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Turbocharged Cars Engines That Have Way Too Much Torque

For the first time, manufacturers were talking about gas-burning turbo engines making peak torque starting at 1,750 rpm and ...
Hot Rod

Grunt Motors: Building the Ultimate Street-Torque Engine and Coming to Grips with the Idea that “Less is More”

Without getting into a long-winded dissertation about torque, we're going to suggest that you dig through your old copies of HOT ROD Magazine and familiarize yourself with the relationship between ...
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The 12,100-RPM V12 that makes every supercar engine look lazy

A 12,100 rpm redline in a production car? The GMA T.50's naturally aspirated 4.0-liter V12 hooked to a 6-speed manual is an ...
Electronic Design

Sensorless BLDC Driver First to Support Full Torque at Zero Speed

Brushless DC (BLDC) motors offer many operating attributes in performance and controllability, but they may require a position (rotation) sensor such as an encoder, resolver, or Hall-effect device to ...
Top Speed

This High-Revving Inline-Six Was Germany’s Secret Weapon In The 1990s

This BMW engine is used in some of the finest cars of the 1990s and pushes them to high-revving and tire-screeching levels - ...