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http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20141214/NEWS/312149997/denso-looks-to-save-parts-money-with-one-size-fits-all-air A one size fits all air conditioning and heater box that will be made in Battle Creek MI, not by a US owned company, but I've looked at my list of suppliers and there really...

That's the slow brake pedal, use it on snow, just punch it in and the car will slowly and safely come to a stop without losing traction.

No, in the side. Then you push the pedal and it go. We'll make gearheads out of all of you yet though. Two years into production is when the How-To section will start to hit it's stride I expect.

I don't think we'll see many EGR failures. EGR on diesel engines have issues because of particulate matter clogging everything and NOx and sulfur eating away at seals, as gasoline is so volitile it doesn't have as much trouble with particulates, and while a high compression gasoline engine the...

They could also be for the fuel injectors now that I look at them more closely, and the spark plugs do go through on the exhaust port side of the engine like the G10's did. Edit: Looking at the renderings from Part 2 it looks like the plugs are on the exhaust side, and look a lot like the...

You can see the holes for them above the intake ports. The Suzuki G10 had them above the Exhaust ports, so it's not much of a change. Elio chose the angled approach for a very good reason. Vertical plugs need to have a hole that passes through the valve cover, this hole needs a gasket, this...

A few prime motivators would be: OEM's making clones or rebadged Elio's to boost their CAFE standing would require a legislative change, as only automobiles count toward CAFE standings. Chinese/Indian imports, these would only need to meet motorcycle safety and emissions standards. And even...

Most of what they get in Europe isn't available in North America, so it's not a surprise. What does cross over the pond often doesn't have the same name, such as Ford selling the Contour here and the Mondeo in Europe.

What you're looking at in scientific terms is the Brake Specific Fuel Consumption (BSFC), a measure of the mass of fuel used per work hour. In the below graph the islands under the curve are different points of BSFC, so for this 1.9L saturn engine optimum fuel consumption is 250g/kw-hr at...

EPA tier 4 final applies to all Diesel engines, not just passenger vehicle engines, so motorcycles, generators, excavators, lawnmowers, etc, are all required to meet the NOx, sulfur, and Particulate matter emissions regulations. So Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel, Lean NOx trap or DEF/SCR system, and...

Don't forget to flush your blinker fluid every 150k blinks and service your exhaust bearings every 66,666 miles people, the life you save could be your own. http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=48

There are both Jackals and Ibis' in Djibouti though.

There's a saying about reliability. Any oil will last the life of the engine if you don't change it. And it's true, my brother has killed two cars because he doesn't watch oil levels or change it frequently enough.

My thoughts exactly Z. Additionally the Volvo is a unibody car, which lends itself to something like this much more, the Elio will be tubular frame with body panels on it, so there will always be a large tube running through the pillars.

Nathan, not Edgar Allen. Poe's Law above is an actual link, but due to stupid formatting it isn't visible.

in 1956 dollars, $2200 is around $19130 in 2014 dollars. You can find plenty of cars in this price range with paddle shifters, such as the Honda Fit, which are practially the same as button shifters, but better as they prevent dumping into gears. But like it or not, it will be a floor mounted...

This is a case of Poe's Law in action.

I don't know, I can see a use for it... "Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to step out of the vehicle and put your hands on top of the car." Officer. "Alright." Jumps out other side of vehicle and runs away. "Zap." get's 10 feet before officer taze's him. But yes, it's retarded that the door...

What do you expect from Gawker "Media"? These are the people who took gamers complaining about corruption in gaming journalism and somehow turned it into "Gaming is sexist". They'll always push their agenda, which just happens to be big trucks rolling coal for big boys, and Toyonda Pious' for...

I'd rather have a Urea injection system than a NOx trap, much less likely to fail and much cheaper. NOx traps are prone to failure because they absorb sulfur from the exhaust stream, so biofuels blends, even B5, are a bad idea in such a system, whereas an SCR doesn't care what other pollutants...