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  1. RRiver

    I need to test mixing J1850 and J19

    I need to test mixing J1850 and J1949 protocols on a vehicle CAN Bus. Both signals are operating at the OBDII application level. Because both signals are operating at the same OBDII I don't see any problems and none of the later extended format signals are involved. I do want to protect the...
  2. RRiver

    Glossaries of Engineering Terms

    I mentioned a glossary of engineering terms maintained by an automotive museums engineering data archive and because of bringing it up I got some emails from some people I know about it. I thought I'd expand on it because I assume the glossaries exists for every engineering discipline. The...
  3. RRiver

    Constraints of Vehicle Power Invertors

    Researching this leads to finding a lot of information with differing opinions and arguing. My neighbor has a refrigerator that belongs to his daughter. She's a doctor that spends 6 months of the year as a volunteer in Columbia and the refrigerator is filled with supplies for her work in...
  4. RRiver

    Not sure where to post this--forum question

    I received an email notification to the "Motorcycle Project Idea" but the notification leads to a "Server Error 404" page. Seems the posting is gone. Someone did reply to the post with something about professional and questions should be work related. A review of the polices doesn't suggest any...
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    Research and locating hard to find information

    *reposted from automotive engineering How do you working engineers deal with this? Since the standard search engine became about nothing but selling something to users they've become useless. The search engines that aren't about sales are mostly too specific. Accessing university research...
  6. RRiver

    Engine Mounting and Rotation Angle Design Considerations

    I hesitate asking about this but I can't find anything meaningful about this. Beyond Neutral, right hand rotation and left hand rotation which is obvious with a simple measurement if not observation. Over the years there have been some engines commonly known rotation angle and in the 70's it was...
  7. RRiver

    Help with a ring and pinion gear problem please

    I'm finding some conflicting information about the effects of different ring and pinion gear sizes I'd like some help with. The issue is this, "Does the size of the ring and pinion gear effect the power it can transfer? This is with all things first being equal with acceleration, weight, mass...

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