How a car works (2012)

#1

Post by gshrikant » Fri, Jul 17, 2015, 6:42 AM UTC

How a car works (2012)
howacarworks.com

Re: How a car works (2012)

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Post by dang » Fri, Jul 17, 2015, 6:48 AM UTC

Previously discussed at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4974055.

Edit: after a year or so, reposts are fine. This is just to point out to readers that the site had appeared before—indeed, was an old Show HN.

Re: How a car works (2012)

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Post by Lorento » Fri, Jul 17, 2015, 7:13 AM UTC

Seems to be very dated. Plenty on adjusting carburetors, in fact adjusting all sorts of no-longer-needing-adjusting parts.

Re: How a car works (2012)

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Post by donkeyd » Fri, Jul 17, 2015, 7:18 AM UTC

I heard, that in soviet Russia, the car drives you.

Re: How a car works (2012)

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Post by anon4 » Fri, Jul 17, 2015, 7:18 AM UTC

Lorento wrote: post #3

Seems to be very dated. Plenty on adjusting carburetors, in fact adjusting all sorts of no-longer-needing-adjusting parts.

Given that there's a lot of dated cars, I don't think the advice is unwarranted.

Re: How a car works (2012)

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Post by gregpilling » Fri, Jul 17, 2015, 7:27 AM UTC

anon4 wrote: post #5

Lorento wrote: post #3

Seems to be very dated. Plenty on adjusting carburetors, in fact adjusting all sorts of no-longer-needing-adjusting parts.

Given that there's a lot of dated cars, I don't think the advice is unwarranted.

GM stopped putting carburetors in vehicles in 1985 for the US market, which is 30 years ago. When can we let go of old tech?

Re: How a car works (2012)

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Post by Swizec » Fri, Jul 17, 2015, 7:33 AM UTC

gregpilling wrote: post #6

anon4 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Given that there's a lot of dated cars, I don't think the advice is unwarranted.

GM stopped putting carburetors in vehicles in 1985 for the US market, which is 30 years ago. When can we let go of old tech?

The last carburetors in the US were in 1994 ISUZU trucks. [1] Some motorcycles still use them for simplicity and the last NASCAR season with carburetors was 2011.

And anyway, why are we still teaching people how a CPU without branch prediction works? When will we let go of old technologies?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carburetor#History_and_develop...

Re: How a car works (2012)

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Post by fauria » Fri, Jul 17, 2015, 7:43 AM UTC

I highly recommend "Engineering Explained" channel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/EngineeringExplained

Re: How a car works (2012)

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Post by thescrewdriver » Fri, Jul 17, 2015, 7:43 AM UTC

gregpilling wrote: post #6

anon4 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Given that there's a lot of dated cars, I don't think the advice is unwarranted.

GM stopped putting carburetors in vehicles in 1985 for the US market, which is 30 years ago. When can we let go of old tech?

There are many readers of HN who aren't in the US and plenty of older cars around. In some countries carburetors were going into new cars after 2000.

Re: How a car works (2012)

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Post by bnegreve » Fri, Jul 17, 2015, 8:01 AM UTC

Swizec wrote: post #7

gregpilling wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

GM stopped putting carburetors in vehicles in 1985 for the US market, which is 30 years ago. When can we let go of old tech?

The last carburetors in the US were in 1994 ISUZU trucks. [1] Some motorcycles still use them for simplicity and the last NASCAR season with carburetors was 2011. And anyway, why are we still teaching people how a CPU without branch prediction works? When will we let go of old technologies? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carburetor#History_and_develop...

> And anyway, why are we still teaching people how a CPU without branch prediction works? When will we let go of old technologies?

Fuel injection systems have replaced carburators. Branch predictors haven't replaced anything, if you want to compare them with any engine that would be turbo chargers (i.e. they're optional).

I'm not sure comparing CPUs with engines makes a lot of sense though.