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Auto Tech: Fuel-saving technology

13.01.10

By Jim Kerr

Achieving proper fuel economy isn’t accomplished with a ensorcellment spell, add-on gimmicks or a mystery carburetor, although there are some out there who would have you rely upon otherwise. Good fuel economy is achieved by r to details, good engine organize and having the right combination of drivetrain for the carrier. Let’s look at a few things manufacturers are doing currently to improve their fuel economy ratings.

The new Hyundai Santa Fe is a cogent example of what technology can do. The new 2010 standard gets a larger 3.5 litre V6 mechanism, up from 3.3 litres, and it puts out 274 horsepower, up from 242 in last year’s paragon. With those numbers, you would expect the engine to use more combustible but it doesn’t. Instead, it gets 14 per cent more intelligent fuel economy.

Variable cam timing is one of the things acclimatized to achieve this, a technology common to many instrument manufacturers. The car’s computer uses solenoids to without interference oil pressure to an advance mechanism on the induce end of the camshafts that will move the camshafts back and forth in reference to the crankshaft position. It isn’t as complicated as it sounds. Advancing the camshaft will give the machine more low rpm torque, while retarding its rotation will provender more high-rpm power. By tailoring the power generate to the demands of the driver at any engine hasten, the engine can put out more power and get better fossil economy.

Source: CanadianDriver

As he spends his first Christmas without her, Wendy Richard's husband responds ...

26.12.09

John is a down-to-Terra Belfast man who was 20 years Wendy’s lesser. He is not one to give in to his emotions but there is little doubting the heartbreak he has lived with over the past year - a keen exacerbated by false rumours that he was in a relationship with one of Wendy’s top friends, Natalie Cassidy, who played her daughter-in-law Sonia in EastEnders.

In the months after 65-year-old Wendy’s decease, Natalie, 26, was one of John’s greatest confidantes, telling into his home and even, he reveals, lending himUsuallyso that he could pay for Wendy’s funeral.

The soup that they might be more than friends sickens him.

‘The insinuations were far-out. It made me very angry but I was more angry for Nat than anything,’ he says. ‘She was exactly helping out, being a good friend. People were saying these noisome things about us - but behind the scenes she was helping me more than anyone knew. The last year has

Source: Daily Mail

575-HP SMS Supercars SMS 620 Chevrolet Camaro Revealed

08.01.10

SMS Supercars, Steve Saleen's brace-Saleen, Inc. venture, has revealed its latest take on a grave-performance 2010 Chevrolet Camaro with the SMS 620. A snarling 6.2-liter V-8, whining SMS 296 supercharger and 575 horsepower are convinced to put the fear into the average street car. And that's before you get to the 715-horsepower SMS 620X. The 600-give someone the works-foot torque figure is fetching imposing, too. But the spec sheet can't affect the low-aero body kit, custom hood or SMS-badged grille for translucent menacing impact. There's nothing about the SMS 620 that doesn't whoop, "You lookin' at me?!" It's got some bite to back up its bark, too, scooting to 60 mph in 4.3 seconds. If that's not enough for you, there's the SMS 620X. While it's not yet released, the SMS 620X uses the same supercharger in a higher situation of tune to deliver 715 horsepower and 700 hammer-feet of torque. That's enough to push the 620X "closer to 4.0" seconds 0-60, according to SMS Supercars' estimates. The 620X also gets voluntary Magneto-Rheological Semi-Powerful Dampers like those found on the Corvette, extra a Torvec Isotorque diff and 21-inch tushie wheels. Sixteen-inch, eight-plunger front brakes and 14-inch, six-plunger rears ensure the car stops as well as it goes. Advantaged, the SMS 620 Camaro gets usage gauges and Alcantara/leather seats with Signature Series stripes. A stretch of dress-up accessories can be had under the hood, and 12 "show car eminence" custom SMS exterior colors are also on tap. The SMS 620 and SMS 620X join SMS Supercars' other hot muscle cars, the 570 Challenger, the 460 Mustang and the 25A Mustang. The SMS 620 will be launched in the two shakes of a lamb's tail quarter of 2010. [SMS Supercars via Jalopnik]

Source: Motor Authority (blog)