... Read >
Author: Majestic Modifications02nd February 2007
Remote control car is a battery driven model car that can be controlled using a remote from quite a distance. Inputs from the remote radio are given with the help of joysticks via a transmitter. These signals are sent to the radio remote control car's rec... Read >
Author: Randell Rogfend06th January 2007
With today’s ever advancing world, the automotive industry continues to flourish as more people buy more automobiles to move faster in everyday life. As economics say, when there’s demand, there should be supply, and it seems auto manufacturers are ... Read >
Author: Angela Brzic29th November 2006
Major car manufacturers have made claims that the hybrids are the vehicles of the future. This is due to the demand that people are now making as a way of negotiating the overpriced gas prices that have risen steadily over the past few years. The hybrid v... Read >
Author: John Tiger07th September 2006
Ford Motor Company in its endeavor to introduce innovative technologies that improve fuel economy, reduce vehicle emissions and country's reliance on imported oil, has finally come up with the cleanest and the quietest diesel sold in America. Its all-ne... Read >
Author: Jay Stevens25th July 2006
How do you start your car?
The simple answer to this very simple question is to insert the key into the ignition slot and rev up your car to life.
So how does the ignition of your car really work?
Well, the ignition key slot of your vehicle i... Read >
Author: Joe Thompson19th July 2006
The Ford Motor Company is now out to produce a new generation of engines that could be much advantageous for vehicle owners and drivers. And just recently, what the company did is it started off the production of V10 engines that are fueled by hydrogen.... Read >
Author: Chuck Smith16th May 2006
A crane is a type of tower that is equipped with pulleys and cables and is used to lower and lift materials. Cranes are most commonly used in industry that requires heavy machinery, such as construction or other earth moving tasks.
There are many diff... Read >
Author: Abigail Newsom01st January 2006
Mazda has been known as one of the top-notch manufacturers of vehicles and automobiles. And not only that, but it certainly has become popular through the years. It would definitely be surprising if a person does not know or is not even familiar with wh... Read >
Author: Margaret Adams12th August 2005
All automobiles are equipped with an internal combustion engine. Put simply, the internal combustion engine converts fuel into motion so that the automobile can move. To create motion from gasoline, it has to be burned inside the engine, thus the term int... Read >
Author: Terry Brown24th May 2005
The company that popularizes the hybrid technology is producing the better hybrid vehicles year after year. Although Toyota starts the technology to their Prius in 1997, Honda produces, develops, and uses the technology continuously to their cars. Honda's... Read >
Author: Jenny McLane
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