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Automotive Technology

  • An Explanation of Hood Scoops
  • Hotchkiss Drive
  • Early Automatic Transmissions:
    • Oldsmobile Automatic Safety Transmission/Buick Self-Shifting Transmission, Hydra-Matic, and Dual-Range Hydra-Matic (single-coupling)
    • Buick Dynaflow (early) and Chevrolet Powerglide
    • Packard Ultramatic Drive and Studebaker Automatic Drive/Borg-Warner DG
    • Buick Twin Turbine Dynaflow/Variable Pitch Dynaflow/Twin Turbine/Turbine Drive
    • Controlled Coupling Hydra-Matic (dual coupling)
    • Chrysler TorqueFlite and other Simpson gearset automatics
    • Turboglide and Flight Pitch Dynaflow/Triple Turbine
    • Pontiac TempesTorque and Buick Dual-Path Turbine Drive
    • Roto Hydra-Matic (three-speed)
    • Ford AOD and ATX
    • Fluid couplings and torque converters
    • Lockup torque converters
  • MacPherson Strut Suspension
  • Turbocharging and Supercharging

Terms and Definitions

  • Defining the Supercar and Muscle Car
  • From Pillar to Post: More Automotive Definitions
  • A Weighty Issue: Shipping Weight and Curb Weight
  • The German Way: DIN Horsepower Ratings
  • Understanding Gross vs. Net Horsepower Ratings
  • Definitions: Homologation
  • Doing the Twist: Horsepower, Torque, and Automotive Performance
  • What is a coupe?
  • What is a hardtop?

Biographies

  • Oscar Banker, Inventor
  • Henry Martyn Leland, Founder of Cadillac and Lincoln
Updated: October 22, 2018 — 9:14 pm

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