Internal combustion engine

I think that cars need to remain central in the lives in most Americans because it is important for Americans to get from one place to another by car. The three reasons are because helping people take off, building the economy, and cars now and forever. The first reason cars need to remain in the lives in most Americans is because it is important that Americans get to take off. The cars are freedom to Americans, they could go in their car to go where ever and whenever they want. You…

technology and engineering. Formally known as ‘The touring Car Championship’ established in 1960 this sport has been subject to 56 years of major technological adjustments and advancements. Adjustments in rules, regulations and name, advancements in engines and drive type, advancements in track surfaces all resulted to the win of many different types of cars. Its title changed from the traditional ‘Australia Touring Car Championship’ to the ‘Shell Championship Series’ in 1999. In 2003 the…

are the car's performance, experience, and features. The Dodge Challenger is built on 47 years of muscle car heritage. The performance of Dodge Challenger depends on the model you choose. There are supercharged V8 engines, 392 Hemi V8 engines, 5.7 Liter Hemi V8 engines, or a 3.6 Liter…

Looking Back: Caterpillar's First Motor Grader Caterpillar first became involved in the motor grader industry in 1926, when the Russell Grader Manufacturing Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota released a grader featuring a 2-ton Caterpillar crawler tractor. This grader – called No.4 Auto Patrol – which was rated at 27 horsepower, and had hand-operated blade controls – sold successfully. As a result of No.4 Auto Patrol's sales success, the Russell Grader Manufacturing Company developed another…

This week’s reading topic is about driverless cars. In The New York Times article “Self-Driving Cars Gain Powerful Ally: The Government” by Cecilia Kang, the article focuses on the federal auto safety regulators in Washington, they believe that “the nation’s highways will be safer with more cars driven by machines not people.” However, the self-driving feature known as Autopilot did raise up some concerns about the safety factor among the passenger when the technology fails. In…

door vehicles, and wagons four door vehicles with a hatchback (Von Dare). All cars came standard with a manual transmission and had to be shifted manually with a clutch pedal and shift knob (Von Dare). All vehicles have four things in common, an engine, a chassis, a power train, and a body which protects the driver (Von Dare). Many of the cars bought in the early…

When Henry Ford created the Ford Motor Company, his goal was to make the automobile a need rather than a luxury that was affordable for the average American family. The car that accomplished that goal was the Model T. When Ford’s Model T was released in October of 1903, the main key to it’s success was that a new type of alloy, which is a mixture of two metals, called Vanadium was used instead of regular steel because it was lighter and stronger. The revolutionary alloy had been used in some…

The main reason that I want to be a racecar driver (Ferguson)is because my grandpa was one. He was really good at it, but he is not a pro. He wracked and that’s why he don’t race anymore. My grandpa said he wants me to be a racecar driver. I said I would love to become a racecar driver. So, that’s why I am being a racecar driver. How fast do a racecar driver go well about 200mph. but being a racer I’m going to drive a lot of different cars. The Sporting News, though, says a NASCAR driver's base…

two eleven inch Dahlgren smoothbores located in a 20 foot in diameter iron turret that could spin 360 degrees. The turret, which was covered in eight inches of iron plates was rotated by a vertical shaft that was connected to a 25 horsepower steam engine through a gear system. The rotation of the turret was controlled by one man under the deck. Over all the turret was nine feet high and weighed 120 tons. The cannons fired through oval gunports six feet above the deck. Each 184 pound shot was…

There have likely been better ideas in the history of the human race than this. You're strapped tightly into a Lancia Stratos, some 240BHP being channelled through its rear axle, and ahead of you lay a thin gravel road that winds through thick Finnish forest. As another sharp rise in the road sends you flying, pine leaves and birch branches tickling the airborne undercarriage, you start to question the sanity of it all. What's never in doubt, though, is that this is as exhilarating as driving…