Brakes — they’re a vital part of every vehicle, and having a working understanding of this system is essential as you get to work
First of all, you’re able to stop a car based on two principles: friction and heat. Brakes work by converting kinetic energy (forward motion) into thermal energy (heat). By applying resistance, or friction, to a turning wheel, a vehicle's brakes cause the wheel to slow down and eventually stop, creating heat as a byproduct.
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Perhaps the most recurring complaint about the plug-in hybrid, scissor door-having BMW i8 sports car has been that it has the looks and price of a supercar, but at under 400 horsepower, not the power of one. But critics might have changed their tune if they’d had the chance to drive the four cylinder, 460 horsepower BMW i8 that BMW’s right-hand tuning company Alpina cooked up. The only thing is, BMW made sure it never came to market, Alpina’s CEO told Jalopnik.
The idea is to increase the options for cylinder deactivation and narrow the spacing between them.
Subaru's 3.6-liter flat-six engine might not be long for this world, at least in some markets. According to one of the company's engineers, the Japanese brand may drop the mill from its models in favor of a focus on the 2.0-liter turbocharged flat-four.
BMW is recalling some vehicles manufactured from 2010-2012. More than 156,000 vehicles equipped with in-line six-cylinder engines have aluminum bolts on their cam-timing system's housing that could break. Vehicles involved include the following: 1-Series coupes and convertibles, manufactured from January 2010 to August 2011 3-Series cars manufactured from...
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In the automotive industry, volume gauging is an important application in engine development. Each cylinder in an engine block has to be measured for correct combustion volume. While CAD data can be used to determine nominal volume, compliance testing requires the acquisition of a large number of measurement points, their connection by line or curve approximation, and finally computation of the displacement volume.
Tactile and Traditional Methods of Volume Gauging
The partnership will explore the capabilities of 3D printing to produce cylinder metal components with shortened lead times and less materials while potentially adding strength to the parts.
611-horsepower coupe will be limited to 222 units.
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Ford recalls approximately 271,000 F-150 models equipped with the 3.5-liter Ecoboost engine from 2013 and 2014 for faulty brake master cylinders.
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