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21 May 2007 posted in Videos 7 views
Dyno-tastic! Infiniti G37 on the rollers Infiniti hasn't announced its official peak power numbers for the 2008 G37 coupe, so the impatient folks at Automobile threw one on a chassis dyno to see how the power it puts down at the rear wheels ...
Tags: torque, rear wheels, g35 coupe, friction, ft lbs, displacement, japanese automaker, drivetrain, variable valve timing, peak power, dyno graphs, power numbers, drivetrains, flywheel, 7l, rollers, infiniti g37, tastic, G37 Coupé, vq37vhr
9 April 2007 posted in Japan 9 views
Roadster Mazdaspeed M'z Tune now on sale in Japan Click image to enlargeIntroduced as one of the many "concepts" Mazda trotted out for the 2007 Tokyo Auto Salon, the Roadster Mazdaspeed M'z Tune has shed that part of its moniker and is now available ...
Tags: shift knob, roadster, moniker, exhaust system, new sport, tokyo auto salon, alloys, sport seats, japanese press, sport exhaust, sport springs, flywheel, bilstein shocks, brake pads, customer cars, star wheels, midrange power, japanese stores, t engineering, metallic silver
29 September 2006 posted in Motorsports 6 views
Paris Motor Show: Porsche GT3 RS A Porsche 911 is almost always an object of desire. A fast 911 is even more so, but take a practically race-spec Porsche and give it a touch of nostalgia and you have a recipe for a tongue-out drool f ...
Tags: carbon fiber, porsche 911, drool, rear suspension, paint scheme, street legal, paris motor show, philes, porsche gt3, flywheel, peak output, gt3 rs, street legal racing, object of desire, wheel carriers, touch of nostalgia, optional colors, orange and green, carrera rs, ancestor
7 August 2006 posted in Government/Legal 2 views
Lawyers give Hyundai a clutch job Hyundai Motor North America, for the past three years highly-ranked in J.D. Power's Initial Quality Study, could get its quality halo tarnished by a class-action lawsuit filed in California.The legal ...
Tags: liter engine, automaker, warranty claims, j d power, hyundai motor, automotive news, mile powertrain warranty, manual transmissions, initial quality, class action lawsuit, flywheel, quality study, horror stories, driver error, service bulletins, premature failure, clutch failures, clutch repairs, failure rates, 2003 tiburon
11 August 2005 posted in Hybrids/Alternative 14 views
Hydraulic hybrids? An inventor by the name of Tom Kasmer is claiming that his Hydristor (a contraction of "hydraulic transistor") will revolutionize the auto industry. What? OK, let's take a step back. Basically, Kasmer ...
Tags: hybrids, auto industry, rwd, cvts, energy storage, hydristor, kasmer, hydrostatic drives, efficiency improvements, transmission efficiency, hydrostatic drive, drivetrains, construction world, transmission device, hydraulic motor, release mechanism, axle shafts, flywheel, differentials, power transmission