This article is regarding to know the improvement spaces in your car. There are few changes can be done with your car to enable them to give high performance. As usual prices of these changes no doubt does matter. But that price is nothing in comparison of the performance you might get after the changes below are few changes that can be done again this is not the exhaustive list ……
- Use muffler which can resist less air.
- Use big pipes to blow smoke out of your car.
- Increase memory of car’s ECU(Engine Control Unit)
- Normally the engines have one intake valve and one exhaust valve, purchasing new head which has four intake and exhaust valve can make drastic changes to your car
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
First Car
We have always been fascinated by cars whether it is sports car, super car, family car, station wagon, sedan, hatchback etc etc. depends upon the taste of the person. But have we ever tried looking into the past of such a dream machine? This is my little effort towards the quest for car inventor.
Although there wasn’t a single person behind the invention of such a nice machine. Lot of people’s effort are behind the invention of car. Let me clear one point over here that my definition of car is like self propelled vehicle. Ferdinand Verbiest from Belgium is one of the first documented inventors of the car, he has built the car way back in 1672 which was powered by stream. He built his first car in china so you can always say that the first ever car made was by china.
In 1769, the first self propelled tractor was invented by a frech person named Nicolas Joseph Cugnot. Nicolus has also used the steam to power its three tier vehicle and the speed of it was 2.5 miles. In 1771 this person became the first person who met with an accident.
However, in 1862, the French engineer Alphonse Beau de Rochas invented the principle of the 4-step combustion engine. In this engine, a fuel-air mix is introduced in the engine and the explosion of this mixture pushes directly on the piston. There is no need for an intermediate step like boiling water. A few years later, in 1876, the German Nikolaus August Otto built the first engine based on Beau de Rochas' principle.
Although there wasn’t a single person behind the invention of such a nice machine. Lot of people’s effort are behind the invention of car. Let me clear one point over here that my definition of car is like self propelled vehicle. Ferdinand Verbiest from Belgium is one of the first documented inventors of the car, he has built the car way back in 1672 which was powered by stream. He built his first car in china so you can always say that the first ever car made was by china.
In 1769, the first self propelled tractor was invented by a frech person named Nicolas Joseph Cugnot. Nicolus has also used the steam to power its three tier vehicle and the speed of it was 2.5 miles. In 1771 this person became the first person who met with an accident.
However, in 1862, the French engineer Alphonse Beau de Rochas invented the principle of the 4-step combustion engine. In this engine, a fuel-air mix is introduced in the engine and the explosion of this mixture pushes directly on the piston. There is no need for an intermediate step like boiling water. A few years later, in 1876, the German Nikolaus August Otto built the first engine based on Beau de Rochas' principle.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
World’s most expensive car one-77
The new world’s most expensive car is out now beating bugatti veryron and its name is one-77 by Aston martin and one has to believe that this car built by hand. This bold and beautiful miracle partly appeared in 2008 paris motor show, yes the car was covered and not fully shown but in 2009 geneva motor show it appeared with full throttle.
The cost of this beauty is more than 8 crores. Yeah its true that to pay this much amount of money to the thing which has everything except wings is a bit costly deal but according to company with this cost you are not buying just a car you are buying the experience which is costless. The company is going to product only 77 models car and each and every car would be entirely individual.
Don’t forget the title that this is world’s most expensive car I have never said that this would be the world’s fastest car. The title of the world’s fastest car would be still their with bugatti veyron only i.e the top speed of 253 mph and 0-60 mph in 2.5 seconds.
When the company representatives asked, they told that this car is not inline for the competition with veyron, this is just to highlight its latest technology. As for Aston Martin’s decision to build just 77, it’s said to have stemmed from Bez’s belief that seven is a lucky number. It certainly is for those fortunate enough to get one.
The car comes with 6 speed transmission, the top speed is estimated around 220 mph and from 0 to 60 mph in 3.5 seconds. The bonnet will cover the 7.0 ltr v12 engine which produces 650 hp.
I also hope that if I could have buy this too! (along with my long long wish list of sports coupe).
Cheers !!
The cost of this beauty is more than 8 crores. Yeah its true that to pay this much amount of money to the thing which has everything except wings is a bit costly deal but according to company with this cost you are not buying just a car you are buying the experience which is costless. The company is going to product only 77 models car and each and every car would be entirely individual.
Don’t forget the title that this is world’s most expensive car I have never said that this would be the world’s fastest car. The title of the world’s fastest car would be still their with bugatti veyron only i.e the top speed of 253 mph and 0-60 mph in 2.5 seconds.
When the company representatives asked, they told that this car is not inline for the competition with veyron, this is just to highlight its latest technology. As for Aston Martin’s decision to build just 77, it’s said to have stemmed from Bez’s belief that seven is a lucky number. It certainly is for those fortunate enough to get one.
The car comes with 6 speed transmission, the top speed is estimated around 220 mph and from 0 to 60 mph in 3.5 seconds. The bonnet will cover the 7.0 ltr v12 engine which produces 650 hp.
I also hope that if I could have buy this too! (along with my long long wish list of sports coupe).
Cheers !!
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Bitrh of Lamborghini
Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A., commonly referred to as Lamborghini and a very well known sports car in the world is basically an italian company and located at Sant'Agata Bolognese, near Bologna.Some of the newer models of Lambo are Countach, the Diablo, the Gallardo and the Murcielago.
The founder of the company Mr.Ferruccio Lamborghini, a successful owner of a tractor company named Lamborghini Trattori, founded Lamborghini Company in 1963 at the age of 47. He was very fond of sports car and that made him purchased many high performance cars like Maseratis and Ferraris, but the strange thing was he was not at all satisfied with those. Ferruccio Lamborghini's priorities changed when he went to meet Mr.Enzo Ferrari (Founder of Ferrari) at the Ferrari factory in Maranello, to complain about the quality of the clutch in his Ferrari 250, but unfortunately Ferrucio got very bad response and the answer was "The problem is not with the car but with the driver", and they suggested Mr. Ferrucio that look after his tractors and leave the sports car to others. That made Lamborghini very dudgeon. He came back to his factory and after dismounting transmission system of Ferrari he found that it was using very same transmission system which were used by Lamborghini for his own tractors. Lamborghini called Giotto Bizzarrini, Gian Paolo Dallara, Franco Scaglione and Bob Wallace and the result of their work was GTV prototype. The following year, Lamborghini would debut the 350GT followed by 400GT. Profits of that gave ample capital to company to launch its first sports car i.e. The Lamborghini Miura and the chassis of that was launched by Feruccio himself in Turin Auto Show in 1965 and the car was displayed at 1966 Geneva Auto Show. The name was taken by famed fighting-bull trainer, Don Eduardo Miura. One hundred and eleven Miuras were sold in 1967. Seven hundred and sixty-one were made in total. The Miura propelled the company into the small world of exotic car manufacturers. In 1971, Lamborghini produced the LP500 Countach prototype. The production LP400 Countach was introduced three years later. The prototype was the first car to sport Lamborghini's now-traditional scissor doors, along with vertically mounted rear air intakes. The Countach's V12 engine initially had the same 4-litre capacity as the Miura, but this was enlarged to five litres upon the introduction of the LP500S Countach in 1982.
Major Setback for the company
Lamborghini suffered major setback in 1972 when a large tractor order was cancelled. Financial complications forced Ferruccio to sell part of his share of the tractor factory to Fiat. The tractor business was eventually acquired by SAME (now Same Deutz-Fahr). Lamborghini tractors are still sold today, as part of the SAME Deutz-Fahr Group. Because of 1970s oil crisis reduced the sale of sports cars and Lambo went bankrupted and Swiss based Mimran brothers won the auction and took over the company in 1984 but the company remain solvent under Mimran's control. In a surprise move, the company was bought by the Chrysler in 1987. Lamborghini was then working on the Countach's successor, the Diablo. But in 1994 poor economic crisis and politics at Chrysler forced them to sell Lambo to megatech, an Indonesian investment group. Under the new management, Lamborghini began a renaissance in the world markets. The Lamborghini Diablo SV (Sport Veloce) was launched in 1995. Inspired by the Lamborghini Miura SV, the Diablo SV featured a more powerful 525bhp V12 engine featuring variable cam timing technology (MMEC) developed by Lamborghini. The Diablo SV became the best selling version of the Diablo. Megatech also sold the company because of the circumstances in Indonesia. Lamborghini was bought by Audi AG, who had gained interest in the Italian company after being one of several major manufacturers approached as possible technical suppliers for major components for future Lamborghini models.
The current (2009) range consists of the Murciélago LP640, the Murciélago LP640 Roadster and the smaller, less expensive Gallardo LP560/4 and Gallardo LP560/4 Spyder, after production of the Gallardo Superleggera ceased earlier this year. All are high-powered, mid-engined 2-seaters. The Murciélago LP640, the Murciélago LP640 Roadster and the Gallardo LP560-4 come with Lamborghini's standard four-wheel drive systems. Their styling is largely the work of Belgian designer Luc Donckerwolke.
List of lucky owners of Lamborghini:
The founder of the company Mr.Ferruccio Lamborghini, a successful owner of a tractor company named Lamborghini Trattori, founded Lamborghini Company in 1963 at the age of 47. He was very fond of sports car and that made him purchased many high performance cars like Maseratis and Ferraris, but the strange thing was he was not at all satisfied with those. Ferruccio Lamborghini's priorities changed when he went to meet Mr.Enzo Ferrari (Founder of Ferrari) at the Ferrari factory in Maranello, to complain about the quality of the clutch in his Ferrari 250, but unfortunately Ferrucio got very bad response and the answer was "The problem is not with the car but with the driver", and they suggested Mr. Ferrucio that look after his tractors and leave the sports car to others. That made Lamborghini very dudgeon. He came back to his factory and after dismounting transmission system of Ferrari he found that it was using very same transmission system which were used by Lamborghini for his own tractors. Lamborghini called Giotto Bizzarrini, Gian Paolo Dallara, Franco Scaglione and Bob Wallace and the result of their work was GTV prototype. The following year, Lamborghini would debut the 350GT followed by 400GT. Profits of that gave ample capital to company to launch its first sports car i.e. The Lamborghini Miura and the chassis of that was launched by Feruccio himself in Turin Auto Show in 1965 and the car was displayed at 1966 Geneva Auto Show. The name was taken by famed fighting-bull trainer, Don Eduardo Miura. One hundred and eleven Miuras were sold in 1967. Seven hundred and sixty-one were made in total. The Miura propelled the company into the small world of exotic car manufacturers. In 1971, Lamborghini produced the LP500 Countach prototype. The production LP400 Countach was introduced three years later. The prototype was the first car to sport Lamborghini's now-traditional scissor doors, along with vertically mounted rear air intakes. The Countach's V12 engine initially had the same 4-litre capacity as the Miura, but this was enlarged to five litres upon the introduction of the LP500S Countach in 1982.
Major Setback for the company
Lamborghini suffered major setback in 1972 when a large tractor order was cancelled. Financial complications forced Ferruccio to sell part of his share of the tractor factory to Fiat. The tractor business was eventually acquired by SAME (now Same Deutz-Fahr). Lamborghini tractors are still sold today, as part of the SAME Deutz-Fahr Group. Because of 1970s oil crisis reduced the sale of sports cars and Lambo went bankrupted and Swiss based Mimran brothers won the auction and took over the company in 1984 but the company remain solvent under Mimran's control. In a surprise move, the company was bought by the Chrysler in 1987. Lamborghini was then working on the Countach's successor, the Diablo. But in 1994 poor economic crisis and politics at Chrysler forced them to sell Lambo to megatech, an Indonesian investment group. Under the new management, Lamborghini began a renaissance in the world markets. The Lamborghini Diablo SV (Sport Veloce) was launched in 1995. Inspired by the Lamborghini Miura SV, the Diablo SV featured a more powerful 525bhp V12 engine featuring variable cam timing technology (MMEC) developed by Lamborghini. The Diablo SV became the best selling version of the Diablo. Megatech also sold the company because of the circumstances in Indonesia. Lamborghini was bought by Audi AG, who had gained interest in the Italian company after being one of several major manufacturers approached as possible technical suppliers for major components for future Lamborghini models.
The current (2009) range consists of the Murciélago LP640, the Murciélago LP640 Roadster and the smaller, less expensive Gallardo LP560/4 and Gallardo LP560/4 Spyder, after production of the Gallardo Superleggera ceased earlier this year. All are high-powered, mid-engined 2-seaters. The Murciélago LP640, the Murciélago LP640 Roadster and the Gallardo LP560-4 come with Lamborghini's standard four-wheel drive systems. Their styling is largely the work of Belgian designer Luc Donckerwolke.
List of lucky owners of Lamborghini:
- Ferruccio Lamborghini : 1963–1972
- Georges-Henri Rossetti and René Leimer : 1972–1977
- Bankrupt : 1977–1984
- Managed by Patrick Mimran : 1980–1984
- Patrick Mimran : 1984–1987
- Chrysler Corporation : 1987–1994
- Megatech : 1994–1995 (Permission granted for the creation of Automóviles Lamborghini Latinoamérica)
- V'Power, Mycom : 1995–1998
- Audi AG : 1998-present
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Fuel Options
As the whole world will be running out of the oil, one has to think over the alternative fuel, one has to find out some renewable source of energy which can replace the use of oil. So I would like to give some brief about the available fuel alternatives.
Ethanol, or ethyl alcohol, is made by fermenting and distilling simple sugars from corn. Ethanol is sometimes blended with gasoline to produce gasohol. Ethanol-blended fuels account for 12 percent of all automotive fuels sold in the United States, according to the Renewable Fuels Association. In very pure forms, ethanol can be used as an alternative to gasoline in vehicles modified for its use.
And the most amazing one !!
Forget electric cars - let's start pumping our money into coffee technology. Apparently scientists in Nevada have discovered that ground coffee contains roughly the same amount of oil as other biofuels. What's more, it has those kinds of levels even after its been used to make that sweet cup of java that gets you going in the morning. Plus, as an added bonus, the resulting biodiesel actually smells like coffee, meaning rather than noxious petrol fumes, streets will smell like a freshly brewed pot of liquid caffeine. I don't know about you guys, but that's the world I want to be living in.
Bio diesel Renewable and can be produced from vegetable oil, animal fat or from recycled restaurant grease, but the most important thing I like about this option is that there is no diesel engine modification required to use option and bio diesel also helps in reduction in particulate carbon monoxide emissions.
Ethanol, or ethyl alcohol, is made by fermenting and distilling simple sugars from corn. Ethanol is sometimes blended with gasoline to produce gasohol. Ethanol-blended fuels account for 12 percent of all automotive fuels sold in the United States, according to the Renewable Fuels Association. In very pure forms, ethanol can be used as an alternative to gasoline in vehicles modified for its use.
And the most amazing one !!
Forget electric cars - let's start pumping our money into coffee technology. Apparently scientists in Nevada have discovered that ground coffee contains roughly the same amount of oil as other biofuels. What's more, it has those kinds of levels even after its been used to make that sweet cup of java that gets you going in the morning. Plus, as an added bonus, the resulting biodiesel actually smells like coffee, meaning rather than noxious petrol fumes, streets will smell like a freshly brewed pot of liquid caffeine. I don't know about you guys, but that's the world I want to be living in.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Welcome Note
Hi,
If u have ever loved the most amazing machine in our life i.e car (according to me) then believe me
you are at right palce to know about cars.
I, Gaurav Thaker welcomes you all on your own blog i.e CarDevotees blogspot.
You all are invited to post your views/comments.
Please feel free to post your comments and yes they are always welcome.
If u have ever loved the most amazing machine in our life i.e car (according to me) then believe me
you are at right palce to know about cars.
I, Gaurav Thaker welcomes you all on your own blog i.e CarDevotees blogspot.
You all are invited to post your views/comments.
Please feel free to post your comments and yes they are always welcome.
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