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Phase I Engine Upgrade

21.01.10

You've got to be brave to mod these!!

Phase I Engine Upgrade
An extensive engineering and development process included a new engine management system and converting the factory sequential turbo system with a Garrett Air Research twin turbo system. Upgraded fuel system, EGR, modern engine management system, F1 technology engine wiring harnesses, high output ignition system, upgraded alternator charge system and battery module, air pumps and air regulator valves, spark plugs, idle control valve, sensors, connectors, harness shielding, switches, adapters, hardware, etc. (369 components in all.) A complete new stainless steel exhaust system with dual stainless Porsche factory catalytics are utilized.

Canepa Design has re-engineered the factory wheels and developed a new bead design and modification which allows the installation of today's state-of-the-art high performance 'Z' rated radial tires. Additional benefits include greatly improved handling and grip and an overall

Source: Pistonheads.com

The New Taurus at the Top

16.01.10

Chrysler 300C AWD, $40,800. The Pontiac G8 GXP and Chevrolet Impala SS have been discontinued.

TO benchmark the performance of the new Taurus SHO with the EcoBoost engine, I took it to the nasty Nacimiento-Fergusson Road just south of Big Sur on the California coast. This vile, narrow strip of crumbling asphalt zigzags uphill like an amusement park thrill ride, rising from the cool Pacific Coast over steep mountains and into hot, dusty highlands.

Not many people travel this road. Not many people even know about it. If you do know it, you probably know to avoid it.

The automobile companies, however, know this road — and occasionally, they punish test cars on it. That is how, in 2001, I came here with a group of journalists testing preproduction Ford Thunderbirds.

So a return seemed in order. The T-Birds were powered by V-8 engines and this Taurus SHO has a twin-turbo V-6. Ford says it produces power on par with a V-8 while achieving 6-cylinder fuel economy. (The last-generation SHO of 1996-99 had a V-8 developed with Yamaha.)

Source: New York Times

Shoreworld: Horse Feathers And Animal Crackers – A Tribute To Queen – Main ...

22.01.10

Ice cream baron Burt Robbins of Baskin Robbins pre-eminence once said of their 33 flavors of ice cream, “Not everyone likes all our flavors, but each flavor is someone’s favorite.”

And that’s a graceful good analogy to scoop on top of New Jersey voluntary label Main Man Records. Their 33 corresponding exactly flavors come in the form of 33 CD releases to year and while I’m sure there’s other independent labels somewhere that can show off of putting out lots of product, I don’t at bottom know who might be doing it with the believable dignity and consistency that these guys do. Main Man Records is made from the tonic (or unwholesome) ingredients of real musicians and bon-bons-coated fans of old school disconcert and roll music and the releases are all sprinkled with lots of various participants all over the top.

I know my witty dairy descriptions check out you with a subliminal “I scream for ice cream” have a yen but it’s true, Main Man is as colorful as a neighborhood popsicle wagon on a hot summer day and as the years have rolled on the stamp seems to have become unstoppable, scooping flavor after flavor of unparalleled rock and roll style at the run-of-the-mill public without selling themselves short or succumbing to dumb popular trends of hip-hop and countrified froth gum. Their latest releases demonstrate resourcefulness and tongue-in-cheek charm so sorely missing from most music offered nowadays.

Source: Aquarian Weekly