Engine Swaps
I came across Autospeed recently and
absolutely LOVE the site. There's lots of practical and technical
information that's not seen elsewhere on the WWW. One article I'd love to see is
the procedure to install an engine where it was not intended (a hybrid, like a
GM V8 in a Celica or something), going through the steps on fabricating
engine mounting points, getting the trans to hook up to the engine,
dashboard gauges, etc. Autospeed has some of this info but not all
of it, and it seems like the type of article that your writers would be able to
pull off.
Brian
United States
We’ve covered RWD engine swaps at Tech Basics: Engine Swaps.
What’s Happened?
What has happened
to Autospeed? What’s with all the human powered stuff? I thought this is a CAR
site, Autospeed by name should have articles on cars, where's the speed in human
powered stuff? Yes I'm being a little harsh but dudes I want to read good
articles about cars like I know you can write.
Hugh Garrett
Australia
What’s happened? AutoSpeed is changing - and
will continue to change. A summary of the most recent changes can be found at AutoSpeed Evolves.... It’s worth pointing out
that our Another Human Powered Vehicle series has got the highest reader
voting rating of any series we’ve ever run. There’s a helluva lot in it that’s
relevant to cars...
IEBC Advice
I know you have successfully installed the
IEBC but are you able to steer me in the right direction of a problem i have
with it. Basically I cannot control boost with it. It appears to be
working fine as i have load on the controller and i can hear the solenoid
opening and shutting when I increase/decrease input. But driving the car,
it appears the solenoid isnt doing its function. Set at 100% or 0% or
anywhere in between, the same boost is happening. Basically its running 16psi
and im trying for low 20's, does the solenoid have a peak psi rating and cannot
handle what I am trying to achieve? Or is the something wrong with the
unit itself and cannot measure under load? The car is a R33
GTST
Appreciate if you could help me as to find specialists with these
units is very hard.
Darren Robinson
Australia
Firstly, if the unit is measuring load
correctly, when the injector is connected, an INPUT load number will appear on
the hand controller, which will change as the engine is revved. If this is
working properly and the solenoid clicking changes with set pulse width, it’s
very likely that the solenoid is not able to bleed enough air out of the
wastegate line. A restrictor between the solenoid and the boost source should
fix this.
Supra Gearbox Swaps
Regarding the Gearbox Swapping article...A couple
of other points to note: Regarding supra boxes (since the article appears to be
based around them). There are 3 different stick positions
available and numerous stick lengths. It's not a good idea to shorten
the stick by cutting and rewelding. The lower shaft is toughened and by
welding it it's weakened and will break! When you buy the box make sure you get
the yoke, the unijoint and front of the old tail shaft so you can easily get it
grafted to the front of your existing shaft. And, you'll need to get the
tail shaft assembly rebalanced once it's been welded together.
Malcolm Land
Australia
HPV
I would like to get in touch with Mr. Julian
Edgar in reguards to your series of articles about building the PPV which are
not all available on line as of this date. The URL for the first article is:
Building a Human-Powered Vehicle, Part 1 Or
could I purchase them on CD from you ?
Larry Arnold
United States
There are two series on building a Human
Powered Vehicle. The first series, which you cited, is complete. The second
series, that starts at Another Human Powered Vehicle Part 1 - Finding the Lightest Springs ,
has only 3 more articles to go before it is finished.
Wiimote G-sensor
Using wiimote for measuring car acceleration,
g forces etc forums.vwvortex.com Would
make a cool autospeed article. This is the sort of stuff that got me into your
site. Please don’t loose this essence in the future of the
ezine.
Todd Bagshaw
Australia
We’d already seen this but thanks for bringing
it to our attention. The fact that you need to have a laptop there real time to
download the data wirelessly as you're doing your run takes away much of the
usefulness. Now if it stored the data for later download...
BMW Engines
You may wish to add a the rest of the M88/ S38 6
cylinder family.
S38/B36 3540
cc 232Kw 360nm
S38/B38 3780
cc 250kw 400nm
(a small number of 300kw S38/B38 variants were
produced near the end of production)
Mike Selke
Australia
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