Automotive Quiz for the week
 

Here's an automotive quiz.

I was at Toyota corp. hdqtrs. a few months ago and snuck this shot on a job.

What are these engineers and techs doing to this Lexus? Or, what is that contraption on the trunk lid?

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1164092148.jpg

First one to correctly answer will win a prize donated by someone else. Sorry, I'm not in a position to give any of my possessions away.

If none of you knuckleheads guess correctly by turkey day, I'll provide the answer.

Happy Thanksgiving,
Sherwood

Testing the opening and closing of the bootlid?
No, too obvious..........

They're testing the pre-production "boil a goat in your boot" option. Great for picnics and barbecues.;)

Beer tap?

it's an bunch emissions testing gear for while they drive in real life testing, they attach it to the back ,then hook it up to the exhaust to measure fine dust and all the other polutants that come out...it's not completely installed in the pic

Cloning!

Is it a test rig to determine the opening and closing dynamics of the rear lid?

Flux Capacitor v2.0 :)

From Toyota's latest press release...

"...the next version of the Flux Capacitor v2.0 (FC2) is externally mounted, freeing up valuable interior space for the 26" LCD HDTV, WEE or PS3, or any of the other driver diversions found in the latest TRD (Toyota Realtime Diversion) catalog..." http://www.pelicanparts.com/support/smileys/lol2.gif

It looks like the laptop version of the Retro Encabulator.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5125780462773187994

That's the new option for the new "S" model- freeway skateboard handles.
Kids love 'em.

I thought it might be trunk lid testing equipment until I saw the California plates. Those tests are usually run on prototypes, not registered vehicles.

Recharging the Hydrogen fuel cell?

Ya beat me to it.

Downloading data from the black box?

Doing the ol' "kaizen suru". Some kind of measuring of harmonic imbalances and vibrations...

Thats Easy- Electro Static Beam Blanker
 

The performance of a charged particle beam blanker in a high resolution lithography system is determined primarily by spurious deflection during beam switching. To achieve an optimum blanker design, therefore, it is necessary to calculate spurious deflection as a function of the design parameters. The spurious deflection of a beam blanker which is composed of two pairs of blanking plates centred about a knife edge is evaluated using analytical methods. The results derived from these analytical methods explain all the important characteristics of such a beam blanker. Despite the rough approximations, the analytical results agree well with more accurate numerical calculations. DUH!! :rolleyes:

it's a modulating toggle throw out bearing switch............that's the M.T.T.O.B.S. for the hip kids on here.... and it does..................



she is setting the vibration controls on the ride adjust.
she is setting a new deck lid.............

Flushing and Refilling the turn signal fluids.

Man, you guys don't know much about cars do you!

testing for noise transmission through the decklid?

You wankers are thinking too hard...... or not enough. :)

Sherwood

Adhesives testing for the next generation of ricer wings?