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Is it true that a diesel engine can operate under water while a gasoline engine cannot?
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Is it true that a diesel engine can operate under water while a gasoline engine cannot?
What Is a Hybrid Car? Learn How Hybrid Vehicles Work
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How does a hybrid car improve your gas mileage? And more importantly, does it pollute less just because it gets better gas mileage? Learn how hybrids work, plus get tips on how to drive a hybrid car for maximum efficiency.
Why doesn't gasoline burn cleanly?
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Gasoline doesn't burn cleanly because of the arrangement of its carbon chains. Learn exactly why gasoline doesn't burn cleanly in this explanation.
If diesel engines are more efficient why do most cars have gasoline engines?
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Diesel engine efficiency is greater than a regular gasoline engine, but they never really caught on. Learn about some of the diesel engine disadvantages.
How does a laser speed gun work to measure a car's speed?
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How does a laser speed gun work to measure a car's speed? How is it different from a radar gun?
What's the best way to increase horsepower?
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Increasing horsepower in your car's engine can be as easy as changing the ROM chip in the computer. Learn about the ways to increase horsepower.
How Champ Cars Work
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Champ Cars have carbon fiber bodies, 900-horsepower engines and top speeds of over 230 mph! With the help of the Motorola PacWest Racing Team and CART, go behind the scenes to learn about the car, the team and the driver!
Will we ever have space ships parked in our garages?
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Will we ever have spaceships parked in our garages so that we can fly to the moon whenever we feel like it?
How do the blue-ish headlights on expensive luxury cars work?
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I notice that there are certain cars whose headlights seem to have a blue-ish or green-ish tint. A lot of times these headlights are on expensive cars. Are these headlights different from normal headlights?
Understanding the Differences Between Big Rig and F1 Car Horsepower Ratings
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So why does a diesel engine with huge torque and low maximum RPM get a low horsepower rating compared to a low torque, high revving race car engine? Find out why in this article.