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Friday, September 24, 2010
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Toyota Car Part Numbers
Useful link for identifying toyota car part numbers:
http://www.toyodiy.com/parts
http://www.toyodiy.com/parts
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Torque vs Horsepower
Most people, when shopping for vehicles, and interested in a reasonable amount of power, would be attracted by high BHP (or PS or kW) figures for maximum power output.
The are somewhat related:
HP = torque (ft-pounds) * rpm / 5250
If you look at the specifications of your automobile's engine, you'd find figures such as
155 BHP @ 6000 rpm
200 N*m3 @ 3600 rpm
The first is the engine power, while the second is the torque.
I have noticed when driving that best acceleration (most of the time at least) occurs when the engine speed is at the point of max torque.
Generally speaking, for most petrol engines, max torque is at a relatively high RPM, and for diesel engines max torque is at lower RPM.
However, I have noticed, especially with some VW petrol engines that max torque occurs at relatively low RPM, meaning that one does not really need to floor the accelerator to achieve max acceleration. This possibly accounts for the greater fuel efficiency found in these engines.
So when buying a car, I'd look at the engine power output & max torque figures, and use those (combined with other factors such as weight, AWD/2WD/4WD, etc) to make a decision.
Here's an interesting article:
http://www.largiader.com/articles/torque.html/
The are somewhat related:
HP = torque (ft-pounds) * rpm / 5250
If you look at the specifications of your automobile's engine, you'd find figures such as
155 BHP @ 6000 rpm
200 N*m3 @ 3600 rpm
The first is the engine power, while the second is the torque.
I have noticed when driving that best acceleration (most of the time at least) occurs when the engine speed is at the point of max torque.
Generally speaking, for most petrol engines, max torque is at a relatively high RPM, and for diesel engines max torque is at lower RPM.
However, I have noticed, especially with some VW petrol engines that max torque occurs at relatively low RPM, meaning that one does not really need to floor the accelerator to achieve max acceleration. This possibly accounts for the greater fuel efficiency found in these engines.
So when buying a car, I'd look at the engine power output & max torque figures, and use those (combined with other factors such as weight, AWD/2WD/4WD, etc) to make a decision.
Here's an interesting article:
http://www.largiader.com/articles/torque.html/
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
More on diagnostics and trouble codes
Just came across this website. Quite handy - www.troublecodes.net
Thursday, November 5, 2009
P0135
Engine Type is 3S-FSE
Did a diagnostic scan and got this problem code - P0135 - Oxygen Sensor Heater Circuit - Bank 1 Sensor 1.
It looks like I need another oxygen sensor.
I *think* the part number is #89465-44040 (from some quick google online) but I shall check physically.
The guys who did it say it should cost about 11k for a new one.
Effects of a faulty oxygen sensor apparently include poor fuel economy, so this should make things better :).
Did a diagnostic scan and got this problem code - P0135 - Oxygen Sensor Heater Circuit - Bank 1 Sensor 1.
It looks like I need another oxygen sensor.
I *think* the part number is #89465-44040 (from some quick google online) but I shall check physically.
The guys who did it say it should cost about 11k for a new one.
Effects of a faulty oxygen sensor apparently include poor fuel economy, so this should make things better :).
Friday, August 28, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Going Green: Fuel Economy Tips
http://www.fuelacademy.com/taylors_tips.html
Time to start practicing is now. I think though that my next car must have a fuel economy monitor on the dashboard.
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