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When your spark plugs become worn down or they stop working like they used to, it can lead to a series of problems. All cars have a fan that pulls air through the radiator in order to keep the engine at a cool and functional temperature.
Some older cars were built using mechanical fans to draw power from the engine, so if you have an older vehicle it may be wise to replace your old fans with new electric ones. Did you know that you can increase the speed of your vehicle by swapping out your exhaust system? The exhaust intake of your vehicle is critical to the performance and speed of your car.
An easy way to cut some of the weight from your car is to replace your hood and trunk with carbon fiber counterparts. The throttle body of your car, in conjunction with your fuel injection system, helps to regulate the airflow that goes into your engine.
This system is an important part of your vehicle since air is required for your engine to fire properly. This blinding acceleration and deceleration set these cars apart from all others in just about every type of acceleration and deceleration comparisons. Acceleration and deceleration forces play a huge role in NASCAR and Formula 1 cars and the ways in which their engineers manage these forces. These different race cars are built to not only withstand these forces but to use them to improve performance.
Up to about mph, a Formula 1 car generates an acceleration figure of 1. This force increases as speeds reach mph and beyond, with drivers experiencing 4. To put these numbers into another context, a rocket launch generates 3 Gs of accelerative force. Driver experience a deceleration force of 6. Our everyday road cars, in comparison, only generates 1 G of braking force.
The biggest braking action currently in Formula 1 sees drivers braking from mph to 40 mph to negotiate a tight turn. This heavy braking is achieved within just ft and in only 2. And, drivers need to negotiate that corner 67 times in a race. On average, a NASCAR driver hardly touches the brake pedal of their race car on large oval tracks such as Indianapolis, Talladega and Daytona — other than when entering the pit lane or in braking to avoid crashes.
Aerodynamics is the way air passes over, around and under a race car to affect its performance and handling. Aerodynamic downforce pushes Formula 1 cars to the ground with such force that it could theoretically drive upside down in a tunnel. The way the track is designed can help out here.
The turns are banked, meaning they are higher on the outside of the track and lower toward the center. Part of the force of the road pushing up on the car — what physicists call the normal force — assists the frictional force of the tires and helps the car make it around the turn. Banking in the turns at some of the fastest race tracks is comparable to the steepness of a playground slide. Banking at Richmond International Raceway allows cars to go approximately 1. Larger curves and higher banking, like those seen at Daytona and Talladega, allow the drivers to maintain a higher speed as they round those corners.
Power is a measure of energy converted from one form to another in a set amount of time. In stock car racing, this conversion is from the chemical energy stored in gasoline to the kinetic energy of motion.
During a race, the power conversion of a NASCAR engines is about times the power usage of the typical American household during the same period of time. With the high speed and power of stock cars come the risks of dangerous collisions. Safety elements try to extend the time, distance and area over which any collision takes place in an effort to lower these high forces. The principle is similar to the way gradually coming to a stop is less jarring than slamming on the brakes or the way a bed of nails spreads the weight of your body over a large area versus lying on a single nail.
The front end of the car itself is also made to crumple, which extends the time of impact.
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