Archive for March, 2007
What are Performance Tyres?
A vehicle would not be a vehicle if there were no tires under it. A tire plays an important role in a vehicle’s life just like the alloy wheels. There are plenty of tires available in the market and you can choose a variety of sets on their display racks for the designs. Designs are [...]
What are Performance Clutches?
First of all, what are clutches? A clutch refers to the coupling of two rotating shafts. One shaft is attached to a drive motor, which continues to rotate as long as the motor is engaged. The other shaft rotates at varying speeds depending on the locking system of the clutch. By this, it simply means [...]
What are Camshafts?
Knowing your car inside and out is one of the best ways of keeping it to its top shape. And you could also save a lot of money on repairs and maintenance if you’re able to fix your car by yourself right? And the important part of the car is its engine. The engine has [...]
What are Alloy Wheels?
Most of the day, we experience certain road traffics. We cannot even count if how many vehicles passes by every time we are in the road traveling to get work or home. We only notice the brand of a car or a vehicle if it is in front of us and get amazed when we [...]
What are Induction Kits?
The primary function of an induction kit is to clean air before it is charged into the system of a turbo-charged car. To accomplish this, an induction kit serves as a filter, which screens out dust and other debris from entering the engine. In this manner, it also serves to protect the engine. In the [...]
How to install Nitrous Oxide?
Power is generated in the engine by the combustion of the fuel and air mixture injected to the combustion chamber. What generally burns in the chamber is the oxygen part of air. By injecting more of it in the engine, bigger explosions take place and as a result, more power is produced. The problem with [...]
How to Improve Braking?
The performance of the braking system of a vehicle, be it a turbo-charged one or otherwise depends on the effective maintenance of its components. The most basic thing a person needs to understand when maintaining the braking capacity of his vehicle is that friction is what causes the car to slow down and eventually stop. [...]
How to add a Turbo to a Car?
When you have a car it’s not enough to have the latest model around but need for speed and the engine efficiency is also important. That’s why there are numerous upgrades available for all types of vehicle. One very popular upgrade there is adding up a turbo in your engine. When you have this upgrade [...]
What are Boost Controllers?
Boost Controllers are used to control the air pressure delivered to the intake manifold of a turbo-charged engine. The purpose of which is to regulate this pressure to prevent running the engine above its limits causing possible damage, all the while delivering increased boost power provided by the turbo-charger. Boost Controllers are merely regulators for [...]
What are Blow Off Valves?
Blow-off valves are responsible for the “psshhh” sound you hear in turbo-charged cars. What the sound really is, is the sound of charged air being released into the atmosphere. The purpose of blow-off valves is to prevent compressor surge when the throttle is released or closed. When the driver lets go of the gas pedal, [...]
