A crankshaft may experience irregular rotational speed patterns caused by a combustion engine’s discrete firing process. These excite components of the driveshaft, which causes rotational vibrations ...
From left: Thayer, Keller and Patiashivili pose with the Formula SAE car. As multi-year members of the Formula SAE student group, mechanical engineering and mechanics majors Jon Keller and Juba ...
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Why Is Your Car's Power Measured in Horsepower?
The term horsepower has been a staple in the automotive industry for decades, but why exactly do we use it? The concept dates back to the 18th century when engineer James Watt sought a way to compare ...
High performance engine building is the art of attention to detail. Top engine builders don't take anything for granted. John Bouchard, engine builder at Boost Addicts in Madison, Tennessee showed us ...
In September, Sensor Developments Inc. (SDI) released the 01251 series of infrared dynamometer torque sensors. While inquiring about this new series, I quizzed Rick West, electronics design engineer ...
Setting up a race car can sometimes be a long and frustrating process. That's because so many important settings are affected by another, equally important, setting. For example, caster affects ...
Want to see the whole build? Don't miss any of the Fox-body action! Check out Day 1 here! Check out Day 2 here! We stayed a little bit later than usual last night here in the Santa Ana shop, making ...
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