Their sound sends a shrill through our spines on race weekends. The engine that powers a F1 car is different compared to a normal car's engine. But how different are they? This topspeed.com special article gives you an exclusive insight on F1 engines that should answer all your questions. Close to 5000 parts have to be put together to build a F1 engine. So a week and 750hp later, the work is declared complete. Weighing less than 100 kg, a F1 engine has 8 cylinders in a 90 degree V-angle (...)

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The seven Maserati brothers;Alfieri Maserati, Bindo Maserati, Carlo Maserati, Ettore Maserati, Ernesto Maserati and Mario Maserati were born in Voghera to Rodolfo Maserati, a train driver, and his wife Carolina Losi.The oldest, Carlo, was born in 1881. The youngest was born in 1898. All of the brothers loved cars, engineering and design, except Mario, who was born in 1890. He became a painter and its probable that the created the Maserati logo, the Trident. Carlo worked with the engines (...)

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If you are a future first car owner on a limited student budget, if you search for a bargain- present-vehicle for your mother-in-law's birthday or if you just don't want to spend more than $20,000 on a car you can find a quick answer to your quest in our special Best Sedan < $20,000 We call “sedans” four door vehicles with a three-box body shape. The sedan used to be the most common and popular body-style, but these days when all sorts of MPVs (Multi Purpose Vehicles) emerge the (...)

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I'm sure at this point you all have seen Tokio Drfit and were impressed by the many cars you swo in there... We will try in here to tell a few words about each of them... The plot you all know it. So no need to talk about it... And if you did not recognized all the cars you swo in there we will give you a hand. In total, Tokyo Drift used over 200 cars for the movie, and they came from all around the world. There are 11 Nissan 350Z cars alone, and these were brought in from Japan because (...)

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V-type engines, In-line engine, Flat-engines, rotary or electrical engines... You know them all, you know how they look, that they do, what's their power, which maker what use. But do you know how it all started? When it all started? How it all started... It all started back in 1506 when no one else than Leonardo da Vinci described a compression-less engine -his description may not imply that the idea was original with him or that it was actually buil. The same thing was done a sentury (...)

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In the beginning of the 20th century US vehicle manufacturers where using as power sources gasoline, electricity and steam evenly. Soon they have realized that two or more power means can be combined for increased efficiency. As a proof of that the first hybrid vehicle (using gasoline and electric power) was registered in 1905 by an American engineer. The invention did not receive much attention at that time as regular gasoline engines were cheaper and offered the same performance. Only 70 (...)

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High Tech Tools has been the leader in the Lockout Industry for most of its 17 year history. Why? Simple, they make the best manuals, strongest, most innovative tools, with the most powerful guarantee... and all at the lowest price. You know that this year auto manufacturers have gone to great lengths to modify and shield lock mechanisms. This is why the new High Tech Tools 2006 update includes all the new and improved tools needed to put you completely up-to-date. This year's set is (...)

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According to the Classic Car Club of America a Classic car is a "fine" or "distinctive" automobile, either American or foreign built, produced between 1925 and 1948. They are also sometimes called "Full Classics," or just plain "Classics" (with a capital "C"). Generally, a Classic was high-priced when new and was built in limited quantities. Other factors, including engine displacement, custom coachwork and luxury accessories, such as power brakes, power clutch, and "one-shot" or (...)

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You need a car, but you do not know where to buy one. You need a car, but you do not have enough money to buy one. The Porsche of your dreams is much more to expensive for your pockets. So, what should you do? Give up to your dreams? No, no way! You can buy an used car, but there can you get the right info, where can you find a little help, some info about the price and other things you need to know? This is way we have decided to give you a litle help in there. Where can you find the info (...)

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Cars Is the saga of Lightning McQueen, a hot-shot animated stock-car voiced by actor Owen Wilson. En route to a big race, the cocky McQueen gets waylaid in Radiator Springs, where he finds the true meaning of friendship and family. “CARS” tells the story of a hotshot rookie racecar driven to succeed who discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself unexpectedly detoured in the sleepy Route 66 town of Radiator Springs, where the town’s offbeat (...)

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Given the actual price of the gas, it is very important to keep a good statistique of the gas you use, and more important the money you spend to buy it. You need to know it's not such a big deal to do this. You only need to know: the starting mileage, ending mileage and the gallons you used. Now, follow the next steps and while by the time you will finish reading the article, you'll have a very easy way of knowing your MPG (miles per gallon). First of all fill up your vehicle gas tank (...)

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A flexible fueled vehicle (FFV) has a single fuel tank, fuel system, and engine. The vehicle is designed to run on unleaded gasoline and an alcohol fuel (usually ethanol) in any mixture. The engine and fuel system in a flex-fuel vehicle must be adapted slightly to run on alcohol fuels because they are corrosive. There must also be a special sensor in the fuel line to analyze the fuel mixture and control the fuel injection and timing to adjust for different fuel compositions. The flex-fuel (...)

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Blind spots, in the context of driving an automobile, are the areas of the road that cannot be seen while looking forward or through either the rear-view or side mirrors. Blind spots can be eliminated by overlapping side and rear-view mirrors, or checked by turning one's head briefly, or by adding another mirror with a larger field of view. Detection of vehicles or other objects in blind spots may also be aided by systems such as video cameras or distance sensors, though these are not (...)

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It is important to know this sped limits. Supose you want to drive from a state to another, and you are used with driving at 75 mph, but in the new state the speed limit is 55. So, this is a good way to avoid speed tickets! Well you were used by the old laws to drive at 55 mph. Well no more, starting May 2005 1 states had raised speed limits to 70 mph or higher on some portion of their roadway systems. There are often lower speed limits at night and for trucks. Outside towns speed limits (...)

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What's the first thing you ask when you buy a car? Is this car safe? This is the key element when you go to a car dealer and you ask for a car. The law says that the new models can't go on the market if they do not pass certain safety tests before they are sold. But legislation provides a minimum statutory standard of safety for new cars, so there are agency that test the cars and encourage manufacturers to exceed these minimum requirements. Every year there are been made crash tests on (...)

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