Oct 13
Yes another electric car lol. This one comes in the form of an RUF. I found this on autoblogs website and I thought I would share.
“Rumors of RUF’s impending electric Porsche were true, except that the actual vehicle is based on a Porsche 911, not the Cayman as previously reported. Powered by a three-phase electric motor that offers about 200 horsepower along with an impressive 480 lb.-ft. of torque, the eRUF Model A can reportedly hit 60 miles per hour in under seven seconds and can reach a top speed of 160. Power comes from a lithium iron phosphate battery pack, which produces 317-volts and 480-amps and is made up from 96 individual cells. A full charge takes a rather long 10-hours, and regenerative braking is included in the package allowing for a range of up to 180 miles. From the outside, you’d never really know that something was different about this 997, except that it doesn’t produce that soul-stirring flat-six sound. This is still just a concept and its specifications are subject to change. We can be sure, though, that this isn’t the last electrically-powered sportscar set to hit the market.”
autoblog
well thats it for today! thanks for coming by! I hope you all have a great week, remember theres no mod shop this week as its on its new every other week schedule!
Oct 09
welcome to the mod shop everybody! my apologies for last week as I had NO internet connectivity whatsoever. Thanks to my friends at Bay to Bay Technology for getting me back on and hooking up my laptop! I just want to let all the fans know the the mod shop has a new schedule and thats every other thursday, no longer on the every thursday though the automotive corner will be on every monday currently. Keep coming back to check for updates!
Now On to The Mod Shop!
Who we are covering?
Product?
An Axle Back Exhaust System.
The DME Axle back echaust system for the the Scion xA and xB(’04-06) offers a less restrictive exhaust passage for better performance. Its mandrel-bent piping as well to make sure it maximizes air flow. DME fabricates each system from 100% stainless steel to make sure it stands the weather, rocks and all other little road hazards that kick up while your beating the streets. Stainless Steel = Strength, Beauty and Integrity. Each system that they make has a deeper tone to insure a nice sound throughout the entire RPM range. With it being a bolt on application, installation is a breeze as it connects right to factory piping. Supplied with a silencer incase theres those days your havin a head ache or if your coming home from the track late that day and you want to be nice to your neighbors in the middle of the night lol. All the needed hardware comes with it also, so anybody can install it! At A decent price of $299.99 its not bad for this kind of modification!
other applications:
’07+ Honda Fit($299.00)
’05-’06 Scion tC($349.00)
http://www.dme-power.com/
check out their site for this listing and many other parts for your ride!!
thanks for coming by, have a great weekend and ill see you monday!
Oct 06
WOW! check this out! this is straight from autoblog!
Nissan GTR
“Sour grapes or legitimate complaint? That’s the question we’re left pondering after reading that Porsche believes Nissan must have cheated to record its 7:29:03 lap time of the famed Nürburgring race circuit. Porsche claims that it had been suspicious of the Nissan’s lap times, so it acquired a U.S.-spec GT-R for testing back-to-back with its own 911 Turbo and GT2. The result? The mighty Godzilla was toppled by the Teutonic German duo, with the GT-R posting times a good 25-seconds slower than Nissan’s claim.
How can Porsche explain the discrepancy? “This wonder car with 7:29 could not have been a regular series production car. For us, it’s not clear how this time is possible. What we can imagine with this Nissan is they used other tires,” says August Achleitner, the man in charge of the 911 program. There is footage of the GT-R lapping the ‘Ring at high speed, but it’s taken from inside the car where the tires cannot be seen.
Considering the fact that Nissan saw fit to issue a press release commemorating the car’s fast-lap, we doubt this is something that will be taken lightly. There’s a big can ‘o worms here, and Porsche’s in the corner holding the opener.”
ugh, lets see where this goes… comments?
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