Engine Maintenance4/25/2016 12:25:27 AM |
A mechanic tells you your engine is worn out and needs to be rebuilt or replaced, but how can you quantify what is actually wrong? Definitively determining the condition or health of your engine is anything but subjective; unsurprisingly, all that’s required are the right tools and the requisite knowledge for their proper use.Any enginerelies on compression of a gas, air, or a fuel/ai... |
Mercedes-AMG achieves high efficiency on 2016 F1 engine3/29/2016 9:32:17 PM |
The Mercedes-AMG F1 powertrain is running at 50% efficiency, the team’s engine boss Andy Cowell claimed at the new car’s launch.Cowell told reporters before the W07 was officially unveiled for pre-season testing that the ICE was running at 45% efficiency, which was boosted to 50% when the energy recovery system was factored in.The team has been working hard all winter to cement its po... |
Truck and SUV applications for Nissan’s new 5.6-liter engine3/29/2016 9:27:40 PM |
Nissan has announced that its new Armada SUV and Titan truck models will get the company’s new 5.6-liter Endurance gasoline engine.The latest-generation V8 has the same displacement as its predecessor, but offers a 72ps power boost with 385ps at 5,200rpm versus the old unit’s 313ps. The torque figure of 544Nm at 4,000rpm is an increase of 22Nm from 522Nm.Features of note include the n... |
Volvo calls for standardized EV charging infrastructure3/29/2016 9:18:55 PM |
Volvo Cars believes the global automotive industry should strive toward the introduction of a standardized charging infrastructure for electric cars, says Dr Peter Mertens, the company’s senior vice president for research and development.To support this drive toward a global standard for electric car charging, Volvo Cars has decided to throw its weight behind the Charging Interface Initiati... |
Ricardo contributes to clean diesel engine technology research3/29/2016 9:15:28 PM |
Ricardo has announced its participation in the European Union backed REWARD project.The REWARD (REal World Advanced technologies foR Diesel engines) scheme is part-funded under the European Union’s Horizon2020 Framework and is a research collaboration between 16 partners in 10 different European countries that aims to develop the know-how and technical capabilities to produce cost-effective... |
Diesel Engines Then and Now - How the Emission Reduction Devices Were Developed3/29/2016 1:43:54 AM |
The first Diesel engines were started 130 years ago, but they have moved a long way since then.Like their gasoline counterparts, the compression ignited engines have evolved from the rough units of the late 19th Century to reliable and refined units of today. However, the Dieselgate scandal showed us that getting them to match modern emission regulations is not easy.At first, Diesel engines start... |