Easy way to remove rust from vehicle's chrome!!

Many of you have automobiles at your place..and automobiles these days have a bit of chrome present in it. That shiny looking metallic part of your vehicle is chrome plated element which adds to the beauty of your vehicle..But problem arises when the chrome part start getting rusty due to moisture in weather and dusty conditions...Below I mentioned an easy way to remove this rust from vehicle's chrome..

Chrome parts in automobiles

Geneva Motor Show 2013(Salon International de l'Auto)

Today lets have a look on the auto show going in Geneva(Switzerland) from 7th to 17th of this month. The show is a renowned platform for automakers to showcase their latest offerings and is organised every year for which every car enthusiast eagerly waits..Let me tell you a little more about this show...

LaFerrari from ferrari at Geneva

What is this Show??

The International Geneva Motor Show (French: Salon International de l'Auto) is an annual auto show held in March in the Swiss city of Geneva. The show is hosted at the Geneva Palexpo, a

Fastest Automobile on Land, Water, Air: Everywhere

Speed is thrilling..speed is amazing..speed is beloved..speed is respected..and most importantly speed is recorded...Today I am giving you guys a brief list of Fastest Automobiles on every medium..be it sky..or land or water or railway tracks :) Get ready and fasten up your seat belts cause speed is risky.. :)

Fastest Car on Land:

Amazing Thrust SSC

ThrustSSC holds the World Land Speed Record, set on 15 October 1997, when it achieved a speed of
1,228 km/h (763 mph) and became the first car to officially break the sound barrier. It surely looks like a plane but since it is not I put it in Fastest on Land category.

Fastest Production Car on Land:

Bugatti Veyron-Super Sport

As you can see a normal person can't drive the Thrust SSC that's why there should be a car which is fastest in real means..And it is none other than Bugatti Veyron-Super Sport. Being the fastest it also holds the title for being the Costliest Production Car in the world. It has the top speed of 258 mph.

Fastest Bike on Land:

Top Oil-Ack Attack streamliner

Top Oil-Ack Attack streamliner:On 25 September 2010, Rocky Robinson (USA) achieved an average speed of 605.697 km/h (376.363 mi/h) in his Top Oil-Ack Attack streamliner over a measured kilometre (0.6 miles) at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA.

Fastest Production Bike on Land:

Suzuki Hayabusa

The actual winner can't be decided because of Gentlemen's Agreement. According to this agreement the bikes can't cross the limit of 188mph. But I chose Suzuki Hayabusa as the company claims it to have top speed of 194mph with holding the previous speed records.

Fastest Boat on Water:

XSR48 Boat

XSR48: It's a 48-feet, 800 bhp boat with carbon fiber hull, which can achieve speeds in excess of 161 km/h(100 mph) with its race-tuned engine option.

Fastest Passenger Airplane on Air:

GULFSTREAM G650: In August 2010, as part of its 1,800 hour flight test programme, a Gulfstream G650 passenger jet serial number 6001, flown by test pilots Tom Horne and Gary Freeman, reached a flight speed of Mach 0.995 in a 16-18 degree dive in Savannah, Georgia, USA

GulfStream G650

Fastest Aircraft on Air:

Tupolev TU-144 

TUPOLEV TU-144: The Tupolev Tu-144, first flown on 31 December 1968 in the former USSR, was reported to have reached Mach 2.4 (2,587 km/h; 1,600 mph), but normal cruising speed was Mach 2.2. After two crashes the aircraft was taken out of service in 1978.

Fastest Train on Tracks:

Shangai's Maglev Train

MagLev Train:The magnetically levitated (maglev) train linking China's Shanghai International Airport and the city's financial district, reaches a top speed of 431 km/h (267.8 mph) on each 30 km (18 mile) run.

Automobile Tuning : Why and How??

Today I am writing off after a week long gap because I was busy celebrating Diwali :)..I got a question from one of my friend about Automobile Tuning on my facebook page..So here I am with the information. I will tell about what this term means "Automobile Tuning" means. So lets start up with what is Automobile Tuning..

Automobile Engine tuning

What is Automobile Tuning:

Automobile tuning is nothing but a term given to the process of optimizing your automobile to give the best on road. It includes checking up the vital functioning of main components and changing up the ones worn out but the process doesn't end here. The whole tuning process is divided into three major sections as per the work involved in it. If you ever visited a car/bike workshop with an intention of getting it serviced, then you must be knowing that tuning is a part of your servicing. After servicing the workshop returns your vehicle with the performance it is made for. Now take a look at the types of Automobile Tuning.

Types of Tuning:

Well there are uncountable people living on earth and everyone may have a different perception about types of tuning but as far as I am concerned, I categorize them into three:

1. Engine Tuning
2. ECU Tuning
3. Performance Tuning

Now the engine and performance is known word but what's ECU?? Don't you worry I will take this up a bit later, first lets see what happens in Engine Tuning..

Engine Tuning:

Engine tuning involves the very basic things but important things to check primarily. I will tell them in bullet points with specifying why it's done, here are these:

• Replace Engine oil : As due to regular usage the viscosity of engine oil decreases which in turn will increase friction in engine.
• Replace Air Filter : The dust and other particles keeps settling on the filter part which needs to be replaced.
• Replace Oil Filter : The worn out tiny particles from the engine gets clogged into the oil filter and may block the flow of oil inside. 
• Replace Spark Plugs: This part of your vehicle is necessary for igniting the engine and needs to be checks for any fault.

Replacing Timing Belt

• Replace Belts: Belts are responsible for transferring power from engine to the axle and these need to be replaced periodically.
• Fill Up Coolant: It keeps flowing to keep the engine cool and thus gets evaporated by a certain amount and hence needs to be filled back periodically.
• Battery Check-Up: Adding distilled water into the battery and cleaning up the terminals.
• Re-Fastening the Bolts: Due to engine vibrations the bolts get loose so a check is necessary.

And many more...

ECU Tuning:

First let me tell you whats ECU..it is Engine Control unit which takes care of all the specific tasks in engine. Although ECU thing is not very new but old automobiles were ECU free as the controls were analog not digital. But now every automobile has it be it a Car or a Bike. 

ECU of a Car

ECU does so many tasks like Control of  Air/Fuel Mixture,  Ignition Timing, Variable Valve Timing and many more stuffs..These ECU's are coded by the companies with specific timings and settings to obtain a controlled output from the engine.

      Few automobiles have programmable ECU's which can be programmed for various settings to achieve different performances. The company which manufactures ECU's also provides workshop guys a device that they can use for programming ECU's. Although these tasks are done only by experts as a minor change in setting can result in a major change.

Performance Tuning:

This type is tuning is exclusive as it is done as per the specific tasks to be done by the automobiles. This tuning makes sure that your machine gives its best performance even better than the company specified it to give. Suppose a bike is used for Motorsports then its obvious that all the major components should be able to withstand extra heat that would be burdened over them during high performance or for example take case of rally sport where the suspension used needs to be replaced with better sustainability which would have not been used otherwise. Performance tuning is not a regular process for regular automobiles but its done only where it is needed. Beside changing up the component, the timing and ratios are of great importance.

That's all I have to tell about the Automobile Tuning...share your views or suggestions with me..

Happy Reading!! 

Engine Oil : Automobile's Drink

The topic for today is Engine Oil, Its the liquid that the engine drinks. I will tell you about the Engine Oil , What it is, It's properties and other things about Engine oil. Lets start with whats Engine Oil:

Engine Oil 

Engine Oil:

The basic requirement for any Engine to run is the oil which gives it the lubrication to perform the basic movement. Engine is made up of metallic parts which have a lot of friction and when the parts have to make any movement, the friction prevents the parts from doing so. The solution for this is a lubricant that decrease the friction and enhances the motion of the individual parts. The friction present between the parts convert the energy produced by engine into heat and Engine oil helps as an energy saver. Contact between moving surfaces also wears away those parts, which could lead to lower efficiency and degradation of the engine. Apart from lubricating the moving parts, the engine oil also serves as a protector from corrosion and also cleans the engine.
     

Engine Oil Working:

There are few engine parts involved in Oil Flow:

• Oil Pump
• Oil Filter
• Oil Supply Vents

Engine oil flows through whole engine and lubricate every part internally. All Engine oil is present at the bottom of the internal combustion engine. The function of oil pump is to pump the oil from the bottom of the engine and then transfer it to flow through the Oil Supply Vents which are present as small vents on the connecting rods(see How Engine Works). The oil then fills up in the cylinders where pistons are moving. The Engine oil basically creates a thin layer of lubricant over the moving parts which prevents the direct contact between them at the time of movement. This Indirect contact reduces the friction. Even with such low friction, while in motion few minute particles of metals wears out from the engine parts and flow away with the oil. These waste particles are passed trapped inside the oil filter which is present in the path of flow of oil. The extra oil reaches to the bottom of the engine from where it is again pumped up and the cycle goes on until the engine stops.
      Since the parts are covered up with this Engine oil the chances of parts getting corroded is highly reduced and the life of the parts increases.

It's Properties??

Most of the engine oils are made up of petroleum hydrocarbons derived from crude oil and few additives which makes these oils useful. A basic and important property of engine oil is viscosity. The viscosity of a liquid can be thought of as its "thickness" or a measure of its resistance to flow. The viscosity must be high enough to maintain a lubricating film, but low enough that the oil can flow around the engine parts under all conditions. The viscosity index is a measure of how much the oil's viscosity changes as temperature changes. A higher viscosity index indicates the viscosity changes less with temperature than a lower viscosity index.
  Another property of the Engine oil is Flash Point, It's the lowest temperature at which the oil starts burning. Since the temperature inside the engine is very very high, the oil should have high flash point  otherwise the engine will burn out :). That's why the companies performs a check for minute volatile particles in the oil made and removes them so as to increase the flash point.
  There are other properties which the manufacturers add on to improvise their product among the competition.

Range of Valvoline Engine Oils for Bikes, Cars And Trucks

This is it about the Engine Oils...Will come up with other interesting topics...
Happy Reading!!! :)

Exhaust System : Why and How??

In this post I will discuss about the Exhaust System which many of you might not be interested in. But since you have started reading this , let me tell you the exhaust system is not that boring. In this post you will get to know why we need an exhaust system and how it functions in an automobile. So first let us know whats basically a Exhaust System...

Whats an Exhaust System:

Firstly, Let's digest the definition and it says that "An Exhaust system is usually piping used to guide reaction exhaust gases away from a controlled combustion inside an engine". The definition is quite understandable and the exhaust system is basically the pipes that you see at the lower back end of a car or in a bike. These pipes can be seen smoking out the hazardous gases from the engine which causes pollution. Now lets see why we need it and is it really necessary.

A Car Exhaust System

Why an Exhaust System:

The question arises to our mind that why we need this whole pipe structure, the gases can be easily passed out from a valve. The answer to this is that the gases that an engine emits out are so hazardous that it can make you sleep forever if inhaled directly, So a proper system is needed for these gases to be made less hazardous. The gases that comes out of the exhaust system are very much safer than the actual ones thanks to this Exhaust system. The other main advantage of these exhaust are that they reduce the noise that compressed engine gases make while coming out. These Exhaust give those gases much space to travel and thus the pressure of gases is reduced and so is the noise level.

How it Works:

A detailed Anatomy of a car  exhaust system

Shown above is the detailed anatomy of the exhaust system. I'll start from the top where the flange is mentioned. Flange connects the exhaust system with the main engine from where all the gases are coming out. Coming from there the gases meet the catalytic converter where different chemical reactions occur to convert the highly toxic gases to the less toxic ones. Here the hazardous CO(carbon Mono oxide)  gas is converted into less toxic CO₂(carbon dioxide)..I'll not go into the chemical equations now. Also here the NO₂ (Nitrogen Dioxide)gas is broken into Nitrogen and oxygen parts so that the gases which goes into atmosphere are less harmful.Then the gases comes into the middle chamber where the unburnt fuel particles are trapped into the perforated pipes and then in the end there's resonator which reduces the pressure of the gases further and thus reducing the noise caused.
  In the end what we get is the gases which are cleaner for environment, although not as clean as they should be but at-least the system makes the gases less dangerous.

This is it about the exhaust system...will come up with some other interesting topic.

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