Classic Cars – The Mazda RX-7
Posted by admin in Classic Car, Mazda RX-7 on October 21, 2011
Hailed by many as the most beautiful car ever to come out of Japan, The Mazda RX-7 took seventeen years of development before it finally appeared on the streets in 1978.
Without the perseverance of a team of Japanese motor engineers and designers under the leadership of Kenichi Yamamoto, in the development of the Wankel or rotary engine, this stunningly designed, high performance sports car, would never have happened.
In 1961 the Japanese Company Toyo Kogyo, later to be renamed Mazda, licensed from the patent owners NSU-Opel of Germany, the full rights to develop a new rotary engine.
The Rotary engine was named after its inventor Wankel and had no pistons or crankshaft as such, but consisted of a simple fuel injected rotor blade that span around a central drive-shaft that was connected to a rear wheel differential for drive.
In theory the rotary engine is far superior, through its simplicity in design, than a conventional piston combustion engine, with much less moving parts to go wrong and direct drive power output.
Yamamoto’s team at Mazda set to work on developing a rotary engine that would overcome the problems of loss of compression, exhaust, and the overheating of the rotor blades tips, that had limited Opels success at developing the technology in the 1950′s. Read the rest of this entry »
Chevrolet SUVs
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The K5 Chevrolet Blazer is really a full size SUV used extensively in the northeastern region of the US and is obtainable in a brief wheelbase version. It’s ideal for special road conditions being equipped with a powerful V8 engine along with a four wheel drive system which makes the Blazer fairly invincible in snowy weather. The SUV includes a comfortable interior and a giant heater. It’s still obtainable in Ohio and it’s the perfect car for cold weather. The 2012 K5 Chevrolet Blazer with all the options included will definitely cost around $27,000.
Another, incredible Chevrolet SUV is the Avalanche. It’s the most adaptable car available on the market and it is a four doors full-sized SUV with the bed opening into the rear seat. This bed is included in plastic offering plenty of cargo space and may carry as much as six passengers. The Avalanche is among the coolest SUVs manufactured by Chevrolet. This SUV can be obtained starting with basics price of $35,000 and can increase to $50,000 if you want to take advantage of all of the possible options. Read the rest of this entry »