What is 800rpm all about?
800rpm is a blog focusing on the automobile world, particularly cars, though we have no strict boundaries of the overall scope. I have posted a couple of posts on auto before on my primary blog, but this blog would essentially provide greater focus on auto posts as opposed to being 'just another blogging topic'. Additionally, it would help me structure the posts a bit more - more on this later in this post.
The most interesting part is that Maharaj would be my co-blogger to take this blog forward - to pump in his zeal and auto passion apart from his strong technical auto fundaes.
Additionally, we will be more than glad to accept auto posts from our readers! - yeah, yeah, recent blogger survey revealed that most bloggers have an illusion that their blog is the read by more people than one! On a serious note, we will try getting this blog to some sorta decent level in the months and posts to come.
As such we don't have any commercial aspirations to start with. This blog is essentially to share auto fundaes and nothing more! :-)
Why 800rpm?
800 rpm is the idle speed of most car engines. In very basic terms, idle speed is the minimum speed at which the engine functions (rpm is rounds per minute). So when you start a car in neutral, without pressing the accelerator pedal, the speed of the engine slowly gets down to idle speed once the engine is heated enough.
Idle speed for most engines is between 600-1000 rpm - differs from one engine to the other based on displacement size, number of cylinders, etc. So, why did we choose 800rpm?
1) 800rpm is a simple average of the overall range (600-1000rpm)
2) The 'involved' funda is that for a 4 cylinder mid-size car of say 1.5L engine or so, 800 rpm is sufficient to not only keep the engine running at idle, but is also sufficient to power the air-conditioning system and the electrical dynamo.
3) My personal choice of engine sound is as close it can get to idle speed - modern engines make very little sound at low rpms - to the extent that if you stop at a signal and pull your gear to neutral and allow the car to idle, there will be absolutely no sound and vibrations - the only sound, if you listen very carefully, would be of the engine belt!
Categories of posts
This blog is going to be all about auto and driving world. We don't intend to over-complicate things by having a major structure of the blog - just about any auto post is fine. However, the very broad categories of posts would be:
- Car reviews and test drives
- Auto funds - technical details on just about any car part. We might even consider car manufacturing funds at some stage
- Driving funds
- Auto industry trends - this will be market, company, customer specific
- Miscellaneous auto topics
Ofcourse, with time, these broad categories would evolve as well.
In the next few weeks, hopefully there will be enough spare time to get this blog up to speed. Do keep visiting and if you have any interesting inputs on this blog or if you would like to contribute to the world of auto knowledge, do let us know!
Keep idling at 800rpm!
