It is a bit of a sad day today, Bettie Page passed away yesterday after a heart attack. The Senate has also dropped the automaker bail out plan. Why is this sad? It’s sad because I had not really given any thought to what this world would be like if Chevrolet where no more a [...]
Ken Block
Electric Vehicles (EV) and Hybrids are promising technologies although still in their infancy. As a consumer, hybrids cannot be justified from a pure economic standpoint, take this Wired article I previously mentioned as an aside:
Hybrids can cost from $1,500 to $4,500 more than their gas-only equivalents. The new mileage estimates mean it will take longer [...]
Yes, you read that right, and it’s no typo. I have just one word: cool.
The car is powered by a 325bhp two stage Curtis turbine, fed via 4 LPG fired boilers. The current official steam powered land speed record was set in 1906 by Fred Marriott at 121.57mph. In 1984 Bob Barber attempted with [...]
I flew home from Ft Lauderdale today, and I enjoy picking up a random magazine for a flight – like junk food for the brain. Today I bought the May 2007 copy of Popular Science, in it a special on the “Future Of The Car“. Interesting read, as a gearhead I have been reading articles [...]
F1 engines are engineering masterpieces. Exotic materials, manufacturing processes, and electronic controls. At 19,000rpm piston speeds approach 40 meters per second and accelerations of 10,000g’s. Here’s a vid of the Arrows F1 team putting on a little show. Looks like the map is running slightly rich, the exhaust pipes are made of inconel, the flames are caused by unburnt fuel contacting the atmosphere, due [...]