The New 2006 Honda Civic

The new, redesigned and reengineered 8th generation Honda Civic was finally revealed to the public of Trinidad & Tobago. We at trinituner.com feel this his fully loaded sedan will set a new benchmark in quality and performance for our market.

We test drove the 2006 Civic and can definitely report that the build quality both interior and exterior is exceptional. There are details on the interior that prove that Honda has 'upped the ante' with regards to ammenities, esthetics and features that are not usually expected in a small sedan. We will refer to it as 'upscale ambience' as it really impressed us. The forward thinking two-tiered instrument cluster is a real eye catcher with its "indiglo" blue ambient light.

The handling was commendable and especially soft. The 1.8 iVTEC engine with CVT pulled relatively strong through the powerband, though the CVT never let us feel any gear ratio changes. We were not able to test drive a unit with manual transmission but we are sure that it would carry the rewarding feel of previous Honda gearboxes when mated to this 1800cc engine. We assume the suspension will be stiffer on the new Si Coupe model which should arrive in a few months with an estimated price of TT$250K.

From a tuning perspective (considering the Civic is the most tuned and modified automobile in the world) the 2006 Civic has some issues that had us thinking: The catalytic converter is directly on the exhaust manifold along with the O2 sensor. In fact it would seem there isnt much of an exhaust manifold at all! This should make setting up for AFR tuning simpler and we should see some interesting header designs in the future.

Also the engine bay is very short and so the front shock mounts are under the windshield but still accessible through removable plastic panels finishing the cowl. We wondered what interesting strut tower braces and pillow ball strut mounts the aftermarket industry would have to devise to facilitate this radical cab forward design.

Four wheel disc brakes is standard on all models and much to the delight of many tuners the wheels are also 5 hole from the factory. The trunk is huge and the sound system is good with options for MP3 and steering wheel controls. Seems like someone at Honda has been listening to its customers.

We can deifinitely see the new 2006 Civic will take the industry by storm and will have everyone from salesperson to casual driver to track-day tuner thinking outside of the proverbial box.

We definitely liked what we saw!

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Do You Really Need GPS?

Throughout all time the big question has been and still is: Where in the heck am I?

Adam said, “Where are you going, Eve?”

Eve shook her blond hair and said, “Darned if I know, Adam. I’m just bored with this place.”

“Well, stay here then if you don’t know where you are going. You might get lost.”

Adam set on a rock and waited for her answer.

Eve said, “I won’t get lost, Adam. Besides, I’m not a man. If I do get lost, I’ll ask for directions.”

Adam said, “You must have some idea where you want to go, Eve. You can’t just go wondering off into the dark and dreary world.

She looked at Adam with her pale blue eyes and said, “I was thinking more of Paris than the dark and dreary world.

Back in those days folks tried to keep track of where they were by looking at the stars. The great explorer, Phendom, used the stars to navigate. In 45678 b.c. on his first trip to Greenland his chief navigator, Sogbottom, said, “I think we had better head back north, Phendom. I think that is the Southern Cross.”

I found only one reference to Phendom on Google.com. That is how unknown he is. The reference was cached, but the ever-loving Google.com said I could read the text if I liked. I decided to do that until one of those little boxes popped up and told me I would have to install the Korean Language module to read it.

That is how I learned that Phendom, who was probably the first Sea Explorer, was Korean.

I still remember three words in Korean from my Korean War days. I can say, “How are you? (awnyahasiminiga)” I can say, “Come here,” to a man (erioseeo). And I can call a dog (ereereereere, etc.). It’s best in Korea not to get the last two mixed up. Koreans like to throw rocks.

Back to the stars: If you measure the angle from the horizon to Polaris, you will know your latitude. Polaris is the “Pole Star.” You may know it as the “North Star.” To find Polaris, look for the big dipper. If you can’t find the Big Dipper, it is opposite the “W” which is also known as Cassiopeia. To see how this is all done go to: http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_kids/AskKids/northstar.shtml

You can see why I just love Google.com. “I love those goo goo googlely eyes!” You might try: http://pub2.bravenet.com/forum/167551711/show/337617 for more on Barney Google with the goo goo googlely eyes!”

Don't forget to drop in to see Barney Google himnself at: http://www.toonopedia.com/google.htm. You will be glad you did.

At this point it would be proper to discuss how the early mariners determined longitude. Darned if I know how they did it. I do know that Captain James 1768-1780 A.D. was the first to use a chronometer to determine longitude. It says so at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_exploration.

The chronometer will just get us into a flimditty just as the sextant would. Let’s move on.

(I made up the word flimditty because it is just what we needed in that last sentence, right? You won’t find it in your dictionary or at Google.com. You must be thrilled to be reading the writings of a modern creative literary genious.)

There is no reason to get into a fitznizzle over longitude and the chronometer.

Skipping history, modern day navigators have a number of ways to find their way home. Some years back a friend of mine told me that he had bought a fishing boat at a sheriff’s sale for $800.00. He was very excited about that boat and so was I. He put a new V-8 engine in the boat and off we went fishing on Delaware Bay, God’s great gift to ardent fishermen.

My son and son-in-law tagged along and we cought a boodle of fish. Toward evening, I put my hand up to measure the altitude of the sun and I said, “In 40 minutes it will be dark. We’d better head in.”

Well, nobody wanted to quit fishing and my friend assured me that we would be able to get in by looking for the navigation light at the mouth of the Maurice River. We would follow the light and slip up the river to the dock.

Finally as the sun dropped into the abyse of spacetime my friend decided it was time to leave. He cranked up the engine but the boat didn’t move. Poking our heads to see what was below deck we found water. The boat had such a tonage of water that it would not move.

My friend had installed a pump so he flipped it on. That didn’t help, so we started bailing out the water. Eventually, we got the boat moving.

I suggested that we put on the lifejackets. The Delaware is full of ugly tankers and cargo ships and such. I could see us in the water screaming at the top of our lungs, HELP!

We headed east but we could not see the blasted navigational light. We moved south and finally we could see it. We motored up the river at a slow pace because the docks on the river had signs that said: NO WAKE!

We moved slower and slower as we took on more water. The musquitos got thicker and thicker. We thought we were with Bogey on the African Queen.

Finally, we arrived at the dock. That’s where we learned that we could not move to the dock because the boat would not steer properly. Then by luck on the 70th try, we pulled up to the dock.

I grabbed two five gallon cans of fish and ran for my Volkswagen bus, ten zillion mosquitoes helping me along.

The next morning, my friend went down to the dock to check on his bargain boat.

He couldn’t see it at first.

Then he found that it was only a few feet away.

Unfortunately, the direction was down!

Glub, glub!

Sorry for that major diversion from our very serious discussion on navigation and all.

Sometime after the compus was discovered, man discovered radio navigation. Transmitters along the cost sent out a characteristic bleep that boats could triangulate on or dead recon on to find their way home. We learn the following at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_navigation

“The first system of radio navigation was the radio direction finder, or RDF. By tuning in a radio station and then using a directional antenna to find the direction to the broadcasting antenna, radio sources replaced the stars and planets of celestial navigation with a system that could be used in all weather and times of day. Taking two such measurements and plotting the directions on a map will result in an intersection, your current location. Commercial AM radio stations can be used for this task due to their long range and high power, but strings of low-power radio beacons were also set up specifically for this task. Early systems used a loop antenna that was rotated by hand to find the angle to the signal, while modern systems use a much more directional solenoid that is rotated rapidly by a motor, with electronics calculating the angle.”

Placing transmitters on Global Positioning Satellites solved all of our navigational problems except during heavy sunspot activity or overlyactive solarwinds.

The End

copyright©John T. Jones, Ph.D. 2005

John T. Jones, Ph.D. (tjbooks@hotmail.com)is a retired R&D engineer and VP of a Fortune 500 company. He is author of detective & western novels, nonfiction (business, scientific, engineering), poetry, etc. Former editor of international trade magazine. More info: http://www.tjbooks.com.Business web site:http://www.bookfindhelp.com (wealth-success books / flagpoles)

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Tuning World Bodensee

This is an article presenting the German show named Tuning World Bodensee that it is much appreciated about American people. The show has an annual frequency and it was visited by West Coast Customs team, too.

Tuning World Bodensee is a German Tuning Show, this year was the 4th edition and it was much appreciated and deserves all the credits. The Americans know what a good show means when they see one, so they are starting to love it! I must tell you that on this show were even the West Coast Customs team! What can you say about that?

Last year the organizers of Tuning World Bodensee were excited because they were having over 93,000 visitors and that means a raise with 55 % from 2004. Many visitors, don’t you think?

This success can be explained by the fact that the West Coast Customs were there for the first time to this show and they were very appealed to give autographs. West Coast Customs example was taken in consideration by any other American tuning companies who understood that in Germany is “cash flow”. This is one of the motivations because of this tuning show, presented near Constance Lake, and was recording a record with its participation.

Totally there were almost 111,000 visitors between 28 April and 1 May. Almost 90 % of the visitors asked, they answered that the show was “very good” or “good” and they told that they will come next year, too.

Very important is that more than half of the interviewed have a “modified” car and the boring results shows that the “tuning phenomenon” is now even in girls mind and soul. It seems that girls are no longer pleased only with a ride as a passenger of a tuned car. So, 25 % of this year visitors were girls. As a mater of fact, even the winner of “Miss Tuning” contest from this show has a personalized Opel Corsa. This beautiful girl surpassed 239 other girls that were hoping to be Miss Tuning and to become famous for 412 journalists, 14 countries and 10 TV’s that were presenting materials about this “horse power” show.

This year, Tuning World Bodensee was showing that nostalgia for the 80’s and will be followed by the energy of 90’s. After the well known Best of Ibiza party was organized a Retro Dance night where were Snap, Technotronic and Dr. Alban songs. What a night!

This year composition was signed by Vinylshakerz project team, 2 DJs that are much appreciated and make the crowd go loud! The song is great ant stays in your mind, with few rows, but relevant. The language is exactly what the crowd is waiting and uses words like: “angel eyes”, "pimp my ride" (we all know very well what it is about), http://www.carsandtuning.org tuned cars and many other.

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How Dynamometers Work

Dynamometers or dyno systems seem complicated but once you understand the basics it all becomes clear! A dynamometer is basically just a measuring tool, in the same way as voltmeters, scales or speedometers are.

Among force-measuring devices, dynamometers are a flexible metallic ring that bends when a force is applied in such a manner as to tend to collapse it (the amount of bending being a measure of the applied force) and a hydraulic “load cell” that measures compressive loads in terms of fluid pressure.

Once you have built your new motor, or fitted any tuning parts, it is very important to visit a good automotive Dynamometer or rolling road. If you don't, then you will never be able to properly set up your engine.

A good dynamometer allows you to use a gas analyzer while under load so you can see the real air fuel mixture at all RPM's while driving.

Power-measuring dynamometers may be either transmission dynamometers or absorption dynamometers. The former utilize devices that measure torque, in terms of the elastic twist of the shaft or of a special torquemeter inserted between some sections of the shaft. The torque is produced by the useful load that the prime mover, motor, or machine is carrying.

Unlike transmission dynos, absorption dynamometers produce the torque that they measure by creating a constant restraint to the turning of a shaft, by applying mechanical friction, fluid friction, or electromagnetic induction.

A Prony brake develops mechanical friction on the edges of a rotating pulley by the means of a few brake blocks that are squeezed against the wheel by tightening the bolts until the friction torque FR balances the torque WL.

A water brake creates a resistance by circulating the water flow between a rotating impeller and a stationary shell, while an electric dynamometer generates and absorbs direct-current electricity or eddy currents. In each case, the element that exerts the restraining influence is freely cradled so that its tendency to rotate with the rotating body can be restricted and the restricted force is measured at a known distance from the axis of rotation.

Torque is the product of the spring load or weight and the distance from the axis of rotation. Dynamometers also measure the torque produced by an engine in order to reveal important information about its performance.

A diagnose is then presented in performance graphs, which can be easily printed and interpreted.

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In-car Entertainment -- What You Need And What You Don't

Car audio and incar entertainment is getting hotter and hotter by the day. So, folks, do you need all that's advertised? Do you need all you can afford? I'll take you through questions that will help you determine what you need and what you don't...

How much modification are you willing to make in your car? There are car entertainment setups that will require a radical modification of your car interior. Some will require a mild modification, while others will require no modification.

So how much modification do you want? If you want the most elaborate setups then you'll require the most dramatic modifications.

What do you, or would you, use this car for most? Furthermore, how long would/do you spend in this car daily or weekly?

This should be a heavy factor in deciding what you setup as incar entertainment. If this is a vehicle you use for family trips, then you certainly know that you'll need stuff for the kids, too (if you have them).

Compare this with what you'd need if compared to a car you drive daily and spend a total of, say, 3 hours per day in. You'll certainly not require DVD movies (since you'll be driving) but you will certainly be justified if you spent something handsome in making this setup as good as it can be. You're spending a good portion of your life here. So, it's perfectly in order to make it the best you can.

How long do you plan to use this car?

Do you intend to sell off this car in the next 6 months or the next 6 years. Spending a fortune on in-car entertainment for a car you'll soon sell doesn't look smart to me. You can hardly ever recoup half your investment. After all, anyone who is that much deep in car entertainment will certainly have his/her preferences.

What music genre(s) do you listen to predominantly?

Do you play jazz or hip hop? You certainly won't need earth-shattering sub-bass if you're a jazz lover. We know jazz should be listened to while hip hop should getting us thumping

What's your social standing? Who are you?

It will be unsightly for a school teacher or banker to drive to work in one of "them" radically modified cars. A few folks may be forced to withdraw their kids or funds.

But what if you're a show biz guy or gal? Got the picture?

How much do you have?

This one always finds its way in every matter. and you know, it often determines what you ultimately can or can't.

Now that you've made up your mind,here's a good shop for your car audio stuff.

If it does not service your area, check here (I am the webmaster of this car audio site).I'll give you recommendations and more information that will help you have the best audio experience possible.

Chimezirim Odimba writes for CarAudioPlus.

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Lotus Domino Implementation and Tuning - Mobile Solutions

Today, the usage of such technologies as e-mailing, WAP, GPRS, calendar, etc. via mobile devices (telephones, PDA) is common. Moreover, the sphere of these technologies extends from using on “entertainment” level to the business level.

IBM proposes the line of solutions based on Lotus/Domino for mobile users and wireless devices, from PIM (Personal Information Management) and emailing till PDA online-client working with Domino data. The product line develops swiftly with changing of product names and trade marks. These days there are the following directions of mentioned technologies:

• Synchronization of PIM and e-mail between PDA and Domino;

• Access to Domino data via PDA;

• PDA online-client for Domino data;

• SMS and SameTime support for wireless devices.

Now to solve the first direction of tasks IBM actively promotes IBM WebSphere Everyplace Access product. In this article we’ll concentrate on Red Book (sg246676.pdf) documentation.

WebSphere Everyplace Access can be used to synchronize PIM and e-mail with PDA and Domino. The product includes Everyplace Synchronization Server (ESS), which provide the synchronization. ESS represents a special adapter, working under WebSphere Portal Server, allowing secure connection with Domino server from 5.0.12 till 6.5.1. versions. AS a mobile client for ESS can be used IBM Everyplace client and native SyncML clients. For example, on PocketPC it is possible working with e-mail and PIM Domino, as via inbuilt browser as specially installed Everyplace Client. Everyplace Client has version as for PocketPC as for Palm OS.

IBM WebSphere Everyplace Access can be used not only for PDA and Domino conenction, it may as well synchronize:

• PIM and e-mail between PDA and MS Exchange Server (verions 5.5, 2000 and 2003);

• DB2 and PDA. In this case two components are used: DB2 Everyplace Synchronization Server and DB2 Everyplace database, which working on PDA; • Oracle and PDA.

From the previous versions of IBM products practically used by the author, may be mentioned the followings:

• EasySync Pro and IBM Mobile Connect, assigned to synchronize PIM and e-mail between PDA and Domino. IBM Mobile Connect works on the server side, and EasySync Pro on client side;

• Domino Everyplace Access and Domino Everyplace Enterprise. The first allows accessing to specially designed Domino-applications via WAP. The second exepting the server part offers PDA-client, which has analogous functions without using WAP-browser;

• Sametime Everyplace and Domino Everyplace SMS. The first allows having access to Sametime functionality via WAP-browser. The second represents a sluice for bidirectional transformation between SMS and Domino email.

It should be mentioned here that in Domino Designer version 6 exists special “hide” option for mobile devices. This solution allows not transferring on mobile device side some volumetrical design elements (for ex. inbuilt views, sections, etc).

As a resume –IBM focusing attention on mobile devices and sees a serious potential market segment connected with this direction.

Good luck in your system setting up and contact us for any help in USA: 1-866-528-0577, Germany: (0177) 8349 806! help@albaspectrum.com

Polina Gottmann is a technical writer in Ronix Systems (http://www.ronix-systems.com) the European branch of Alba Spectrum Technologies ( http://www.albaspectrum.com),IBM and Microsoft Business Solutions Partner, serving clients in Chicago, Miami, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Phoenix, Houston, Atlanta, Germany, UK, Australia, South Africa, Brazil, Moscow.

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Cylinder Deactivation: A Good Thing?

Cruising down the highway your car is traveling at a set speed not needing the full use of all of its engine power, but eating up precious fuel nevertheless. That V6 or V8 under the hood could be much more efficient if it employed one important piece of modern day technology: cylinder deactivation. Does your vehicle have this feature? If so, exactly what does it do and is it a good thing? Read on to learn what some automakers are doing to conserve fuel without making significant changes to your vehicle.

Elevated fuel prices have consumers scrambling for answers. Some are switching to hybrids, others to diesel, while still others are choosing smaller and lighter vehicles all in a bid to save on fuel. While no one quite knows what the long term fuel prices will be, automotive manufacturers are able to squeeze out better fuel mileage through a rather simple technological change: cylinder deactivation. Cylinder deactivation works this way: let’s say you are cruising down the interstate at a set speed of about 65 miles per hour. The road surface is flat therefore there isn’t a whole lot of demand on your engine. Instead of running all six or eight cylinders, why not run your engine on three or four?

Back during the early 1980s, GM unsuccessfully tried this with Cadillac by offering what they called 8-6-4 displacement. Unfortunately, the technology wasn’t as refined as it is today and the experiment failed miserably. Today, however, thanks to central processing unit chips, displacement on demand is a viable alternative. When driving at cruise, sensors tell the engine to shut down half of its cylinders thereby reducing gas consumption. Although typical gains range in the neighborhood of just 5-7%, an across the board introduction of this technology could reduce our dependency on foreign oil and lift corporate fuel economy across the board.

For three years now GM has offered active fuel management [or AFM] with several V8 engines and the technology will soon find its way on V6 engines for the Chevy Uplander and Impala. Honda has its own variable cylinder management [or VCM] for select V6 powered Odysseys, Accords, and Pilots. Other automakers are studying the cylinder deactivation with more manufacturers expected to jump in.

Unlike previous attempts at engine deactivation, the latest attempt at shutting down unneeded cylinders appears to be a success. Thanks to refinement of the hydraulic valve lifters and improvements in engine and exhaust tuning, engines featuring cylinder deactivation technology are able to transition quickly and quietly from a fuel efficient mode to one requiring full power. Thus, consumers get the best of both worlds: power and maximum fuel efficiency.

You can help your car run with power and authority by installing parts that truly enhance your vehicle’s performance. Consider installing an MSD ignition box, a Bosch fuel injector, or Nology hot wires to give your engine the boost that it deserves.

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BMW Parts and Accessories

In this article I will tell you about different parts and accessories used in cars and more particularly I will focus your attention on BMW.

Let us begin now with the fuel injectors. They are in fact linked to the electronic controls and these controls together with a good clean fuel are the two important things you need to look for when pursuing a good and precise work of your fuel injectors.

Fuel injectors are made for both – to make horsepower and to keep the emissions low. In order for this to work a good rapid burn of the fuel is required. That’s why BMW are so successful here. They made a small needle-like valve that forcefully under big pressure injects the fuel into the intake port. The fuel is atomized and like this together with the oxygen in the air it burns instantly and this gives the needed power for your BMW car.

The clean fuel is very important because it will give a longer life for your BMW car and that’s why you need to take really good care of your oil filters. There are usually two types of oil filters - cartridge and spin-on. Sometimes a magnetic system is applied to the filter in order for the ferromagnetic parts to be captured.

Another very important part of your BMW car is the thermostat. This device is capable of both - measuring and regulating the temperature in the car. If it fails your engine may damage because it will most likely overheat. In order to control the temperature the thermostat will constantly measure it and then it will cool down the system or heat it up by switching and controlling the flow of the heat energy.

Now let’s discuss the BMW oxygen sensor. This is a system with a measuring device putted in the exhaust. It is important to know how well the fuel has burned in the engine and this measuring device will provide you with that data. This data will be then examined by the fuel injection computer and it will make the necessary adjustments in order for the better burn of the fuel. These adjustments are all about the way in which the fuel combines with the air and more precisely – the oxygen in that air. This is very important because the better the fuel burns the higher is the performance of your BMW car.

The BMW ignition coil is another amazing thing – it will not fail for very long time and now let’s see why it is so important. In order for your BMW car to start operating it needs a provider of a little spark which will ignite the combined with oxygen fuel. This spark in your BMW car is provided by the spark plugs but they need a high-voltage electrical charge and this will be provided to them by the ignition coil.

The ignition coil is based on induction. It will take power from the accumulator which is 12 volts and then it will transform it to thousands of volts because in order for the spark to be created this high voltage is an indispensability.

The BMW power steering pump on the other hand is the device which will transform the power from the engine into hydraulic pressure. This hydraulic pressure will enable you to easily turn the wheel in the desired direction. Basically the system is driven by the engine which will generate pressure in a rotary-vane pump and the faster your vehicle is going the more pressure is generated. Of course there is also a valve which will relief the system if the pressure goes too high. This valve prevents from damages and also it controls the pressure to be in the necessary values that are still big enough for the system to work properly.

We were talking about some high voltage and now let us discuss for a moment how this high voltage is distributed to for example – your ignition system. If your BMW car is old enough you will see that it uses a BMW distributor cap. This cap is usually plastic and it is used to wire up devices and insure a way for the high voltage to safely pass through. Of course there are many problems that can surely damage your BMW car and for example the first major problem is the water. As you may know the water conducts electricity well enough especially when the voltage of that electricity is high enough. This in our case is really bad because you have to be very careful not to allow any water to go even near the distributor cap.

You will see that with time some cracks begin to occur on every plastic material especially if the temperature of it is changing. If you see cracks on your distributor cap you will need to change it. This is easy and you can do it yourself. However because of these problems with the cap you may want to get a BMW car with DIS or distributorless ignition systems. The only problem there will be that they are a bit more complicated and you will most likely be unable to change it yourself if you are not an expert.

Now let’s dive in some mechanics. Vibrations when big enough can cause some problems with your BMW car and will surely make you feel not at ease. To prevent this your BMW car is equipped with coil springs which in fact are known to be the reason for the good suspension of the BMW cars but in fact it is not the only reason. The coil springs are controlled by the BMW shocks and the precise tuning of these shocks is the very thing that will provide the best suspension. This is why the tuning for every particular vehicle is a must and BMW defiantly knows that and perhaps this is why they are known well for their good suspension. In order to understand why suspension is so important just imagine how much time will be needed for your BMW car to settle down after you hit a bump and even without taking in account the damages that may happen you will defiantly won’t feel good if these high vibrations occurs constantly.

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Sketching a Car Without Getting a Headache

Yes many of us have made attempts on sketching that dream car of ours, and more often than not it has made us frustrated that it looks not even close to what we had in our mind. I finally learned to get the right proportions and make the sketches not look like it was a pile of garbage and instead make them look like a Cadillac, Shelby, Corvette, Ferrari or whatever I try to sketch.

What you need to do is to look at the outward lines of the car, try to get a shape by simply trying to sketch a few lines. Then compare that to your reference car and simply fine tune the lines little by little without erasing the old lines.

My best advise is to leave the wheels while you are sketching the lines of the cars. Why you may ask, well simply because the wheels are usually the hardest part of car sketches. Then when you are starting to get satisfied with the general shape of the car-sketch, try adding the wheels. But don’t be surprised if getting the wheels correct takes longer time than the the whole car!

How long does it take to do a good car sketch then? Well it is very different, depending on how the perspective of the car is. Usually getting the right proportions should take between 1-3hours. Then fine tuning it is what take lot of time, I can spend easily 10 hours on a car sketch before starting to shade it! So it all depends on how much patience and time you want to spend on this sketch of you dreamcar!

The kind of pencils I use is different, but try some and you will probably find the one you feels most comfortable with and then go with that. And remember to not be afraid of using the eraser!

Lukas Niklasson is the associated editor to the website http://www.autodrawings.net.It is a website that focus on car drawings of all sorts. It get updated regurarly with new drawings and interesting information regarding car artwork.

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Alfa Romeo Tuning - The Ultimate Options and Results

Alfa Romeo is, most definitely a brand that represents a wide range of different car models with the same stylish personality and a great deal of potential. We might say about these cars that they are pretty close to perfection and, in some cases, the tuning and optimizing procedures can help them actually become the perfect, dream cars.

Besides the great selection of companies that are specialized in tuning procedures in general that would be delighted to transform a capable, powerful Alfa Romeo car into an even more powerful one, there are numerous companies that are strictly specialized in Alfa Romeo tuning and the results can be quite surprising. But tuning does not need to be so spectacular and expensive. Alfa parts and accessories can be found, transformed and changed quite easily. Most car owners that are in search of new ways of improving their car are mainly focused on getting extra power. What can be done in the case of Alfa Romeo? For instance, the first step when wanting to boost the power is to add to the Alfa Romeo car an air filter and a sports exhaust, together with a fuel pressure boost valve - and these solutions are quite affordable, too.

Optimized Examples of Alfa Romeo Tuning

One of the best and most impressive Alfa Romeo tuning examples is represented by the optimized version of the elegant Alfa Romeo Brera, a car named Autodelta Brera J5 3,2 C - the name Autodelta stands for the British tuning company that managed to do such a great job and, furthermore, the J letter symbolizes its exclusive feature and hand-made, customized features. But don't think that this was an easy job - after all, transforming the classier standard Alfa Brera into this dream car for speed lovers took more than one year. But what is so spectacular about this car? First of all, the engine is brand new and it is at high standards: Arese V6, which has a power of 400 CP, with JTS technology. Moreover, this optimized car can achieve the 100km/hour target in 5,3 seconds and can go up to 270 km/hour. As for the tires, these are Dunlop SP Sport Maxx, with 19 inch rims.

The Alfa brand made quite a spectacular comeback since 2001, when the Alfa 147 was released on the market. Specialists claimed that this particular car has a strong personality, a very aesthetic body and a silent, yet powerful engine. Since then, more and more customers and car lovers admire the elegance, but also the force and power of these cars. And now, with the wide range of Alfa tuning possibilities, these cars can be optimized and personalized as the owner desires.

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Car Tuning

Car tuning can be done as a hobby or it could be your job to modify people’s cars. A car is modified when the owner would like the handling and performance improved and modified in other ways so that it fits the personal style of the driver. When cars are just made, they are just average cars and are not specially designed to suit a particular person, tuning a car is now a way in which to personalize your car to your own preference.

There are many ways in which your car can be tuned to suit your needs, it can be sprayed to the color of your choice, unnecessary parts that look good, such as spoilers, double exhausts, side skirts, bumpers, air vents, sprayed stencil symbols and designs and many other things. Engine tuning is also very popular, you can also tune your engine and adjust things like your RPM, fuel economy and other things that are engine related. Many people will think that this is all done just to make the car look good but other than that it sometimes also improves the handling and comfort of the car. Carstyling will also fall under this category, as styling cars has much to do with car tuning.

If you think your car has what it takes, you could even enter tuning events. This is where a bunch of tuned and modifies cars come together and compare specifications. After all the cars have showed off what they have, the judges will pick the best one and they will receive a prize.

Some countries even have certain requirements that have to be met when it comes to the modification of a car and exceeding that limit will be illegal and the driver will face certain consequences. Most of these rules are to ensure the safety of the driver and passengers.

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