This product by Ron Minor racing was described in “How to Make Your Car Handle” by Fred Puhn. Removable handle, easy to store and effective. |
Shop Equipment for Sale
- Wilmar w36404 1/4 dr 6pt deep so cket 4mm(US $13.39)
- Eastwood bead roller kit with 11 forming mandrels(US $100.00)
- Wilmar w36408 1/4 dr 6pt deep so cket 8mm(US $13.50)
- Intercomp tire drying / purging system
- Longacre wireless scales with cart
- General electrodynamics model md400 20,000 pounds wheel load scale portable #1(US $160.00)
VW reveals plug-in diesel hybrid concept, claims 261 mpg
Tue, 25 Jan 2011Volkswagen has used a car show in the Middle East nation of Qatar to unveil a two-seat plug-in hybrid concept car that the automaker says will deliver 261 mpg. The VW XL1 uses a lithium-ion battery pack, an electric motor and a two-cylinder, 0.8-liter diesel engine for the powertrain. We're still digesting the press release, but here are some highlights: -- VW says the XL1 can travel about 22 miles on electricity from the battery pack.
125th Anniversary of the Automobile: Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler put the world on wheels
Sun, 30 Jan 2011The world marks the 125th anniversary of the invention of the automobile on Jan. 29. Karl Benz filed a patent for a three-wheeled vehicle driven by a gasoline engine in Mannheim, Germany, on that day in 1886, the same year Gottlieb Daimler completed his motorized carriage in Cannstatt, Germany.
Chrysler Nassau concept
Mon, 08 Jan 2007By Tim Pollard Motor Shows 08 January 2007 06:24 Chrysler Nassau Concept: the lowdown You're looking at Chrysler's new sampler for a shooting brake: the Nassau concept newly unveiled in Detroit. Design boss Trevor Creed heralded it as 'a new, more emotional Chrysler.' Although the same size as the mean-'n'-moody 300C saloon, the Nassau is designed to look smaller, with more delicate surface treatments, a subtler new eggcrate grille and a slimmer, more European hatchback rear end. The Nassau portrays more compact dimensions, despite rolling on huge 10-spoke, 22in alloy wheels.