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Faster, cheaper and stronger
Faster, cheaper and stronger
Monday, 31 May 2021
Sorry, but you can’t have it all – like the usual anecdote says, you can have any two, but not all three. Faster and cheaper – sure – for a while till it breaks.
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Bendix dual-diaphragm Brake Booster Upgrade for 4WD’s towing or carrying heavy loads
Monday, 03 May 2021
Bendix has released the latest Ultimate 4WD Brake Booster kit using dual-diaphragm technology to improve safety for 4WD’s towing or carrying heavy loads.
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Generating electricity in tyres
Monday, 03 May 2021
In 2019 Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) and Kansai University in Japan announced a new technology that generates electric power from the rotation of a tyre.
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Many routes to 1000 mile battery vehicles, reports IDTechEx
Many routes to 1000 mile battery vehicles, reports IDTechEx
Monday, 03 May 2021
It is easy to make 1000-mile battery-electric vehicles, and the effect on market uptake will be profound.
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Fonterra’s journey from exploding batteries to increasing fleet efficiency
Fonterra’s journey from exploding batteries to increasing fleet efficiency
Monday, 03 May 2021
A three-way partnership aimed at improving battery reliability across Fonterra’s milk tanker fleet has had health and safety benefits as well as boosting the co-op’s bottom line.
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Gates modular coolant hoses
Gates modular coolant hoses
Tuesday, 06 April 2021
Today’s car and trucks are more complicated than ever and continue to evolve.
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What’s special for 4WD servicing?
What’s special for 4WD servicing?
Tuesday, 06 April 2021
This was written for 4WD owners but canvases the issues workshops need to be aware of when servicing 4WD vehicles that get used for off-road work.
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Current API Oil Categories
Tuesday, 09 March 2021
Petrol (Gasoline Engines)
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Brake by Wire
Brake by Wire – the brake of the future
Friday, 05 February 2021
Courtesy of Brembo Brakes SPA Everything evolves, including the cars’ braking systems.
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Adrad Radiator Agents – “trust a specialist!”
Wednesday, 02 December 2020
Adrad Radiator Agents are well recognised by the trade as New Zealand’s only network of specialised and experienced radiator repairers and suppliers of the highest quality aftermarket cooling parts
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Autolign – there when you need a lift
Wednesday, 02 December 2020
It may seem that the major metropolitan centres are where the action is when it comes to automotive repair, but in fact, a lot of major businesses started in places like… hmm, Te Aroha.
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R&J Batteries celebrates 25 Years of success
Wednesday, 02 December 2020
R&J Batteries celebrates 25 years of providing outstanding products and customer service this December.
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Cooling systems – what the future may hold
Wednesday, 02 December 2020
With the continuous requirements to improve engine efficiency, lower fuel consumption and reduce emissions the demands on cooling systems are constantly increasing.
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Nesting Crisis
Wednesday, 04 November 2020
The problem presented to the technical support team
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Been in a Crash? Then Scan it twice!
Wednesday, 04 November 2020
After any vehicle accident has occurred, it is important to perform both pre-repair and post-repair full diagnostic scans to all ECU modules to test for diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs).
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Boosted: Explaining turbo replacement
Wednesday, 04 November 2020
Next minute the engine was over-revving and I could not shut it down. All we did was replace the turbo. This is the problem. Only the turbo was replaced.
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Braking news from BNT and Brembo 
Wednesday, 04 November 2020
This is why these guys are the experts: how long does it take to be recognised as an expert in a particular trade-based field?  A decade? Two? 
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Why Torque and not power is the driving force behind performance clutches
Wednesday, 07 October 2020
“Power will get you over the mountain, but torque (force) is what moves mountains for you.” Whenever talking to anybody about performance cars, it is way too easy to get lost in the hype of engine
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Counter-Intuition: Brakes,Braking and the BT62
Wednesday, 07 October 2020
The objectives for the Brabham BT62 were very simple – design and build the most dynamic driver’s car in the world.  It should come as no surprise, then, that the BT62’s brakes play a critical role
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Do you want chips with that?
Tuesday, 08 September 2020
Upgrading an engine used to be more like building a shopping list of what you could afford – dual carbs, extractors, upgraded camshaft, cylinder head and the list went on, these are all still viabl
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