Monday, May 4, 2009

Episode 9, Octane Ratings and the 4 Stroke Engine Cycle

I know it has been some time since my last post but here we are to talk of octane and compression. As the video states I was having a conversation with someone the other week and the subject of what grade of gas should they put in their car came up. I thought the subject would make a great ETCG video and here we are.

I wanted to take a different approach to this one than the traditional videos I have been making up to this point and use more voice over as well as some animation. The animation was courtesy Ford Motor Company by the way, thanks guys. I have been noticing a trend in my videos of late becoming somewhat long-winded for YouTube purposes and was hoping to find a way to make them more efficient in getting the information across. The next step for me is to actually script these before I shoot and I think I can get even more from them. Keep watching.

I know I am getting less frequent with my video postings of late but the reason for that is because I'm teaching myself some new software that will enable me to create a new website for ETCG. Look for that in July, perhaps sooner. Also on the new website I will be making longer more in depth repair videos available for purchase as well as some other interactive parts to the site. I have a lot of footage that I have yet to edit. As I said, keep your eyes out for that sometime in July.

Well that about wraps things up for this blog. As always if you have any questions or comments you can visit me at EricTheCarGuy.com.

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Be Safe and Stay Dirty.

ETCG