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DIY Budget Cylinder Head Rebuild
These tips will work on SB or BB Chevy, Ford and Mopar engines – pulling valve stem seals, removing valve springs, lapping valves, checking valve seat seal, cleaning aluminum heads and more… [More…]
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Chevy Monte Carlo ~ Everything You Need to Know
The car built to destroy Ford Thunderbirds on the oval. Here’s everything you need to know about the Chevrolet Monte Carlo. [More…]
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Racing your 700R4/4L60E? Start with these Basic Upgrades
You want to race your 700R4/4L60E transmission, here are the minimum upgrades to help your driveline stay in one piece at the race track. [More…]
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Will a Gas Engine Run on Charcoal Lighter Fluid?
Charcoal lighter fluid is tested as a gasoline substitute in EFI, carbureted, and (see-through) Wankel rotary engines. [More…]
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The Science Of Flatness
Flatness is an often misrepresented property of our own intuition. Many of the objects we consider flat, pale in comparison to surfaces manufactured to actually be flat. It’s also a property that our industrialized world [More…]
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The Spark Plug Story
The first use of a spark plug in an internal combustion engine was attributed to the Belgian Engineer Jean Joseph Étienne Lenoir in 1859. [More…]
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4L60 vs 4L80 Transmission for Your LS Swap
The Driveway Engineer helps you answer the 4L60 vs 4L80 transmission question for your LS swap, but cautions; stop wasting $ on Built 4L60’s. [More…]
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Barracuda ~ Everything You Need To Know
Plymouth gave us the Barracuda! A car so cool that the rock band Heart wrote a song about it. [More…]
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The Surprising Reason Cars Sound Different
Why does a Ford Mustang with a V6 sound nothing like a Nissan 350z with a V6 as well? And why does a Mazda RX-7 just sound so sick? [More…]
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David Freiburger ~ Great Zip Tie Moments
We’re all in agreement that the humble zip tie is one of the most helpful tools you can have around if you’re working on a car. These are favorite zip tie moments… [More…]