Maruti temporarily halts production of SX4 !!

Maruti Suzuki India , India's leading car maker , has temporarily stopped production of its mid-sized sedan SX4. According to industry sources , it was done to change the engine configuration which would be in compliant with the Bharat Stage-IV norms.

Eleven cities in India have to upgrade to the Bharat Stage-IV emission norms from April 2011 onwards. As of now , Maruti SX4 is compliant with only Bharat Stage-III norms.

Ford Figo Coming in 2010

Ford India has just announced and given the world at large a preview of the upcoming Ford Figo which should be launched early next year. The Figo is part of Fords ‘One Vision’ and ‘One Team’ and ‘One World’ project.

The Figo is based on Ford’s Global-B platform and promises to offer, economy, safety, driving dynamics, value for money and hopes to establish new benchmarks as the vehicle goes on sale next year. The Figo - roughly Polo sized - will be powered by a 1.2 litre petrol and a 1.5 litre diesel engine.

The Figo follows Ford’s kinetic design theme with the front end getting more of the family face. The sides are rather Fusion-like but much smaller and the rear is also Fusion-esqe. The light catchers on the side and the waistline and Ford’s new ‘bullet’ - this time as a side indicator light - makes the Figo look sporty. The car is currently shod with 175/65 R14 tyres and there should be sporty alloys on offer - considering that the car is meant to have a sporty and youthful appeal with a little bit of maturity in the overall design and packaging.

With Ford’s 500 million USD investment into India and the Figo’s announcement today, Ford is quite serious about grabbing a chunk of small car sales for itself in India. Transformed with a production capacity of 200,000 units, the integrated Chennai manufacturing facility is now positioned as a Ford regional centre. Ford Figo models will be produced at the plant for export to international markets. The plant is also being groomed to produce diesel and petrol engines for local vehicle production and export within Ford’s Asia Pacific and Africa region. “Our exciting new Ford Figo shows how serious we are about India,” Mulally said. “It reflects our commitment to compete with great products in all segments of this car market. We are confident the Ford Figo will be a product that Indian consumers really want and value.”

Land Rover Freelander 2 Launched

Tata Motors-owned Land Rover has launched the Freelander 2 at the Jaguar-Land Rover showroom at Ceejay House in Mumbai. The base version costs Rs 33.8 lakh (ex-showroom, Mumbai without octroi).

The Freelander 2 will be powered by a 2.2-litre common rail diesel engine producing 158bhp@4000rpm and 400Nm@2000rpm. The Freelander 2 is one of the few SUVs which has a transversely placed engine; the only other SUV available in India with a transverse engine layout is the Volvo XC90.

The Freelander 2 features the ‘Terrain Response’ system as standard in all its variants. This system reduces or increases traction depending on the mode you are driving in viz. cement or tarmac roads, grass or snow, mud and sand.

The three available variants are the S, SE, and HSE. The S variant has 16” inch wheels whereas the SE and HSE run on 17” and have leather seats. The bi-xenon headlamps with auto-leveling beam adjusters are available as a standard feature in all the variants. The Freelander 2 has got a 5-star Euro-NCAP rating for Adult Occupant Proctection.

The Freelander possesses a warranty of 1,00,000km and to solve the after sales service issues, six major cities - New Delhi, Ludhiana, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai and Pune - will have service centres. Land Rover has plans to launch more models from its lineup in 2010.

Carnation Auto Partners With DC Designs !!

Carnation Auto has entered into a partnership with Dilip Chhabria in order to modify cars of existing owners at reasonable prices. Carnation Auto, will start selling customized kits made by DC Design for various cars. The Tata Nano kit is priced ar Rs. 80,000/- whereas the Maruti Swift kit is priced between Rs. 45,000/- to Rs. 60,000/- and the Honda City kit between Rs. 60,000/- to Rs. 75,000/- The kit for the Toyota Innova includes changed interiors and entertainment features and costs Rs. 4.95 lakh. hese kits include front and rear bumpers, bonnet enhancements, side skirting and fog lamps and alloy wheels. These kits will be available at all the 11 Carnation Auto outlets and it will also provide service backup and warranty to customers.These changes will be done in existing cars owned by people and would enhance space, comfort and add new entertainment features based on the customers demands.

Opel Brand Sold !!

Magna International Inc. (“Magna”) and Savings Bank of the Russian Federation (“Sberbank”) announced that their joint offer to acquire a 55% interest in Adam Opel GmbH (“Opel”) has been selected by both General Motors Company (“GM”) and the Opel Trust as the preferred solution to address the future of Opel.

Under the offer, the acquired 55% interest in Opel would be owned 50:50 by a Magna/Sberbank consortium (“Consortium”) with GM retaining a 35% interest and Opel employees acquiring 10% as part of a new labour framework. The offer contemplates a total equity investment by the Consortium of Euro 500 million over time.

Completion of the purchase remains subject to finalization of definitive agreements and other conditions, including government-backed financing and regulatory approvals.

Toyota Corolla Altis CNG Coming Next Month

Toyota plans to launch the Corolla Altis CNG next month just in time for Diwali sales. After the Innova CNG, the Corolla Altis is the next Toyota vehicle to come factory fitted with a CNG kit. Currently, the only other car in the Corolla’s segment to have an alternate fuel option is the Chevrolet Optra CNG, since now the Cedia LPG has been discontinued.

The Corolla Altis CNG is currently undergoing final endurance testing and will most probably have a slightly modified suspension setup at the rear, since it will have to carry an additional dead weight of 70kg (the CNG tank), with the weight going up to a total of 80kg once the 14kg (gas capacity) tank is filled.

We are told that the Altis CNG will feature a modern Sequential Injection system, along with its own ECU, to deliver economy without sacrificing on performance and driveability. This modern Sequential Injection system allows for the CNG to be injected at a pressure of 2.0bar, as compared to the other cars that use a Venturi – mixer system that deliver a maximum pressure of only 0.8 bar. Economy trials have proved the car to be quite efficient with figures hovering around the 20km per kg of CNG, without sacrificing power output – which is a known issue with most CNG conversions. Let’s hope the Altis CNG sales give Toyota Kirloskar Motor an additional reason to light up the fireworks this Diwali.

Chevrolet Beat Reaches Service Center !!!!!

Rolls-Royce Ghost to be launched in India in the second quarter of 2010

Luxury car maker Rolls-Royce will be introducing the Rolls-Royce Ghost in India in the second quarter of 2010. The luxury saloon, which is being launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show, has a 6.6-litre turbocharged, V12 engine and a new eight-speed ZF automatic gearbox, with a maximum power output of 563 bhp. It can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/hr in just 4.9 seconds and boasts of a top speed of 250 km/hr. The Ghost features an intelligent four-corner air suspension system, which uses multi-link front and rear axles. It will be priced at approximately Rs 2.5 crore in India.

Hyundai Launches 6th Generation Sonata

Hyundai has introduced the sixth generation Sonata in its home market. The 2010 Sonata adopts Hyundais new fluidic sculpture design language, boasts outstanding performance with the segment-leading safety features and fuel efficiency. Hyundai began developing the new Sonata in 2005 under the codename YF. The project took 4 years and 450 billion won (US$ 372 million) to go from concept to customer.

Although it is a completely new vehicle, Hyundai is retaining the Sonata name as the mid-size car has been Korea’s most popular sedan. The new Sonata delivers powerful performance through its 2-liter Theta II MPi gasoline engine (Max output 165ps, Max torque of 20.2KG·m). Delivering the highest fuel economy in its segment at 12.8 kilometers per liter, fuel economy is more than 11% improved compared with today’s Sonata. Furthermore, all engines are offered with a new six-speed automatic transmission. The Sonata is built with hot-stamped ultra high-strength steel while featuring six standard airbags. In addition, safety has been upgraded with standard Vehicle Dynamic Control including Hill-start Assist Control and Brake Assist System functions, an industry first in this segment. The new Sonata comes with a three-piece panoramic sunroof, VDC, Electronic Parking Brake, Amplitude Selective Dampers, High Mounted Stop Lamp, Rear Heated Seats. The Parking Guide System (PGS) allows drivers to avoid obstacles during parallel parking or when driving in reverse. The Dimension premium sound system offers high-quality sound in three types of modes to satisfy customers’ wide-ranging musical tastes. The audio-visual functions have been upgraded with the 8-inch wide screen and JBL Premium Sound system.

In the new Sonata, Hyundai offers a wireless vehicle monitoring service, another industry first. Hyundai plans to sell 60,000 units of the new Sonata in Korea this year. Hyundai expects to sell 450,000 units annually in all markets (Korea & overseas combined) beginning from the year 2011. In addition, Hyundai plans to present the gasoline version in January next year with a 2.4 liter Theta II GDI engine, which will be offered as a standard engine in the U.S. market. The new Sonata’s price will range from 21.3 million Won to 25.95 million Won (US$17,600 to US$21,450).

Mumbai Fire Brigade To Utilize Mercedes Actros Trucks !!

Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (Mumbai Fire Brigade-MFB) which is the largest Fire brigade in India, became the first Government owned rescue rganization to utilize Mercedes-Benz Actros Trucks in its fleet. The New Actros is the most technologically advanced heavy-end truck in India with features like three-millimetre-thick, pressure-tight guard plate for the radiator and engine, Automatic Telligent Gearshift, first of its kind 8×4 configuration with 2 front steered axles, safety features like ABS, ASR among others makes the Actros the reliable and obvious choice for demanding applications as required for Fire Tenders.

“The Mercedes-Benz Actros Trucks offered to MFB are built on the robust Mercedes Actros 4841K chassis. MFB is a pioneering organization in terms of technologically adavnced vehicles and enforces stringent norms on evaluation in terms of quality, technology and service. We are confident that the Actros Fire Brigade will be a useful value addition to the fleet”, commented Mr. P D Karguppikar, Chief Fire Officer from the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (Mumbai Fire Brigade)."

Toyota Discontinues Fortuner Booking for Seven Months!

Toyota has discontinued the Fortuner booking for next 7-months. TOYOTA FORTUNER has been the much hit model and has exceeded the company’s expectations also. Within 2-weeks, Fortuner has got 3100 orders. Now dealers are just taking names of interested customers and the company is trying to meet the rising demands by speeding up the production.

Toyota has asked dealers not to register further orders from clients for next 7-months. The company’s production capacity is 550 unit/month and trying to produce 600 units/per month.

Toyota Fortuner was launched in 2005 (universally) and till now it has sold around 2.5 lacs in over 60 nations.

Mahindra Launches Xylo4Sure Limited Period Offer!!

Mahindra has announced a new limited period offer on the Xylo. Under the Xylo 4 Sure Offer, the company is offering 4 years or 1,00,000 kms warranty as standard on all new purchases of the Mahindra Xylo between 1st September and 31st October 2009. This warranty is one of the best offered in India currently and second only to Hyundai’s 5 Years/100,000 kms warranty.

Nissan India Launches New Teana & X-Trail

Nissan India has launched new versions of its existing models – Teana and X-Trail. The new Nissan Teana gets new styling along with a more powerful engine. The 2.5L petrol powerplant proudces 182PS of power and 228NM of max torque. The increase of 12PS and 4NM may not be much but is welcome. The car also gets more features such as xenon headlights, power washers, plasma cluster AC, Vehicle Dynamics Control, twin sunroof with panaromin view, side and curtain airbags, etc. The new Teana is priced at Rs. 21.03 lakh for the XL version and Rs. 25.40 lakh for the XV version. The new Nissan X-Trail is nothing really new as far as apperance goes. However the new X-Trail gets a more powerful engine in the form of a 2000cc oil burner with 150hp of power at 4000RPM and 320NM of torque at just 2000RPM. The new X-Trail is priced at Rs. 20.81 lakh for the LE version, Rs. 23.81 lakh for the SLK version and Rs. 25.08 lakh for the SLK Automatic version

four ways in which you can increase engine power

I hope u guyz remember my second last post which was about the working of a 4-stroke engine.if u haven't read it then plz do so coz it will be a lot of help in understanding further articles.So in this article i'll straight away come to the point and tell u about how u can increase ur engine power!!

There are four ways in which you can increase engine power:

1. Increase the engine displacement by boring the motor out or stroking the crankshaft.
2. Increase the engine speed.
3. Improve the Volumetric Efficiency of the engine.
4. Increase the air density.

1) . Engine capacity or displacement is measured by the formula (^π/4 × bore²) × stroke × cylinders. The bore is the diameter of the cylinder; thus (^π/4 × bore²) gives us the area of the cylinder. The stroke is the distance the piston travels from TDC to BDC and gives us the length of the cylinder. Multiplying these two measurements gives us the volume of one cylinder. Multiplying the volume of each cylinder by the number of cylinders that engine has will give us the total displacement of the engine. Thus, by increasing the area, length, or number of cylinders, we can increase the displacement of the engine.

Unfortunately we can't increase the number of cylinders so we're left with the area and the length. We can increase the cylinder area by boring the motor. This is the easiest way of increasing displacement, but is restricted by the thickness of the cylinder walls, and the space between the cylinders. We can also increase the length by stroking the crankshaft. This is more complicated as it requires the offset machining of the big-end journals on the crankshaft and possibly on the conrods. If the big-end journals of the conrod cannot be ground, you must either find slightly longer conrods that will fit, or pistons with a shorter compression height, i.e., the distance between the center of the gudgeon pin and the piston top. Stroking is restricted by the clearance between the rotational diameter of the crankshaft and the engine block.

2). Increasing engine speed does not increase the power per cycle, but increases the rate at which power in produced as the number of cycles per time frame increase. In other words, power is being produced more often as the Otto cycle is being completed much quicker. Increasing engine speed above the red line of the stock engine generally requires a complete engine rebuild with forged pistons, stainless steel conrods, stainless steel crankshaft, and a more robust valve train.

3). Denser air produces more power because it has more air molecules per volume. There are two ways in which air density can be increased – by lowering the air temperature, or increasing air pressure. Unfortunately, we can't really lower the air temperature but we can increase air pressure. The easiest way to increase air pressure would be to drive at lower altitude but this isn't really practical. The other way is to use forced induction. The three forms of forced induction are:

• Installing a supercharger.
• Installing a turbocharger.
• Installing Nitrous injection.

i'll be takin that all later on so keep reading!

Honda India has launched a new variant of the Honda City, the 1.5V and the 1.5S variant gets beige interiors. The new variant of the Honda City has been launched as part of the Great Honda Fest promotion. The new City 1.5V (MT & AT) comes with the introduction of 5 spoke Alloy Wheels and Front Fog Lamps for better visibility. The exterior looks of the new City 1.5V gets an addition of Chrome door handles, new Sporty Exhaust Finisher and Front & Rear mud guards.

The new variant has a new interior look with Beige fabric seats, Silver Colored Fan Knob, painted inner door handles, door lining garnish and power windows panel. The car also gets the Dual front tweeters and a driver seat back pocket for added convenience. The new Honda City will now be available as SMT, VMT and VAT. Additionally, all the variants will be available in 2 types – Elegance and Inspire just like the Honda Civic.

Honda City will have an additional colour option Deep Sapphire Blue for a limited period during festive season along with existing colors available in the range. The new City has various active and passive safety features as standard including ABS (Anti-Lock Braking System) with Brake Assist (BA), Dual SRS airbags, pre-tensioner seat belts and G-CON (G-Force Control Technology) body with a high integrity survival zone.

The price of the new City range (ex-showroom Delhi) is as follows : -

1.5S MT – Rs. 8,37,000/-

1.5V MT – Rs. 8,82,000/-

1.5V AT – Rs. 9,54,000/-

1.5S MT Elegance – Rs. 8,73,000/-

1.5S MT Inspire – Rs. 9,07,000/-

1.5V MT Elegance – Rs. 9,16,000/-

1.5V MT Inspire – Rs. 9,52,000/-

1.5V AT Elegance – Rs. 9,88,000/-

1.5V AT Inspire – Rs. 10,24,000/-

Are you a Ricer? FIND OUT NOW!!

Are you a Ricer?

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What is a Ricer?
Ricers are a bunch of people who decide they are car experts after watching The Fast and the Furious, Pimp My Ride and playing Need For Speed Underground. They then try "SOUPING UP" or "PIMPING" their "RIDES".

This has no relation to making soup which probably tastes nicer than ricers (and is undeniably infinitely more useful) but there might be a connection between SOUP BOXES and the material they use for making body-kits.

(For laughs, someone should introduce ricers to the Gluhareff Pressure Jet Engine. These engines, while the most efficient type of practical jet engine so far developed, have the interesting characteristics that most are home built and that they run on propane, a remarkably volatile fuel. Taking into account the mechanical skills and common sense of the average ricer, the results should be rather entertaining from a safe distance.)
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Are you a Ricer? Take the test!!

Ricers are nothing but bad news and you should avoid meeting one at all costs. However, there is something much worse than meeting a Ricer, actually being a Ricer. To help you find out if you are a Ricer and therefore should see a physiologist or (preferably) leap of the nearest cliff, here is a handy Test:-

1. What is the best modification you can do to your Honda Civic?

a) Buy a sound system.

b) Get wheel mods’ such as spinners, chromes, or wheels that are 4 times bigger then they should be.

c) Buy a more powerful engine.

d) Sell the car, and use that money plus what you were going to spend on the modification to buy a better car.

e) Fart can.

f) buy a wing with LEDs

Answer: In this case, the most right answer is d, because there is no point in investing 12 thousand dollars in a 3 thousand dollar car, when you could just sell the car and spend 15 thousand dollars on a better car. C is the second most right answer, because it is something that will actually considerably change the performance from the 90hp POS it was. All other answers are wrong Ricer answers, with F being the worst.


2. What are the best wheels you can get?

a) Spinners.

b) Chromes.

c) Chrome spinners.

d) Wheels with only inch thick tires.

Answer: If you answered this question you are a ricer.


3. How loud should your music be when you are driving?

a) Loud enough to hear it.

b) Loud enough so people outside the car can hear it.

c) Loud enough so you can’t hear the engine.

d) Loud enough so you can’t hear people honking their horns and screaming at you to turn down the music, and then their heads explode from the deafening noise.

Answer: In a ranking from most Rice to least Rice, it goes d, c, b, a.


4. How do you know how to modify your car?

a) You are a mechanic.

b) You have seen a couple of episodes of “Pimp My Ride”.

c) You sought professional advice.

d) You have a friend who is a mechanic and guides you every step of the way.

Answer: Isn’t it obvious? Well for a Ricer no, so the Ricer answer is b.


5. Where should you race?

a) On a race track.

b) On a legally designated street circuit.

c) On an illegally designated street circuit.

d) Aimlessly hooning around your suburb not going anywhere in particular, and just causing danger/annoyance to the public.

Answer: D is 100% ricer. A and B are where real racers go, with C being where real racers will sometimes show up just to beat the crap out of Ricers.


6. Why do you put visual modifications on your car?

a) To make it look cool.

b) To make it faster.

c) So you can be in with the cool crowd.

d) Because “Need for Speed Underground” and “The Fast and the Furious” tell you too.

f) It's not all about looks! Body kit add at least 200 bhp to the car.

Answer: Another trick question, all these answers make you a Ricer.


7. How do you drift a car through a corner?

a) Enter the corner at high speed, then without slowing down, turn in such a way that the weight of the car is thrown sideways.

b) Enter the corner at high speed, and then apply the foot break to shift the center of gravity of the car to the front, and then turn to slide out the back wheels.

c) Pull on the hand break, turn and hope for the best.

d) During a corner, accelerate extra hard to spin the back wheels and slide out the back.

Answer: Another trick question as all the answers are actually right. A Ricer does not know how to drift. However, C while still being right, is the lamest way to drift.


8. When confronted by a street race you KNOW you cannot win, what do you do?

a) Race and accept defeat normally

b) You cannot lose. You have an 81 civic with 89" plastic hubcaps and a 4 foot spoiler. THATS LIKE +8000hp!

c) Cap dat foo

d) Talk about your "Mad" speed skill and attempt intimidation

Answer The only incorrect answers are B and D. A is the Ideal answer and C is acceptible.


Score: If you answered wrong on 1 or 2 of the questions, you are in immediate danger of being a ricer. If you got more then 4 wrong, please go outside and shoot yourself. If you got them all wrong, there is no need to shoot yourself, as you will be killed by a real car enthusiast in the near future.

Nissan To Launch New Teana & X-Trail On Wednesday !

Nissan will launch the new Teana and X-Trail in India on 16th September. Nissan India is gearing up for the launch of its small car
next year and is keen to build the brand with a range of exciting products including the 370Z sports car which is likely to be launched at the 2010 Auto Expo.

A few really cool modified Indian cars!..

to be continued

How a 4 Stroke Engine works??

When you want to increase engine power on a four stroke engine, it is the efficiency of each stroke, particularly the intake and exhaust strokes, that you need to improve. Understanding the four stoke cycle of the internal combustion engine and how it produces power is important when you want to increase engine power. So let's begin with the four stroke cycle which is also known as the Otto cycle.

1). The intake stroke is the first stroke of the Otto cycle. During this stroke the intake valve opens as the piston moves from "top dead center" (TDC) to "bottom dead center" (BDC). The downward movement of the piston creates a vacuum in the cylinder that causes air/fuel mixture to be drawn into the cylinder. The intake valve usually opens slightly before the stroke begins and closes slightly after the stroke ends to maximize the amount of air/fuel mixture that can be drawn into the cylinder.

The volume of air/fuel mixture that is drawn into the cylinder, relative to the volume of the cylinder, is called the Volumetric Efficiency (VE) of the engine. Maximizing the VE of the engine is an effective method of engine tuning that we can use to increase engine power, especially as stock engines generally have a VE in the range of 85% while older engines have a VE in the range of 70%.

2). The compression stroke is the second stroke of the Otto cycle. Both the intake and exhaust valves are closed. The piston moves from BDC back up to TDC, forcing or compressing the air/fuel mixture into the combustion chamber of the cylinder head. The movement of the piston also causes turbulence which mixes the air/fuel mixture further, allowing more of the chemical energy in the fuel to be released during the power stroke.

"While it is the fuel that stores the chemical energy that drives the engine, it is the air that allows the fuel to burn and release its energy. Too little air leads to a rich fuel mixture that does not burn completely and does not release all the energy in the fuel, robbing the engine of power and economy. Too much air leads to a lean fuel mixture that burns too quickly.When the air/fuel mixture burns too quickly, it spends its energy too soon and creates too much pressure too quickly. This can cause irreparable damage to the engine."

The chemically ideal ratio of air to fuel is 14,7 parts air to 1 part fuel (14,7:1) and is referred to as the stoichiometric condition. However, the air/fuel mixture requirements of the internal combustion engine are influenced by RPM, engine load and temperature. Heat is required for fuel vaporization. Therefore, in cold start conditions, a richer mixture is required and at full throttle, or wide-open-throttle (WOT), a leaner mixture is required. This is why fuel injection has a major advantage over the carburetor; it can provide the correct air/fuel mixture under varying conditions.

3). The power stroke is the next stroke in the Otto cycle and is also the start of the second revolution of the engine. The intake and compression strokes require a complete revolution of the engine, while the power stroke and the exhaust stroke require another revolution; in other words, the four stroke cycle is completed over two revolutions of the engine.

Just before the start of the power stroke, the spark plug fires, igniting the air/fuel mixture which then burns in a controlled manner. This causes an increase in temperature and an expansion of the gasses in the combustion chamber, and ultimately increases the pressure in the combustion chamber. This pressure increases progressively and acts upon the top of the piston, pushing it down the bore to BDC.

4). The pressure pushing down on the piston and forces the crankshaft to rotate, converting the chemical energy in the fuel to mechanical energy. Unfortunately, the internal combustion engine is not very efficient and a lot of this energy is lost through heat that is absorbed by the engine, and lost through the exhaust. Though the heat energy that is lost through the exhaust can be used to drive a turbocharger so it can't be all that bad, can it?

The burnt air/fuel mixture is expelled from the engine during the exhaust stroke. The exhaust valve opens slightly before the stroke begins. With the exhaust valve open, the movement of the piston from BDC to TDC forces the burnt air/fuel mixture through the exhaust valve and out of the engine. Usually, the exhaust valve opens slightly before the stroke begins and closes slightly after the stroke ends, allowing the engine to expel as much burnt air/fuel mixture as possible. Any burnt air/fuel mixture or exhaust gasses that remain in the combustion chamber after the exhaust stroke will contaminate the fresh air/fuel mixture that in drawn into the cylinder on the next intake stroke, and will effectively reduce engine power.

so now after understanding how a "4-stroke" engine works, we are ready to modify it to generate more power and torque.so my next posts will be as follows :-

There are four ways in which you can increase engine power:

• Increase the engine displacement by boring the motor out or stroking the crankshaft.
• Increase the engine speed.
• Improve the Volumetric Efficiency of the engine.
• Increase the air density.

to be continued in next posts!
"Why not help your fellow road warriors by writing reviews on any modification kits you have fitted to your car and if you need some advice before you take the plunge why not ask another users advice by leaving a comment on their review".

RPM TUNING is all about engine tuning and car performance; so if you want to know about car tuning, how to increase engine power and how to modify your car, then you've come to the right place. However, before we can start talking about engine tuning and increasing engine power and torque, we first need to have a basic understanding of how an internal combustion engine produces power. Therefore, over the next few pages of this section, we'll discuss the various basic concepts and principles of the internal combustion engines and the common terms used to discuss engine modifications, such as volumetric efficiency, engine displacement and air density as all of these influence engine power and performance. Once we have a clear understanding of how a four stroke engine produces power, we can move on and start make our P.L.A.N.s to increase engine performance.

Although there are two types of internal combustion engines, namely the two stroke engine and the four stroke engine, we're only interested in car performance and since the two-stroke engine is not used on cars, we won't be discussing that engine here. Instead we'll focus out attentions solely on the four-stroke engine because RPM TUNING is all about car tuning and because cars use the four-stroke engine and not the two-stoke engine. If you're looking for information about the two-stroke engine, you could try How Stuff Works or Wikipedia.

There are also numerous derivatives of the four stroke engine – diesel engines, petrol engines, four cylinder engines, straight sixes, boxer engines, rotary or wankel engines, turbocharged engines, supercharged engines, etc. With the marked exception of the rotary engine, all four stroke engines have a common basic design – they all consist of individual cylinders with pistons that are connected to a flywheel by a crankshaft, and they all make use of what is known as the Otto Cycle. This makes it fairly easy to discuss basic engine power concepts as we don't need to concern ourselves with V's and straights, boxers and horizontally opposed engines. Instead our discussion can and will be all about the four stroke internal combustion engine. In addition, the deisel engine has had a resurgence in recent years and has become more of a performance engine, especially the turbo-diesel engine. A lot of what we discuss here can be applied to modern diesel engines but there are some aspects of engine modification that are specific to diesel engines; for this reason we'll discuss diesel engines and diesel engine modifications on their own.

So let us begin by looking at the four strokes of the four stroke internal combustion engine otherwise known as the Otto cycle. You can skip this section if you're already familiar with the Otto cycle and head on over to basic engine power or engine building, but this section does tie into most of what we discuss on RPM TUNING. If you're interested in modifying diesel engines, hop on over to my upcoming posts on diesel engines to find out how to apply our discussions to diesel engines.

Upcoming posts :-

• The Four Strokes
• Power Basics
• Engine Building
• Diesel Engines

"Why not help your fellow road warriors by writing reviews on any modification kits you have fitted to your car and if you need some advice before you take the plunge why not ask another users advice by leaving a comment on their review".

All Car Mods Explained!!!!

I'll be taking all sorts of car mods right from the engine to the body.But i would be pleased if guyz actively participate, as i want this to be the "heaven" for all car maniacs..i would also be solving all questions and probs related all sorts of mods!.This is just the startin we have to go a long way guyz, so just come out n let's discuss every tits-n-bits of cars!!!