Crank-Shaft Position Sensor

A sensor that allows the ECU to know the position of the crankshaft in it\'s rotation. 

We always release our products in development installation groups after initial development and testing to help iron out documentation and to identify any additional bugs before we consider it a retail/stable version of the product. They are called install groups for short.

In exchange for being an early adopter, we offer a discounted price, and/or included items that may not be part of the retail version. Please check the news section for announcements about group openings. 

Driers perform a few different functions on the A/C system. First of all, they are a storage tank for excess refrigerant. Under certain operating conditions where heat loads are reduced, the evaporator does not require the same amount of refrigerant as when heat loads are extremely high. In those cases, the liquid line receiver drier will hold excess refrigerant.

The drier will also trap moisture in the system. Using a drying agent like silica gel desiccant, the drier forces the flow of all refrigerant through the filter section in order to be drier. That filter section also includes other filter media that will trap and hold debris and other contamination that may be in the system.

Order list of off the shelf parts bought directly by the customer to save on the cost of conversion. It is contained in the pre-install support section.

Sump - Term used interchangably with oil pan. Collection area for returning oil and feed source for the oil pump, factory sumps are typically made of steel or cast aluminum. In heavy duty use, the benefits of the impact resistance and resilient nature  of steel outweigh the weight savings(if any) and rust resistance of the more brittle cast aluminum sumps. In street driving, stones, pebbles, or other impacts can crack and break aluminum pans, whereas steel will deform or dent, and not breach.

In automotive manufacturing, the move has been to re-use and taking advantage of large economies of scale to help cope with the demands of time to market, cost pressure, and stringent legislation while maintaining or increasing value to customers. Similar to platform strategy, the idea is to produce massive volumes to provide low cost and higher quality simultaneously.

The zetec program was one such program with more than 3.5 million engines produced, and timed just right to take advantage of today(the 5-10 year old sweet spot for an engine to be used in a conversion).