Tuesday, December 27, 2011
The African Bull Dog ( KENYA )
Sustainable by all means.
Mombasa (Kenya) is the location where this unique prototype was conceived. Details are outlined from their Facebook page.
Completed
30th January 2011
The vehicle
The african bull dog is a Kenyan Built Off Road 4X4 Vehicle and MPV; This car is built for every day use, it can be used in farms as a produce cart, or even as an ambulance at Marsabit desert to provide emergency care to the forgotten communities and as a truck to ferry drugs to those remote places that you have never heard of!; With ample backing, the African Bulldog can do for Kenya what the Citroen 2CV did for France and the V.W Beetle for Germany!
Company Overview
Heino Autoworx is a Leading 4x4 vehicle workshop based in Mombasa at the Mtwapa Creek, Kenya. We have been involved in the maintenance of 4x4 vehicles and S.U.Vs for years and we decided to push the boundaries.
Description
The African Bull Dog is the brain child of Engineer Heino, he has a vast experience in the automotive and boat industry. The crew has been working tirelessly to ensure that we meet our target and we build a vehicle that meets the standards of the 4X4s we work on on a daily basis.
Mission
4X4 Extreme Efficient Performance!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/African-Bull-Dog/160682840649799?sk=wall
BAILEY LMP2 ( SOUTH AFRICA )
This is an African Phenomenon for 2011. Below are the stats straight from the makers mouth describing this awesome beast.
"Bailey Cars took the Bold and Brave step of building a current day Prototype car in 2009. Its taken 2 years of intense design and manufacture to produce this master piece of south African engineering.
The car has had many firsts for South Africa such as full carbon Tub, full CFD body design and building a car to the A.C.O Le Mans 24 hours regulations
The car is available to customers who would like to compete in sports car racing throughout the world in events such as ALMS, Le Mans series, Asian Le Mans Series and even the South African Le Mans Series and RSA GT challenge.
Chassis
· Carbon composite monocoque chassis
· Monocoque certified to all ACO and FIA structural and crash standards
· Adjustable pedal box and steering column
· Safety equipment includes 6-point lightweight seat belt harness
· Plumbed in fire extinguisher system
Engine
· 460hp maximum as regulated by ACO
· The engine must be made in a minimum of 1000 units in 12 consecutive months and must come, either from a grand touring car, Or from a large production car.
· Choice of homologated BMW, Lexus, Toyota or Nissan 5000 cm3 8 cylinders maximum. maximum
· Or 3200 cm3 forced induction engine with max 6 cylinders
· Diesel not allowed in LMP
Suspension
· Double wishbone layout all round
· Pushrod rocker type with damper and coil over spring all round
· Third-spring option for front and rear suspension
· Frictionless bearing seals all round
· Same upright all round
· Angular-contact wheel bearings all round
· Chromoly steel-fabricated TIG-welded wishbones
· Quick adjustable ride height, camber, and toe
· electrically power assisted rack-and-pinion
Fuel System
· 90-litre bladder type fuel cell
· Dual Low-pressure fuel lifts pump plus dual high-pressure pumps
Transmission
· Ricardo sequential-shift gearbox
· Six forward speeds plus reverse with torque input capacity in excess of 500 Nm
· Adjustable gear ratios
· Paddle shift as standard
· Gear oil cooling system
Bodywork
· All body panels of lightweight infused epoxy glass composite construction
Brake System
· AP Racing six-piston aluminum calipers all round
· 380 mm diameter ventilated discs front and rear
· Full carbon brake set up as option
Wheels and Tyres
· Wheel dimensions 11”wide x 18” diameter front
· 13” wide x 18” diameter rear
· 3 piece wheels
· Centre lock and anti loosen to FIA standards
Cooling System
· 1 water radiators
· 8-litre dry sump oil tank
· Twin engine all cooler
· Twin Electric oil scavenge pump
· 1 intercooler
· Driver air-conditioning system
Electrical System
· Military-spec chassis wiring loom
· FIA-regulation emergency power cut-off switch
· External start jump plug
· Digital dash display and with full data logging
· Xenon headlamps
WEIGHT
· Minimum weight as specified by ACO 900kg excluding driver and fuel
Bailey - Beautifully Engineered Cars
http://www.baileyedwardscars.co.za
Monday, December 12, 2011
The Belly Tattoo
Has a woman anytime came appear you on a bank and you accept noticed her abdomen tattoo? It seems to draw your eyes anon to her axis and surrounding area. Abdomen tattoos can attending actual animal and depending aloft the architecture called to enhance the femininity. Choosing a boom on this allotment of the anatomy can be adjustable in the architecture and size.
* Ask the boom artisan for admonition for affliction and aliment and how the boom will change over time.
Never get a boom because it is accepted or addition told you to. Getting active is a austere activity time decision, that requires consideration, anticipation and analysis afore you accomplish any decision.
This accurate architecture actualization dates aback hundreds of years and was mostly beat by Indian women. The women of today additionally accept their abdomen button broken forth with accepting a abdomen tattoo. The aggregate of the two together, if done in the appropriate design, attending amazing and absolutely sensual. If you are because accepting both of these things done, again it is best to analysis with your anatomy piercer or boom artisan to set up a time anatomy for this.
For a feminine boom architecture for your abdomen does not beggarly aloof necessarily your abdomen button area. This can additionally beggarly extending from aloof beneath your breast to appear bottomward the ancillary of your abdomen and about your abdomen button as well. Most tattoos of this actualization are actual intricate in architecture and generally are advised with alien plants, flowers or vines.
Tips to accede about abdomen tattoos:
* The axis boom ability be a little adamantine to booty affliction of and advance the attending of if there is weight gain. Could possibly amplitude and sag.
* If you are because children. Think about how this may aftereffect your boom appearance. A boom will tend to aggrandize as the abdomen expands.
* Ask the boom artisan for admonition for affliction and aliment and how the boom will change over time.
Never get a boom because it is accepted or addition told you to. Getting active is a austere activity time decision, that requires consideration, anticipation and analysis afore you accomplish any decision.
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