While there is a difference between brake pads and shoes, the desired result is always the same when the foot goes…
"Get set up ahead of time if you can, as much vehicle living is rather impromptu (i.e., 'Get out!', or coming home…
The fluid that exists as brake fluid is in reality hydraulic fluid. The helpful property of brake fluid is that it…
Most informed car buyers know, working the options sheet as if it were Vegas's Carnival World Buffet is the road to…
Mechanical know how in our case has come largely from two sources. There have been those kind enough to show the…
Granted, Jalopnik advising on fuel chemistry is like Lindsay Lohan interpreting the Dead Sea Scrolls. But we've been…
Obviously there's no need for me to describe why it was necessary to build a 92-pound boombox out of plywood and car…
For a long number of years even the idea of washing and waxing our car was unnecessary. Cleanup meant maybe a hosing…
Whichever crackpot invented the wheel had no idea what it would lead to. Land speed records. Plus one measures of…
Sure, some folks get magnetic placards that make their rides look like company cars, but this guy has gone the extra…
With gasoline prices obviously not trending downward, cash-strapped drivers are finding themselves flummoxed as to…
Automobile wheels spin round thanks to the miracle of wheel bearings. The bearings themselves contain rollers that…
Last week we got down with the strut in MacPherson and said hello to the spring compressor. This week we'll finish…
The history behind the modern strut type suspension has its origins in the United Kingdom. Henny Youngman would…
Without the shock absorber the modern automobile would simply flail about on its springs. The shock absorber is…
We had some discussion yesterday about the feasibility of dropping a Cadillac HT-4900 V8 into the Chevy Celebrity…
As we're off to Las Vegas for Mopars at the Strip this weekend and riding the red-eye out to the New York Auto Show…
Of course you do. We all do; every last '78-88 GM A/G-body car is simply crying out for five on the floor…