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- From: perform@dixie.com (Performance Engineering Magazine)
- Subject: Announcing Performance Engineering Magazine
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- Date: Sun, 08 Nov 92 07:50:17 GMT
- Organization: Dixie Communications Public Access. The Mouth of the South.
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- Introducing
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- _Performance Engineering_ Magazine
-
- The magazine for the mobility hacker
-
- Those of us interested in the high technology end of automotive and other
- high performance face a real problem. There is almost no really
- technical information available to us. There are the traditional hotrod
- magazines which treat something as esoteric as fuel injection as voodoo magic
- or worse, "Gee-Whiz, look what YOU can bolt on". There is the SAE where
- _Automotive Engineering_ publishes just enough information to whet the
- appetite and excellent SAE standards, the purchase of which requires the
- budget of many third world countries.
-
- I've decided to do something about it. "Something" is "Performance
- Engineering", a magazine dedicated to the engineering side of
- high performance.
-
- This magazine is chartered to provide the same depth of
- technical and engineering information to the mobility field
- (which includes practically anything that moves) as magazines
- such as _Byte_ or _Circuit Cellar InK_ do for computers. There
- is a mix of theoretical and practical how-to articles, all
- aimed at the individual enthusiast and the current and potential
- small businessmen. The publication is subscription and
- advertiser supported. Authors are paid a rate commensurate
- with other publications of similar circulation. Theoretical
- and/or articles that involve the design process are peer-
- reviewed for accuracy.
-
- In order to give you a flavor of this publication, here is a short
- list of topics:
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- * Designing and building your own fuel injection system.
- * Using a homemade radar gun for performance tuning.
- * Blueprinting fuel injectors.
- * Suspension design and simulation.
- * A homemade fuel injector tester for under $200.
- * Ignition system design.
- * Do it yourself dynamometers for under $1000.
- * A homemade G-analyst (TM).
- * A homemade flow bench.
- * A homemade exhaust gas analyzer
- * A homemade distributor curving machine.
- * Using Nondispersive Infrared Analysis of Exhaust gas for performance
- tuning.
- * Instrumenting an exhaust system for performance optimization.
- * How to Emission Certify your hotrod.
- * The Ins and Outs of CARB EOs.
-
-
- There is also a mail order store where project kits and supplies can be
- purchased. This is not new; _Circuit Cellar Ink_ does it but
- mine are a bit more reasonably priced. ($350 for an 8051 SBC indeed!)
- Wouldn't it be nice to buy fuel injectors, MAP sensors, MAF sensors
- and the like complete with mating connectors and data sheets at
- reasonable prices? Thought so.
-
- A free sampler edition of the magazine is available now.
- For a free copy of the sampler edition, send your name and address to me at
-
- perform@dixie.com
-
- Interested persons who are not on the Internet should consult with their
- network administration for instructions as to how to mail to the Internet.
-
- Subscriptions are $24.95 per year for six issues.
- For Canada, the rate $28.95 surface and $36.95 for air mail.
- Other foreign markets are $39.95. No newsstand sales are planned at
- this time. For those lacking Internet access, a free issue may
- be requested and/or subscriptions purchased by mailing a postcard to:
-
- Performance Engineering Magazine
- PO Box 669728
- Marietta, Ga 30066
- (404) 578 9547
- (404) 578 9725 (FAX)
- perform@dixie.com
-
- (This is a small organization so please correspond via Email when possible.
- Please don't call for routine requests. Thanks.)
-
- If you'd like to write for PE, particularly in one of the subject areas
- listed above, send me a proposal to jgd@dixie.com. Pay for articles is
- based on the number of published pages and is competitive with
- similar publications.
-
- Privacy Notice:
-
- We believe each individual has an absolute right to privacy and that
- includes the right to control when and where his/her personal information
- is used. To that end, no personal information given to PE, including but
- not limited to name, address and phone number will ever be
- released to anyone without the explicit permission of the owner (you).
- PE will from time to time mail to our subscribers information
- we think is of interest. If you don't want this information, you may
- so indicate at any time.
-
- If you would like to be included in a list of names made available to a
- carefully selected list of advertisers, please indicate so in your
- correspondence and subscription application.
-
- John De Armond, Publisher.
-
- PE is published by Rapid Deployment Systems, Inc.
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