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ANTAWIRYA FACT
[ANTAWIRYA FACT] Our team’s name, Antawirya, is taken from Indonesia’s hero, Pangeran Diponegoro. Bendara Raden Mas Antawirya was his first name and later on was changed to Diponegoro. In accordance with our alma mater, Diponegoro University, Antawirya also adopts the spirit of Pangeran Diponegoro which are hard work and never…
THE MORE YOU KNOW WITH ANTAWIRYA PART 8
[THE MORE YOU KNOW WITH ANTAWIRYA] Shaking cars after filling up fuel is meant to move the fuel to empty spots in the tank, so that the air in tank would exit from it. This condition would make the fuel to ne more congested. This statement is a myth. The…
SHELL ECO MARATHON FACT PART 3
[SHELL ECO MARATHON FACT] Shell Eco Marathon requires their participants to use five mounting points safety belt. This obligation has purpose of the safety reasons for the driver. Different from the usual safety belt such in private vehicles, five mounting points safety belt guarantees more safety for the driver than…
THE MORE YOU KNOW WITH ANTAWIRYA PART 7
[THE MORE YOU KNOW WITH ANTAWIRYA] It is true that changing your air filter will increase your fuel efficiency. Dirty air filter will block the clean air entering the combustion chamber while the engine needs to receive air intake. This will make the engine to work harder so there will…
ANTAWIRYA GOES TO SHELL ECO MARATHON ASIA 2020
[ANTAWIRYA GOES TO SEM ASIA 2020] Shell Eco Marathon (SEM) Asia is an annual competition about making the most efficient fuel consumption vehicle. This year, Antawiya will be back in SEM Asia with “Gentayu”, their Urban Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicle. Check our latest video for more information about SEM…
SHELL ECO MARATHON FACT PART 2
[SHELL ECO MARATHON FACT] Many people assume that Shell Eco Marathon only hold fuel efficiency competition for urban and prototype categories. In fact, they also hold some off track competitions such ass communication award, circular award, safety award, vehicle design award, and some others. Only one winner is taken for…
THE MORE YOU KNOW WITH ANTAWIRYA PART 6
[THE MORE YOU KNOW WITH ANTAWIRYA] Many people said that cars should be warmed up in the morning before driving out. This would prevent failures in the engine piston. But, it turns out that warming up cars before driving is just a myth and not true. Cars nowadays are featured…
THE MORE YOU KNOW WITH ANTAWIRYA PART 5
[THE MORE YOU KNOW WITH ANTAWIRYA] Bottled water and tap water contained mineral such as calcium and iron which could damage the radiator pipeline. The pipeline would become rusty so that the coolant water cannot flow properly to the radiator. Moreover, it could damage the engine because the engine wouldn’t…
THE MORE YOU KNOW WITH ANTAWIRYA PART 4
[THE MORE YOU KNOW WITH ANTAWIRYA] Modifying wheels bigger from its original size would make the engine work harder to be able to rotate them. It’s because the wheels have bigger magnitude of mass which would require the engine to produce more force to move them. That’s the reason why…