Ram Air Intake Ram air intake is perhaps the simplest kind of forced induction. When the car is travelling at speed, air will be forced into the intake manifold through the ram air inlet which usually ...

Volkswagen VR and W-engines Born in 1991, Volkswagen's narrow-angle VR-engines are probably the most special engines in production (save Wankel engines, of course). Its concept was inspired by Lancia, ...

Intercooler The air supplied by turbocharger could be as hot as 120-150ºC. This is owing to two reasons: 1) Compression of air leads to increased temperature; 2) Heat from the hot exhaust gas conducts ...

To deal with second order vibration, a pair of balancer shafts is needed. They are driven by the crankshaft and rotate in directions opposite to each other, at twice the speed of the crankshaft.

60° V6 is smoother to the extent that, with adequate engine mounts, it could be made nearly as smooth as inline-6 engines without the need of balancer shaft. It is also narrower, thus easier to be ...

Tuned intake manifold First introduced by Mercedes 300SL in 1954, tuned intake manifold is not exactly a new technology. It is discussed here just because its principle is useful to our further study ...

Combining cam-changing VVT and cam-phasing VVT may satisfy the requirement of both top-end power and flexibility throughout the whole rev range, though it is inevitably more complex. At the time of ...

60° V6 is smoother to the extent that, with adequate engine mounts, it could be made nearly as smooth as inline-6 engines without the need of balancer shaft. It is also narrower, thus easier to be ...

Mitsubishi Galant VR-4J apanese cars of the late 1980s and 1990s were renowned for high technology. The most notable of them was Mitsubishi Galant VR-4. Introduced in 1987, this car packed the most ...

T he phrase "Scandinavian luxury" is usually associated with Swedish furniture, but it is also applicable to big Volvos. Look at the new S80, its simple design combines forms and functions like ...

Chain-drive CVTs are not very popular on the market, as only Audi and Subaru use them. Both of them employ the key technologies (chain, pulleys, hydraulic control and torque sensor) from German ...

Ferrari F1 Automated manual, as indicted by its name, is a manual transmission added with automatic function. It is not to be confused with something like Porsche Tiptronic, which is automatic ...