Car & Bike Talk

[N567]

That also explains why my car wants to really take off now that I changed the stock air filter for a Growler Cold Air Intake. A CAI really lets the car breathe as it naturally should. The standard air filter choked it, forcing it to reach for more fuel. Both automatically drop down a gear, but the stock air filter wants to jerk and jump forwards, while the CAI is a much smoother acceleration with less fuel needed. So that combined with the new iridium spark plugs saves fuel as well.

And it also sounds a lot better. More GRUNT!

The iridium spark plug boosts fuel economy because it is more durable which means that it can function properly for longer periods of time, ensuring that the fuel-air mixture is properly burned in the combustion chamber with no un-burnt residue being exhausted out of the engine. The iridium sparks plugs can last for 160,000km of driving.

But if you do not want to change spark plugs at all, just use a diesel vehicle because it uses no spark plugs. A diesel engine is also 17% more fuel efficient than a gasoline engine because it operates at a higher compression ratio because diesel fuel is designed for compression ignition. The higher compression ratios means that the air and fuel molecules are packed in more tightly which makes it easier for them to transfer energy to each other when the mixture is ignited and this is what increases the diesel engine's fuel economy.

The diesel engine also uses a turbo-intercooler which combines a turbocharger with an intercooler to pack more fuel into the combustion chamber. The turbocharger was invented by Sanford Alexander Moss in the USA in 1918 and it works by using the energy of the exhaust gas to drive a turbine which is connected to a turbopump that is used to compress the fuel and air going into the combustion chamber to increase the compression ratio even further and increase power output by packing more fuel and air into the engine.

The intercooler on the other hand, is where the fuel-air mixture goes in after being compressed by the turbocharger, so that it can be cooled down to prevent it from auto-igniting and causing engine knocking because compressing the fuel-air mixture in the turbocharger increases its temperature. The intercooler works by running heat exchanger coils around the pipe that the fuel-air mixture goes through and connecting it to the engine liquid cooling system so that the coolant goes through the intercooler 1st to absorb heat from it before absorbing heat from the engine and going into the radiator to reject the heat.

[Stotan]

This Old Truck, Screw E.V.'s

From my Blog:

The New Man: This Old Truck

This old truck is a little over 22 years old.
You need a key to start the ... [continues]

[Rev.Cambeul]

Mine's in the workshop today getting a new stereo put in, an oil change, and either a gasket replaced on the motor or the steering rack replaced (both need done).

[Rev.Cambeul]

Re-done the headlining (black instead of beige), tinting and replaced the back window and stereo in my car over the last few weeks. The last major thing to get done is to have the body clayed and hit with whatever polish and paint protection a matt paintjob can take.

Also want an EVC Throttle Controller. Does anyone have any advice about those things? https://duckduckgo.com/?q=EVC+Throttle+Controller+-+EVC703L

Just a few small things like seatbelt outlets and car mats to be done ... but they can wait too. I've bumped up the insurance, so that's the best I can do at the moment. Going to have to add an automatic solar charger for when I go to hospital.

How GM America Banned Australia's Better V8
The Australian 308 Holden motor was more powerful than the American 350 Chev, more efficient and ran environmentally cleaner ... but the Americans decided it had to go. Must have been a Jew in charge.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oriHBdR3CjQ

What Australian Coppers Used to Drive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHoKzsgenZ8

I did once own a 253 V8 ex-cop car/paddy-wagon.
(I used to tell people, "It still smells of coon.")
I got rid of it about 18 years ago.
Even that photo has been sitting in my Personal Gallery for about 16 years now.

https://creativityalliance.com/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=367

[Rev.Cambeul]

Also want an EVC Throttle Controller. Does anyone have any advice about those things? https://duckduckgo.com/?q=EVC+Throttle+Controller+-+EVC703L

IT BLOODY WORKS!

I wouldn't go back to driving a modern car without a throttle controller. If it was the old days with a cable and a carby, we would have called it a dead spot/flat spot in the carburettor. It'd be something that needed repairing. However, these days the vehicle manufacturers use electric/wired throttles/accelerators designed to dampen down the response in order to comply with eco bullshit orders from the government.

And yet, the fancier/more expensive cars already have throttle controllers built into them with their drive scenario switches/buttons.

AU$240 bucks and it just plugs into the accelerator pedal. Pull the original plug out that connects to the pedal, connect the two ends to the original plug and the pedal, switch on and choose your setting.

THAT'S IT!

I have mine set to U3/Ultimate 3. It goes up to U9 and E9/Economy 9. In rain and heavy traffic, I'll hit the Mode button and chuck it into E6. They seem to be the best settings for how and where I drive.

I'll have to try U9 on a freeway. That seems where it would be most useful.

@Cailen.

[Rev.FrankSmith]

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