Saturday 27 March 2010

FMP RESEARCH : Mapping Data. 330d Performance Torque, Staffordshire, UK.







Here is a BMW 330d which arrived at Performance Torque on the 25th March for a Remap. This Remapping consists of running the car with the driving wheels on a dyno, which itself is linked and connected to a computer. This computer is also linked to the ECU of the vehicle, which will enable the engines capabilities to be increased as the fuel level is turned up and the Turbo is tuned to its optimum capabilities. In the space of an hour, we saw the engines Bhp output rise from 204 to 275Bhp.

Website link- http://www.p-torque.co.uk/index.html



Now here is the rear end view, which can give a better idea in what goes on within the mapping stage, in the creation of readouts and more. This rolling road is apparently built to last the extreme force of 200mph!




The engine is at this stage triggered and pushed to its limits, whilst large fans and vacumes suck out the fumes. An hour later after going away, then coming back again, the car is complete and ready for testing on the road.

I shall post data once I receive it.


One photograph has made it onto the Fan page of Performance Torques facebook group!

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?profile=1&id=508095898#!/photo.php?pid=33101822&o=all&op=1&view=all&subj=192803051672&aid=-1&id=36703047&oid=192803051672




Notice the result above. This demonstrates an aesthetic that could be carried forward within my very own design of an Art Car. In some ways, the shapes within the graph almost imitate the shape of a small boxed euro hatch.

The research and fun continues until a suitable outcome is on its way.

I shall keep you posted.

Monday 22 March 2010

2nd Year Exhibition & 3rd Year Almanac Presentation.


I have posted photographs up on the Graphic Design BA Hons Facebook group of a recent Graphic Design exhibition downstairs in the foyer.

Blank Canvas from the Past!



This is a line drawing I did last night of my 2nd Year 'Blank Canvas.' This was a virtual/ digitized canvas I created in response to our 'Virtual Presence' brief. I am still contemplating taking this further and multiplying the dot matrix signs to provide space for information displays within a creative space, such as a studio or even a gallery.

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