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Alot of cars run on a gasoline engine the gasoline is mixed in with air from the carburetor. A spark plug makes the mixture of the gasoline and air explode. This explosion pushes a piston down, and thats what makes the car's wheels turn.
Until in 1896 the British had a car that went 2 mph. Each car carried two people with another person walking in front of ti to warn other people that it wascoming.
Back when they had the early cars, the gas tank was put up high so the gasoline couldfow down to the engine. But if you drove the car up a steep hill. The gas wouldn't flow to the engine. So what they had to do to drive up the hill was drive up it backwards.
The fastest car in the world is claimed to be the Lamborghini Diablo its top speed is over 200 mph. The engine in ti can get the car from standing still to 60 mph in less than 4 seconds!
Cars were first used as ambulances while the First World War from 1914 to 1981 they were specially mad to carry the wounded people to the hospital. Alot of the nurses learned to drive as part of theit training.
Drag racersare the most powerful race cars they can reach a speed of more than 250 mph in only 5 seconds.
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Facts From: Amazing Cars
Written by: Trevor Lord
Photographed by: Dave King
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My Dad owned a 69 Dodge R/T (R/T stands for Road & Track) with a 440 cubic inch engine in it. There was only about 3,500 of them made.
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Parts
Radiator: Is filled with Anti-Freeze and it curculates through the engine to keep the vehicle from over heating while it is running.
Anti-Freeze: It is either green or yellow in color without Anti-Freeze in the engine the motor will overheat and stop running. Strut: Vehicles either have 2 or 4 struts, a strut is a commponent that is either filled with fluid or gas and what it does is when you go over a bump it absorbs the impact. Air Flow Meter: Is attached to the air cleaner and it regulates air going into the intake manifold (what the carburator sits on) and if you get to much air the vehicle will run poorly. Carburator: Fuel goes through it to run the engine, and without the carburator on your vehicle your car will not run. |
5 Questions
The five questions that I have on cars are 1. What will they look like in the future? 2. Will gas prices go up or down in the future? 3. Will they ever fly? 4. How fast will they go in the future? 5. Will they ever take you where you want to go without you having to drive? |
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