***Disclaimer: Real hypermiling is pretty dangerous and some aspects of it are illegal, so don’t break the law. Also, I do not really care about the status of the environment; I only hypermile for fun. These days it seems that fuel economy is the selling point of every new car. Most people just look at [...]
You drivers out there have probably heard of the ABS in your car (at least, if you are driving a car, you had better know about it!). ABS stands for “Anti-lock Braking System,” which should never be written as the “ABS system.” This is not a post about how ABS works, but rather one about [...]
Earlier last month, President Obama has annoucned the official White House National Fuel Efficiency Policy. The new standards, covering model years 2012-2016, and ultimately requiring an average fuel economy standard of 35.5 mpg in 2016, are projected to save 1.8 billion barrels of oil over the life of the program with a fuel economy gain [...]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Welcome to our first guest writer, Taylor, our very own in-house car guy. This is a very dense article about turbochargers and intercoolers. We hope for many more from Taylor in the future. ———- When categorizing car engines there are two groups that describe how the air/fuel mixture is sent into the cylinders. [...]
Have you ever driven a car that vibrated uncontrollably at certain driving speeds, especially on the highway? If you have, you probably noticed that these large vibrations occur when you drive at one specific speed, as shown on your speedometer, and the vibrations die out when you travel a little lower or higher than that [...]