John Chow is at it again. After receiving a $5K check for a blog post, he donated the entire check to the Union Gospel Mission to help pay for Christmas Dinner for the homeless and hungry. He is also challenging everyone to match his generous donation to the extent you can, hoping to help UGM double the amount.
Paying It Forward with XR.com and Feeding The Hungry
I have sent along some meals — please do what you can to help.
Automobile Magazine has named Direct Injection as a “2009 Technology of the Year”. I would certainly agree on it for 2008; may be a bit early for 2009.
Direct Injection is used on the 3.6L DI V6 and the RWD Northstar 4.6L V8 in Cadillacs. Normal fuel injection sprays fuel into the intake tract of the engine. The incoming air then mixes with the fuel to form a fuel/air vapor that travels into the cylinder. Direct Injection on the other hand uses high pressure fuel injectors to spray fuel directly into the cylinder itself. This allows the system to more closely control the combustion process, resulting in more horsepower and a slightly lower specific consumption, meaning greater economy.
10 am — No new info on the forum server status yet. As I noted on the homepage, the tech support server is down, the hosting company server is down. Hopefully they are just having a moment and will be back online directly. With everything going on in the financial markets it is tempting to fear the worst, but we’ll see.
11.20 am — Servers are up, Forums are responsive, Back to our normal programming.