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 ...

Invented by American Ralph Miller in the 1940s, Miller cycle was a variant of Atkinson cycle. As explained above, Atkinson cycle engines use longer expansion stroke than compression stroke to capture ...

Since the electric motor and battery are small, mild hybrid cars cannot rely on purely battery power for moving. The engine always needs to work in propulsion, although some fuel can be saved as the ...

Murcielago Roadster R ich people want to be seen in supercars. That’s why Lamborghini builds Murcielago Roadster. The open air Lamborghini not only lets its occupants to enjoy fresh air, but also give ...

O ne of the stars of the 1990s. Many motoring magazines declared it as the greatest front-wheel drive machine ever made. The Integra Type R was built on a solid basis - the third generation (codenamed ...

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, ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Mitsubishi GTO (3000GT VR-4)Having said that, the GTO sold pretty well in its early years, thanks partly to its badge-engineered sister Dodge Stealth. Plenty of American boy racers upgraded from their ...

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 ...