Ferrari’s Electric Turbo

Ferrari’s Electric Turbo Four-Cylinder Patent Application May Be the Solution to Turbo Lag

You may think a four-cylinder Ferrari is absolute sacrilege, but it wouldn’t be the first one out there. Back in the 1950s, the iconic Italian marque slotted inline-four engines in a wide range of their racing cars. However, no four-cylinder engine has ever made its way into a production Ferrari. At least not yet – this patent application may be a sign of Ferrari’s future intentions. AutoGuide came upon Ferrari S.p.A’s application for a new four-cylinder engine with forced induction by way of an electrically-operated turbocharger.

That makes the engine a bit different than the turbocharged units we’re used to. Instead of the exhaust gases feeding a turbine that mechanically spins a compressor to force more air into the combustion chamber, this design feeds exhaust gases through a turbine in the exhuast duct to power an electric generator. That energy is then sent to an electric driver motor that can either directly feed the wheels or run to an electrically-assisted air compressor. That compressor pulls more air into the combustion chamber, and you get more power.

Reducing turbo lag and improving exhaust sound
The main goal of this design is to eliminate turbo lag. As the patent application points out, “the sizing and control mode of a turbocharger are always a compromise between teh needs of the compressor and the needs of the turbine and between the need to limit “turbo-lag” and the need to provide a significant power increase.” In other words, you can have power or reduced turbo lag, but not both – at least with a normal design. Ferrari’s design uses electrical energy to help spool up the compressor on demand to force air into the engine on demand.

It’s not all about power, though. Electrically-controlled valves in the exhaust system allow Ferrari to manipulate the engine’s exhaust note. The engine control unit (ECU) can change the geometry of the exhaust system, including slowing down the turbine in the exhaust duct, to finely control the engine’s pitch. The end goal: creating a livelier exhaust note.

We’ll see if this four-cylinder engine actually makes its way under future Ferraris. Stay tuned to TFLcar.com for more updates! If you’re more interested in finding out about how Ferrari’s design works, check out their patent application below.

Yellowmark

Caterpillar Creates a Value Parts Brand to Woo a Wider Range of Customers
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In August of this year, Caterpillar communicated a new corporate strategy to its global dealer network – a strategy led and defined by a new purpose statement, “Our solutions help our customers build a better world.” Through partnerships with Cat® dealers and investment in digital-enabled solutions and services for the aftermarket, Caterpillar is one step closer to fulfilling this purpose.

With the objective of being the lowest lifecycle cost provider, Caterpillar is committed to offering a full range of options and solutions to serve different customer needs. This includes heightened focus on improving customers’ online experience, expanding Customer Support Agreement (CSA) services and digital connectivity to improve uptime, asset utilization and machine life management, and the launch of the new parts offering, Yellowmark™, A Caterpillar Brand.

“We are taking steps to build on the Caterpillar experience. Whether online, through our new services or new products, we are working with our dealers to deliver a step change in our aftermarket offering,” said Nigel Lewis, chief marketing officer & vice president of Caterpillar Inc. “By providing customers with expanded technology, services and repair/rebuild solutions, we are able to present them with a growing suite of solutions aimed at providing not only a broader selection, but affordable options to maintain their equipment and keep it at work. That’s important to them and central to what we strive to do on a daily basis.

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Coming in 2018, Yellowmark™, A Caterpillar Brand, is a new line of lower-cost aftermarket parts developed by Caterpillar to fit small and medium-sized Cat construction equipment. Yellowmark offers a value-priced alternative to Cat® Genuine Parts and Cat Reman Parts, while delivering the reliable performance and convenient availability customers demand. More information is available at www.yellowmark.com.

ased on the 2014 National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF) Medium/Heavy Truck Tasks Lists and ASE Certification Test Series for truck and bus specialists, Fundamentals of Medium/Heavy Duty Diesel Engines is designed to address these and other international training standards. The text offers comprehensive coverage of every NATEF task with clarity and precision in a concise format that ensures student comprehension and encourages critical thinking.

Fundamentals of Medium/Heavy Duty Diesel Engines describes safe and effective diagnostic, repair, and maintenance procedures for today’s medium and heavy vehicle diesel engines, including the most current, relevant, and practical coverage of:

HD-OBD emission diagnostics
Common rail injection systems
Exhaust after treatment systems, including diesel particulate filters, selective catalyst reduction (SCR), and lean NOx traps (LNT)
Variable geometry and series turbocharging
Exhaust gas recirculation
Engine braking
Major engine OEM-specific coverage of fuel, air induction, and diagnostic systems
Electronic signal processing and sensor technology
Additional features include:

Up-to-date NATEF coverage
Support of ASE certification test preparation for diesel engine, medium-heavy truck, and bus test series
A clear, accessible writing style
Reinforcement of concepts learned
Application to real-world practice
A wealth of photographs, illustrations, and step-by-step explanations with visual summaries

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ADEM V

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L’unità A5E2v2 ECM è un dispositivo di controllo
elettronico che regola il regime del motore e il
rendimento di coppia e che gestisce le emissioni e le
prestazioni dei motori tramite più sensori e attuatori. Il
dispositivo è dotato di due prese di collegamento: una
per il cablaggio del motore denominata J2 e una per il
cablaggio della macchina OEM denominata J1.
L’unità ECM trasmette i valori relativi al monitoraggio del
motore tramite J1939, un protocollo di comunicazione
standard basato su bus CAN.
I canali consigliati per il monitoraggio sono indicati sotto:
Regime del motore SPN 190
Pressione rail combustibile SPN 157
Pressione olio motore SPN 100
Pressione olio non filtrato SPN 1208
Pressione differenziale filtro olio SPN 6321
Pressione collettore aspirazione (assoluta) SPN 3563
Pressione differenziale (lato aspirazione) filtro combustibile SPN 1382
Pressione combustibile SPN 94
Pressione differenziale filtro combustibile SPN 95
Pressione uscita acqua di mare SPN 2435
Pressione uscita pompa refrigerante del motore SPN 109
Temperatura refrigerante del motore SPN 110
Temperatura combustibile SPN 174
Temperatura aria collettore di aspirazione SPN 105
Temperatura di scarico SPN 173
Temperatura olio motore SPN 175
Livello refrigerante SPN 111
Livello combustibile SPN 96
Tensione batteria SPN 168
Tensione di alimentazione sensore N. 1 SPN 3509
Tensione di alimentazione sensore N. 2 SPN 3510
Stato tubazioni del combustibile ad alta pressione SPN 1239
Interruttore di esclusione arresto motore SPN 1237
Combustibile totale motore utilizzato SPN 250
Totale ore di funzionamento motore SPN 247
Pressione di mandata combustibile filtrato SPN 5579

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The ADEM V (A5E4v2) Electronic Control Module has been designed as control of natural gas and diesel
engine systems from 6-cylinder to 20-cylinder applications.

A5E4v2 ECM
Part No. 430-5447 (488-9093) – A5E4v2 Marine AC (MN AC)
Part No. 440-4776 – A5E4v2 Marine-MP (MN MP)
Part No. 454-4981 – A5E4v2 MaK
Software Version
ECM Software Boot Part No. 449-3431

ADEM V (A5E2v2) Electronic Engine Control Module
Parts: ADEM V (A5E2v1) Control Module Part No. 345 3381
ECM Software Boot Part No. 351 3155
ECM Software GP-Electronic Part No. 352 8498

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Like most gasifier vehicles the range of Mercedes gasified cars appeared during the Second World War. Mercedes appears in history around 1926 under Daimler-Benz, but origins seem to go back to the Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft’s 1901 Mercedes and Karl Benz’s 1886 Benz Patent-Motorwagen. Mercedes-Benz’s slogan is “Das Beste oder nichts” (English: “The best or nothing”). So one would imagine thate Mercedes gasified cars were no different.

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The Wettest County in the World

The Wettest County in the World is a 2008 historical novel by Matt Bondurant, an American writer who features his grandfather and two grand-uncles as the main characters in the novel. The book tells of the trio during the Depression and Prohibition in rural Virginia, who made a living bootlegging moonshine. The novel is told from both the perspectives of the three Bondurant brothers, mainly focusing on the youngest, Jack, and that of the writer Sherwood Anderson. He described Franklin County in that period as the “wettest county in the world” while working there as a journalist during Prohibition.[1] The 2012 film Lawless, directed by John Hillcoat, is based on the book with a screenplay by Nick Cave.

landingCoverWCBased on the true story of Matt Bondurant’s grandfather and two granduncles, The Wettest County in the World is a gripping tale of brotherhood, greed, and murder. The Bondurant Boys were a notorious gang of roughnecks and moonshiners who ran liquor through Franklin County, Virginia, during Prohibition and in the years after. Howard, the eldest brother, is an ox of a man besieged by the horrors he witnessed in the Great War; Forrest, the middle brother, is fierce, mythically indestructible, and the consummate businessman; and Jack, the youngest, has a taste for luxury and a dream to get out of Franklin. Driven and haunted, these men forge a business, fall in love, and struggle to stay afloat as they watch their family die, their father’s business fail, and the world they know crumble beneath the Depression and drought.
White mule, white lightning, firewater, popskull, wild cat, stump whiskey, or rotgut—whatever you called it, Franklin County was awash in moonshine in the 1920s. When Sherwood Anderson, the journalist and author of Winesburg, Ohio, was covering a story there, he christened it the “wettest county in the world.” In the twilight of his career, Anderson finds himself driving along dusty red roads trying to find the Bondurant brothers, piece together the clues linking them to “The Great Franklin County Moonshine Conspiracy,” and break open the silence that shrouds Franklin County.
In vivid, muscular prose, Matt Bondurant brings these men—their dark deeds, their long silences, their deep desires—to life. His understanding of the passion, violence, and desperation at the center of this world is both heartbreaking and magnificent.


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The movie: Lawless (2012)



Fast moving parts catalog 2016

2015-2016 One Safe Source Link

Welcome to the newest edition of the One Safe Source catalog. Inside you’ll find part numbers, descriptions, sizes and more for thousands of genuine Cat® parts — all manufactured to strict, original equipment specifications. You can count on these reliable, durable Cat parts to deliver top performance and long life in your applications — and you can count on us to provide the right parts and service solutions, when and where you need them.
We carry most of the parts featured in this catalog for your immediate, off-the-shelf convenience. And thanks to Caterpillar’s worldwide distribution system, we can deliver most others within 24 hours. If you can’t fi nd what you’re looking for, just ask. Plus, our highly trained experts understand the complete lineup of Cat parts — original, Classic and Reman — and can answer any questions or make recommendations.

This catalog contains only high-volume parts. If you are looking for something different, we may have what you need in stock or can order it for you quickly. Whether you’re maintaining one Cat machine or many, you can turn to us for the parts, comprehensive service options and total support that keeps you up and running — maximizing your equipment investment.

Part numbers and specifi cations are subject to change without notice. To ensure you receive the correct parts, please provide the model and serial numbers of the machines or engines on which they will be used. Some of the products listed in this catalog are not available in certain parts of the world. Please check with us for more information.

Welding on a Machine that is Equipped with an Electronic Ecm

Welding on a Machine that is Equipped with an Electronic Engine Control System
Proper welding procedures are necessary in order to avoid damage to the engine’s electronic control module, sensors, and associated components. The component that requires welding should be removed. When welding on a machine that is equipped with an electronic engine control system and removal of the component is not possible, the following procedure must be followed. This procedure provides the minimum amount of risk to the electronic components.

NOTICE
Do not ground the welder to electrical components such as the ECM or sensors. Improper grounding can cause damage to the drive train bearings, hydraulic components, electrical components, and other components.
Clamp the ground cable from the welder to the component that will be welded. Place the clamp as close as possible to the weld. This will help reduce the possibility of damage.

Stop the engine. Turn the keyswitch to the OFF position.
Disconnect the negative battery cable from the battery. If a battery disconnect switch is installed, open the switch.

Illustration 1 – The welding current will not cause damage to any of the associated components.
Connect the welding ground cable as close as possible to the area that will be welded. Components which may be damaged by welding include bearings, hydraulic components, and electrical/electronic components. Protect the wiring harness from welding debris and from spatter.
Weld the materials by using standard welding methods.

Suitable injector solenoids

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Suitable for Caterpillar/Perkins common rail injectors





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D.T.M. Parts LTD is on the international market with a wide range of spare parts “aftermarket” dedicated to the repair of injection pumps for diesel engines.
The philosophy of our Company is based on professional reliability, excellent technical competence and value for money.
The production is carried out by companies in our industrial area and it is considered of very high quality.
We have a warehouse with more than 20.000 items on an area of 5000 sq and we are able to satisfy any of our customers’ request and ensure a quick shipping service worldwide.
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