Last month we acquainted you with a few unique procedures for using conventional tune-up devices—such as a vacuum gauge, timing light and electrical analyzer—for evaluating the efficiency and ...

To measure both the deck height volume and the piston dome volume, the piston is initially positioned 1 inch below the block deck. An O-ring is used in place of the top ring to form a seal. When ...

Fundamentals of processing multimedia signals: text, graphics, speech, audio, image, video; standards for multimedia coding, processing and compression. Related products and services will be discussed ...

Want to know how healthy or unhealthy your engine really is? Get yourself a compression tester and find out. Despite how complex many modern vehicles are, you can do many common repair and maintenance ...

Figure 1. Picture comparison test setup. Click here to see an enlarged diagram. The new digital architectures, like MPEG compression, pose a new set of problems and failure modes. The tools developed ...