Archive for December, 2008

December 31, 2008
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Intake Description

An intake is an air intake for an engine. Because the modern internal combustion engine is in essence a powerful air pump, like the exhaust system on an engine, the intake must be carefully engineered and tuned to provide the greatest efficiency and power. An ideal intake system should increase the velocity of the air until it travels in to the combustion chamber, while minimizing turbulence and restriction of flow. This is usually accomplished by flow testing on a flow bench in the port design stage. Cars with turbochargers or superchargers which provide a pressurized intake system, usually have extensive tweaking of the intake system to improve performance dramatically.

A modern air intake system should have three main parts, an air filter, mass flow sensor, and throttle body.Production cars have specific length air intakes to cause the air to vibrate and buffet at a specific frequency to assist air flow in to the combustion chamber. Aftermarket companies for cars have introduced larger throttle bodies and air filters to decrease restriction of flow at the cost of changing the harmonics of the air intake for a small net increase in power or torque.

Air intake upgrade description

The most basic cold air intake replaces the stock airbox with a short metal or plastic tube leading to a conical air filter, called a Short ram air intake. The power gained by this method can vary depending on how restrictive the factory airbox is. The placement of the filter is usually directly in the engine compartment. The overall benefits depend on the specific application. Because of the increased airflow and reduced covering, intake noise is usually increased.

Well designed intakes use heat shields to isolate the air filter from the rest of the engine compartment, providing cooler air from the front or side of the engine bay.

The most extreme designs, sometimes referred to as Complete Cold Air (CCA) intakes, route air from outside the engine bay, usually from the wheel wells, front grill,or a hood scoop. The intake can be placed such that the forward motion of the car pressurises the air coming in, creating a ram-air intake. These intakes often require additional modifications and can require body modifications or replacement panels, such as a replacement “ram air-style” hood. Complete Cold Air intakes can convert to short ram intakes for winter or wet driving.

Cold air intake system description

A cold air intake is a system used to bring down the temperature of the air going into a car for the purpose of increasing the power of the internal-combustion engine. A secondary goal is to increase the appeal of a car by changing the appearance of a car’s engine bay and creating an attractive intake noise. These aftermarket parts come in many different colors and many different sizes, and are an inexpensive way to increase performance.

Short ram intake system description

It replaces the OEM air intake with a short metal pipe and air filter inside the engine bay. This can slightly boost performance levels in a vehicle by increasing air volume intake. A significant increase in intake air volume will occur.



December 30, 2008
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So the end of summer is almost upon us, a beak from the endless heat. Your air conditioner has been chugging away for three or four months and you haven’t touched it. If you are lucky there have been no breakdowns.

Have you remembered to change the filter? If not, you may have created several problems that could be easily avoided with inexpensive air filters. Those problems will likely need the attention of a repair technician.

Let’s suppose you haven’t changed the filter in months and when you look at it you see caked on dirt and the filter is collapsing from the suction. If this is the case you probably have an inexpensive filter. How can we tell? The cardboard frame around the perimeter is less rigid with the cheap filters.

The nest time you visit the store check out the filters they have available. If you are in a major home improvement center you will likely see a wide selection. Looking at the frames and feeling the stiffness of them should make it easier to tell which are better made.

So back to the problem with your collapsed and dirty filter. As the filter begins to collapse the frame becomes distorted and pulls away from the surface of the housing. As the filter continues to get dirtier it pulls away even more.

As this distortion continues some air will be pulled through the filter but an increasing amount will pass between the frame and the housing. This air is nolonger being filtered, at all.

The unfiltered air is now being drawn into the evaporator along with the dirt it contains. Since the evaporator is cold and wet some of that dirt will land and stick to it. Some will cling to the inside surfaces of the ductwork, the rest will be pumped back into your home.

The evaporator will need to be cleaned if there is any hope of returning the systems efficiency. The duct work may also need to be cleaned especially if anyone in the home has allergy problems. Leaving them dirty will increase the chance of creating a mold farm.

If the evaporator is not cleaned the system will use more electricity since it will have to run longer to cool the home. That’s the best case. A worst case it the system will freeze up and not be able to cool at all.

Both of these scenarios are more expensive than changing the air conditioning filters regularly.



December 29, 2008
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We are surrounded by polluted atmosphere and the air has gone to toxic and poisonous due to industrial and automobile waste release.

We are prone to get attack by different diseases and it is important to everyone to take precaution and fight against air pollution.

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