Tips/Tech
Petrol Saving Tips
ENGINE WARM-UP
1. Avoid prolonged warming up of engine, even on cold mornings - 30 to 45 seconds is plenty of time.
2. Be sure the automatic choke is disengaged after engine warm up… chokes often get stuck, resulting in bad gas/air mixture.
3. Don’t start and stop engine needlessly. Idling your engine for one minute consumes the gas amount equivalent to when you start the engine.
4. Avoid “reving” the engine, especially just before you switch the engine off; this wastes fuel needlessly and washes oil down from the inside cylinder walls, owing to loss of oil pressure.
5. Eliminate jack-rabbit starts. Accelerate slowly when starting from dead stop. Don’t push pedal down more than 1/4 of the total foot travel. This allows carburetor to function at peak efficiency.
HOW TO BUY
6. Buy gasoline during coolest time of day - early morning or late evening is best. During these times gasoline is densest. Keep in mind - gas pumps measure volumes of gasoline, not densities of fuel concentration. You are charged according to “volume of measurement”.
7. Choose type and brand of gasoline carefully. Certain brands provide you with greater economy because of better quality. Use the brands which “seem” most beneficial.
8. Avoid filling gas tank to top. Overfilling results in sloshing over and out of tank. Never fill gas tank past the first “click” of fuel nozzle, if nozzle is automatic.
HOW TO DRIVE ECONOMICALLY
9. Exceeding 40 mph forces your auto to overcome tremendous wind resistance.
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The art of drifting
Drifting refers either to a driving technique utilizing a difference in slip angle between the front and rear tires of a car, or to a sport based on the technique. When the rear wheels are slipping at a greater angle than the front wheels, the car is drifting, or “power-sliding.�? The rear end of the car appears to chase the front end around a turn; the driver utilizes both front tires and the rear tires to control the actual direction of the car. More throttle induces more rear wheel slip angle and the rear of the car wants to overtake the front. The goal is for the driver to achieve opposite lock and use the throttle to fine tune the car’s angle and direction.
How do you drift?
There are two ways to drift. First is through the rear wheel drive (also known as the clutching technique) while the other is through the front wheel drive. In the clutching technique, the driver pushes on the clutch and shifts his car into second gear when he approaches a turn. After revving the engine up to around 4,000-5,000 rpm and slightly turning away from the turn, the drifter cuts back towards it hard enough, while at the same time, he pops the clutch causing the rear wheels to spin. This will cause a loss of traction and the drift car begins to slide around the curve.
The hard part is having to hold the drift until the next turn. The drifter must keep the foot on the accelerator, while at the same time, he adjusts the car through the steering wheel so that the vehicle doesn’t spin out. Upon reaching the end of the turn and approaching the next turn which is in the opposite direction, he must cut the wheel towards the right direction. In some cases, if the previous drift was too slow and he starts to regain traction, he must pop the clutch again to get the wheels spinning.
The second technique is through the front wheel drive. This technique uses the side-breaks. When approaching a turn, the drifter pulls the side brake to cause traction loss. And the rest is pretty much the same as the clutching technique except that it’s much harder to take more than one turn with a front wheel drive.
Where do you drift?
Drifters would normally go to the mountains, also known as “Tohge,�? to drift (having a small number of people around). Mountains are fit for drifting because they are relatively desolate and they have perfect groups of S-turns that can really challenge a drifter’s ability. Other places to drift are docks or just any isolated parking lot. And the most famous place to drift is the “circuit.�? Drifting competitions are held in “circuits�? and drifters are judged on a specific group of turns on a 100 point scale.
What cars are used in drifting? Some common cars used for drifting are:
- AE86 Levin/Trueno - its rear wheel drive lay-out is fit for drifting and it’s relatively inexpensive
- Silvia S13 and S14 – it has a high horse power and free-revving engine making it excellent as a drifting car
- 180SX - lighter and has a better front/rear balance ratio
- FC3S RX-7 – not problematic
- Cefiro - has a powerful RB20DET engine and good handling characteristics
- Laurel - powered by the RB20DET
- Skyline GTS-T - has a rear wheel drive layout and boasts a 260hp engine
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Blitz MSTT Manual
Just wanna share with you all this user manual. Someone emailed me this scan copy of the manual last week. I also tried to google around the complete manual for this timer, but cant find any. Hopefully this can be used …
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Car Dealership Locator and Rater website
This is a paid review for a Autotropolis’s Car Dealership Locator and Rater website. One of the interactive website providing service to locate car dealerships via Google Maps and browse area dealerships.
This site utilizes vote buttons to rank area dealerships and the most higher quality dealerships, based on votes, will be automatically rank at the top.
Besides the abovementioned service, they also provide a details review on each car dealer including maps and direction. As at now the are about 55,000 dealers featured in this website. Being one of the largest portal of its kind, this will be definitely good place to go for if you are looking for a car and of course for the car dealer to get you business listed here.
One of the features in the site that I love most is on the new car pricing quotation. After researching and configuring your new car, get a free no-obligation new car price quote from local dealers near you. See how that price compares with the invoice and MSRP car prices found on the Autotropolis Price with Options tool and buy with confidence.
The webdesign is very simple yet the system used is good. It’s a matter of few clicks to get through to the car dealer. The only limitation is its only cover states in US. It will be useful if they can extend their service to other country such as in Malaysia.
Go to Autotropolis
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Pullman Limousine-the Mercedes-Benz S600 Guard
The Most Secure Vehicle in the World, this what we can described on the new Pullman Limousine-the Mercedes-Benz S600 Guard Pullman.
If the name Pullman sounds familiar, that’s because the name has been given to extra-long wheelbase Benzes with the grandest of rear passenger compartments. The name actually dates back to luxurious railroad sleeping cars, but Mercedes-Benz has used the name since 1928, when a Pullman version of the W 08/460 Nurburg model debuted. Since then, the name has become legendary and some older models sell for high six-digit prices at auctions. The S600 promises to be the finest Pullman yet.
It has been tested to a B6/B7 resistance level by state-approved organizations, and further requirements have been certified by independent organizations. That translates to military-grade call-arms projectile resistance and protection from hand grenade fragments. Run-flat tires are obviously used, and the S600 Guard also has a self-sealing fuel tank and a fire-extinguishing system. All of these elements are integrated into the bodyshell, rather than being retrofitted, so the car’s structure as a whole is further reinforced. No expenses have been spared to make the finest, most secure vehicle in the world. The first models are expected to roll out of Sindelfingen (where specialists equip the base car) in late 2008.
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Honda Civic Type R EP3
Have you heard about Type R when we referring to certain Honda model ? Lets see what actually Type R means….
Type R Honda automobile models are special performance editions of their respective model families.
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Fastest car of the 20th Century
The Koenigsegg CCX goes 0-60 MPH in a blistering 3.1 seconds, and may prove to be the fastest production car in the United States.
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Legendary AE86…
AE86 History
The history of the AE86 dates back to 1983 when it was released on the Japanese Domestic Market. Although new sales weren’t amazing, the AE86 has developed a huge international following both in the street and racing scenes. In this section I will show the variations of the AE86, expain it’s history and why it is still a popular car today.
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u should enroll now for inspector job he he 
fuh... now i believe it... 
Nice new year event.. Enjoy beb... 
This is way better than the old supra! :) 
aku nokbeli bulih 50 butir nok bagi ko org2 kg 
Could be... hahaha... is it officially launched in Malaysia edy? 
