Car Talk!

[The Real Bingo]

That's pretty nice looking. Very clean...not a lot of junk on it. Very nice. I like the black wheels on it...kind of sets things off. What kind of goodies does it have performance-wise?

[SoloCamo]

Engine Performance & Under Hood Components
EVOLVE S60R Performance Software
EVOLVE S60R Sport Exhaust System
EVOLVE S60R Advanced Exhaust System
EVOLVE S60R Exhaust Tip
EVOLVE S60R Straight Pipe
EVOLVE S60R 3.5" Downpipe
EVOLVE S60R Upper Engine Mount Bushing - Blue
EVOLVE S60R Upper Engine Mount Bushing - Black
EVOLVE S60R Silicone Coolant Hoses
EVOLVE S60R Air Management System

Chassis & Suspension
EVOLVE S60R Sport Lowering Springs
EVOLVE S60R Anti-Sway Bars

Brakes
EVOLVE S60R High Performance Brakes
EVOLVE S60R Performance Rotors
EVOLVE S60R Braided Stainless Steel Brake Lines
EVOLVE S60R Street Carbon-Kevlar Brake Pads

[The Real Bingo]

Oh, so it has a "sport" and an "advanced" exhaust system, and two different colored upper engine mount bushings? I know what the company offers; I was curious as to what this specific car has.

[SoloCamo]

Oh hush. I didn't fully read it and assumed they offered a single kit for that car

[The Real Bingo]

[Tekk]

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Real Bingo

That's pretty nice looking. Very clean...not a lot of junk on it. Very nice. I like the black wheels on it...kind of sets things off. What kind of goodies does it have performance-wise?

I believe it has the following:
EVOLVE S60R Performance Software
EVOLVE S60R Advanced Exhaust System
EVOLVE S60R Exhaust Tip
EVOLVE S60R Straight Pipe
EVOLVE S60R 3.5" Downpipe
EVOLVE S60R Upper Engine Mount Bushing - Blue
EVOLVE S60R Silicone Coolant Hoses
EVOLVE S60R Air Management System

Chassis & Suspension
EVOLVE S60R Fully Adjustable Coil-Overs
EVOLVE S60R Anti-Sway Bars

Brakes
EVOLVE S60R High Performance Brakes
EVOLVE S60R Performance Rotors
EVOLVE S60R Braided Stainless Steel Brake Lines
EVOLVE S60R Street Carbon-Kevlar Brake Pads

Only thing I changed is the Fully adjustable coil over suspension They are trying to sell it for several thousand over blue book (obviously with all the upgrades) but they have awesome customer service and the guy said they are willing to discuss options for price. Even if it is a little higher than blue book, the good thing is that all the upgrades I could possibly want are already installed on the car (which would save me approximately $3000 in parts alone) and I know its been babied the whole time. Heck it was their show car. It'd be pretty cool to own a legend amongst the Volvo crowd

[The Real Bingo]

Ford to cut prices on '07 models - Automaker eyes lower sticker prices as it tries to stem loss of market share, move buyers away from sales promotions, paper says.

[RobRich]

Other manufacturers have similar plans. Most are wanting to get away from rebates, cash back, and other gimmicks. They have finally realized consumers want a low sticker price, not a bunch of marketing hype about supposed limited time discounts.

[Whir]

I think this may have been posted before, but maybe not. And it's some fun facts about top fuel dragsters, so here it is, possibly again.



One Top Fuel dragster 500 cubic inch Hemi engine makes more horsepower than the first 4 rows of stock cars at the Daytona 500.



Under full throttle, a dragster engine consumes 1-1/2 gallons of nitro methane per second; a fully loaded 747 consumes jet fuel at the same rate with 25% less energy being produced.



A stock Dodge Hemi V8 engine cannot produce enough power to drive the dragster's supercharger.



With 3,000 CFM of air being rammed in by the supercharger on overdrive, the fuel mixture is compressed into a near-solid form before ignition.



Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lock at full throttle.



At the stoichiometric (stoichiometry: methodology and technology by which quantities of reactants and products in chemical reactions are determined) 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture for nitro methane, the flame front temperature measures 7,050 deg F.



Nitro methane burns yellow.



The spectacular white flame seen above the stacks at night is raw burning hydrogen, dissociated from atmospheric water vapor by the searing exhaust gases.



Dual magnetos supply 44 amps to each spark plug. This is the output of an arc welder in each cylinder.



Spark plug electrodes are totally consumed during a pass.



After halfway, the engine is dieseling from compression, plus the glow of exhaust valves at 1,400 degrees F.



The engine can only be shut down by cutting the fuel flow.



If spark momentarily fails early in the run, unburned nitro builds up in the affected cylinders and then explodes with sufficient force to blow cylinder heads off the block in pieces or split the block in half.



In order to exceed 300 mph in 4.5 seconds, dragsters must accelerate an average of over 4G's.



In order to reach 200 mph (well before half-track), the launch acceleration approaches 8G's.



Dragsters reach over 300 miles per hour before you have completed reading this sentence.



Top Fuel engines turn approximately 540 revolutions from light to light! I



ncluding the burnout, the engine must only survive 900 revolutions under load.



The redline is actually quite high at 9,500 rpm.



Assuming all the equipment is paid off, the crew worked for free, and for once NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run costs an estimated $1,000.00 per second.



The current Top Fuel dragster elapsed time record is 4.441 seconds for the quarter mile (10/05/03, Tony Schumacher).



The top speed record is 333.00 mph. (533 km/h) as measured over the last 66' of the run (09/28/03 Doug Kalitta).



Putting all of this into perspective: You are driving the average $140,000 Lingenfelter "twin-turbo" powered Corvette Z06. Over a mile up the road, a Top Fuel dragster is staged and ready to launch down a quarter mile strip as you pass. You have the advantage of a flying start. You run the 'Vette hard up through the gears and blast across the starting line and past the dragster at an honest 200 mph. The 'tree' goes green for both of you at that moment. The dragster launches and starts after you. You keep your foot down hard, but you hear an incredibly brutal whine that sears your eardrums and within 3 seconds, the dragster catches and passes you. He beats you to the finish line, a quarter mile away from where you just passed him. Think about it; from a standing start, the dragster had spotted you 200 mph and not only caught, but nearly blasted you off the road when he passed you, all within a mere 1,320 foot long race course. .....and that my friend, is the definition of ACCELERATION!

[RobRich]

Quote:

My gun-engine has many things in common with a traditional engine, (induction and exhaust evacuation valves, crankshaft, etc.) yet it is different since it explodes fuel; traditional engines cannot withstand the explosions. The key point of difference is that the explosions of fuel vapor pre-mixed with air (homogeneous fuel) do not act on the primary piston that produces work, but rather on an additional piston that floats on a compressible air pocket. This arrangement introduces certain delaying of pressure building over the primary piston that produces work. This provides the important opportunity to improve torque up to 70 to 90 times without fuel consumption increase.

Source: http://pesn.com/2006/05/02/9500266_Gun_Engine/