Category Car Chat

Since the data comes from different sources, there may be duplications or conflicts in the list. We will fix them later on.

Following data in kg:

Bugatti Veyron: 400kg
Cadillac Sixteen: 316kg
Chrysler Viper GTS: 295kg
Chevrolet Corvette C4: 281kg
McLaren F1: 266kg
Porsche 996 Turbo: 260kg
Porsche 928: 260kg
Mercedes-Benz SL65/CL65 AMG: 253kg
Pagani Zonda F: 250kg
BMW E60 M5: 240kg
Porsche 964C4: 238kg
Ferrari 456GT: 235kg
Maserati MC12: 232kg
Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren: 232kg
Ferrari Enzo: 225kg
Audi S8 5.2: 220kg
655ci V8 From Indy: 220kg
Koenigsegg CCR: 215kg
Lexus LS400 (94): 210kg
BMW 740i (92): 210kg
Porsche Carrera GT: 205kg
Porsche 996 Carrera: 204kg
Porsche 997 Car...

If your car is totaled and you need to take care of it yourself, do not sell the whole car to the junk yard. To make the most of money out of it, you should disassemble the car into different parts (for example engine, transmission, wheels, interior panels, stereos etc.), and sell them seperately. The total money you get from selling these parts will be way more than you selling the car as a whole.

If you have doubt, you can find out all the part numbers related to your car, and go to the dealership to check each parts’ individual price. Then you add them together, and you will find the total sum will be much higher than your car’s MSRP.

So here comes the term of parts-w...

Yesterday we brought you the news that Toyota released some information for their new generation of high efficiency naturally aspirated engines.

After research we come out with some analysis and our viewpoint:

1. Most of the technologies are borrowed from previous higher level products (not necessarily within the Toyota Group only). For example the VVT-iE valve system, previously appear on the 1UR V8 engine, which is used on Lexus LS460 and IS-F.

2. The 1.3L is a 4-cylinder engine, while the 1.0L is 3-cylinder. Pay attention to the difference in their compression ratio. Why the 1.3L has 13.5:1 and the 1.0L only gets 11.5:1...

Nowadays, cars usually have their engine bolted to transmission together directly, because it is easy to implement and saves costs. For some sports cars which seek to have a better weight distribution, the engine and transmission are located in different section of the car body, therefore requires an extra solid torque tube to connect them. This is an exotic design, for example, the below image shows the LFA’s torque tube.

But please do not misunderstand that this is a requirement for a good sports car...

Engines that the Porsche Macan uses have big story behind it. The future Audi cars may share something common with Porsche regarding these engines.

Currently there are two petro engines for the Porsche Macan: a 3.0L and a 3.6L, both are twin-turbocharged. These two engines have the same bore size (96mm), but different stroke (3.0L is 69mm, 3.6L is 83mm). Because of the smaller bore/stroke ratio, the 3.0L engine is more suitable for high revving purpose.

The 3.0L engine plays an important role in global market because many countries have heavy tax regulations on large displacement engines. By using the 3...