From: perform@dixie.com (Performance Engineering Magazine)
Subject: Announcing Performance Engineering Magazine
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 92 07:50:17 GMT
Organization: Dixie Communications Public Access.  The Mouth of the South.

Introducing 

_Performance Engineering_ Magazine

The magazine for the mobility hacker

Those of us interested in the high technology end of automotive and other 
high performance face a real problem. There is almost no really
technical information  available to us. There are the traditional hotrod  
magazines which treat something as esoteric as fuel injection as voodoo magic 
or worse, "Gee-Whiz, look what YOU can bolt on".  There is the SAE where 
_Automotive Engineering_ publishes just enough information to whet the
appetite and excellent SAE standards, the purchase of which requires the
budget of many third world countries.   

I've decided to do something about it.  "Something" is "Performance 
Engineering", a magazine dedicated to the engineering side of 
high performance.

This magazine is chartered to provide the same depth of
technical and  engineering information  to the mobility field
(which includes practically anything that moves) as magazines
such as _Byte_ or _Circuit Cellar InK_ do for computers. There
is a mix of theoretical and practical how-to articles, all
aimed at the individual enthusiast and the current and potential
small businessmen.  The publication is subscription and
advertiser supported.  Authors are paid a rate commensurate
with other  publications of similar circulation.  Theoretical
and/or articles that involve the design process are peer-
reviewed for accuracy. 

In order to give you a flavor of this publication, here is a short 
list of topics:

*	Designing and building your own fuel injection system.
*	Using a homemade radar gun for performance tuning.
*	Blueprinting fuel injectors.
*	Suspension design and simulation.
*	A homemade fuel injector tester for under $200.
*	Ignition system design.
*	Do it yourself dynamometers for under $1000.
*	A homemade G-analyst (TM).
*	A homemade flow bench.
*	A homemade exhaust gas analyzer
*	A homemade distributor curving machine.
*	Using Nondispersive Infrared Analysis of Exhaust gas for performance
	tuning.
*	Instrumenting an exhaust system for performance optimization.
*	How to Emission Certify your hotrod.
*	The Ins and Outs of CARB EOs.


There is also a mail order store where project kits and supplies can be
purchased.  This is not new; _Circuit Cellar Ink_ does it but
mine are a bit more reasonably priced. ($350 for an 8051 SBC indeed!) 
Wouldn't it be nice to buy fuel injectors, MAP sensors, MAF sensors
and the like complete with mating connectors and data sheets at
reasonable prices? Thought so.

A free sampler edition of the magazine is available now.
For a free copy of the sampler edition, send your name and address to me at 

perform@dixie.com

Interested persons who are not on the Internet should consult with their
network administration for instructions as to how to mail to the Internet.

Subscriptions are $24.95 per year for six issues.
For Canada, the rate $28.95 surface and $36.95 for air mail.
Other foreign markets are $39.95.  No newsstand sales are planned at 
this time.  For those lacking Internet access, a free issue may 
be requested and/or subscriptions purchased by mailing a postcard to:

Performance Engineering Magazine
PO Box 669728
Marietta, Ga 30066
(404) 578 9547
(404) 578 9725 (FAX)
perform@dixie.com

(This is a small organization so please correspond via Email when possible.
Please don't call for routine requests.  Thanks.)

If you'd like to write for PE, particularly in one of the subject areas
listed above, send me a proposal to jgd@dixie.com.  Pay for articles is
based on the number of published pages and is competitive with 
similar publications.

Privacy Notice:

We believe each individual has an absolute right to privacy and that 
includes the right to control when and where his/her personal information
is used.  To that end, no personal information given to PE, including but
not limited to name, address and phone number will ever be 
released to anyone without the explicit permission of the owner (you).  
PE will from time to time mail to our subscribers information
we think is of interest.  If you don't want this information, you may
so indicate at any time.

If you would like to be included in a list of names made available to a
carefully selected list of advertisers, please indicate so in your 
correspondence and subscription application.

John De Armond, Publisher.

PE is published by Rapid Deployment Systems, Inc.

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