Pinto Engines - Buying and Maintenance
August 9, 2008 by Emmanuel Grigoriou · Leave a Comment
We've just uploaded some useful tips and information on pinto engines - in 3 categories: buying pinto engines, pinto engine maintenance and live Ebay pinto engine listings.
Buying a Pinto Engine: If you're thinking of buying a pinto engine, it's good to be reminded of which things are important to check before you hand your money over so you don't want to end up buying a dud. There are certain things you can check that will give you a very good idea if it's a good engine or not. I've given a list of the things to look for.
Pinto Engine Maintenance: the second article is also a checklist, on pinto engine maintenance. This is information that I've picked up and put into practice over the past years and it's a good guide.
Buying a Pinto on Ebay: by following the link you can access the above info, and also see what Ebay's offering today in the way of live listings for pinto engines and related items - sometimes there are bargains, if you've used ebay you'll know what I mean.
Any comments or questions feel free to contact us.
Best Collections of Top-Rated YouTube Videos
August 4, 2008 by Emmanuel Grigoriou · Leave a Comment
We've put together collections of the top-rated Youtube videos for your enjoyment ...and ease -
no more sifting and searching for the best videos. These Youtube video collections are selected from the 
top rated videos in each category so you go straight to the best ones. If you want to learn or just spend a relaxing half-hour, these are excellent ...and a hot-favorite in Hotpress!
The titles for these collections include:
- Classic Cars
- Drifting Trucks
- Cool Parking
- Car Maintenance & Repairs
- Rat Rods
- Top Gear
- Funny Driving
- Hill Climbing
- Kit Cars
- Rolls Royce
- Stunts
- Street Drifting...
Just click on this you tube videos link and then select your choice.
Alternative Energy - Skysails… Using Windpower
August 3, 2008 by Emmanuel Grigoriou · Leave a Comment
The highly anticipated maiden voyage of the beluga (skysails) cargo ship was completed on the 13 March 
2008.
The Beluga set sail from Bremhaven in Germany on the 22 January 2008. The first destination was Venezuela, followed by the United States and then Norway, covering a distance of 11.952 nautical miles.
It was the testing phase for the new wind-powered propulsion system - Skysails. A 160sq. meter computer navigated, towing kite operated from a telescopic mast at the front of the ship, which on favourable conditions can provide more than 20% power relief from the ships main engine.
That's approx. 6000 horsepower!
The Skysails propulsion system is saving between 10% - 35% of fuel economy or 2.5 tonnes per operating day. This translates to approximately £500.00 per day.
The company have plans to produce kites of up to 600sq. meters on the large p-series carriers providing twice the ammount of energy which would result in approximatelly £1000.00 fuel savings per operating day. Part of these savings will be given directly to the crew as an incentive.
The skysails propulsion system has a dramatic reduction in CO2 emmissions since the energy is naturally harnessed from the wind rather than chemichally produced from the fuel. Since the ship is saving 10% - 35% per operating day there is a coresponding ammount of reduced CO2 emmisions. Which is great!. The shipping industry is turning greener!.
After all it's been said that the founder and managing director of skysails Mr. Stephan Wrage is an "eco-freak".
This is great news and we look forward to hearing news of the 2nd generation (larger) skysails when ready.
Click on the following link to view more interesting images of Skysails in action: http://www.skysails.info/index.php?id=70&L=1
