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  • How Nissan's VVEL engines work

    The letters VVEL are important to the architecture of Nissan engines. Those four letters stand for Variable Valve Event and Lift. What that refers to is a Nissan engine that operates without the use of a throttle body. Instead, the air flowing into the engine is metered by way of the cams and valves. It's a pretty trick system, and due to its complexity we're going to need some help from Engineering Explained host Jason Fenske to explain it all. ALSO SEE: 'Engineering Explained' tackles Koenigsegg's camless engine At the heart of the VVEL engine, it's all about offset and adjusting cams and...

  • Engineering Explained talks about the Honda Accord Hybrid
    How the Honda Accord Hybrid can behave like a Koenigsegg

    Believe it or not, the 2017 Honda Accord Hybrid sedan actually has something in common with an ultra-exotic hypercar produced by the Swedish brand Koenigsegg. That seems far fetched, and no we're not referring to the fact that both vehicles utilize four wheels wrapped in rubber tires. The...

  • G-Code Camaro stops by Jay Leno's Garage
    Ring Brothers bring their G-Code Camaro to Jay Leno's Garage

    Mike and Jim Ring have their particular set of skills down pat. What they can do is take a classic muscle car and turn it into a one-off pro touring machine that isn't too over the top. That is, until you start digging a bit deeper into the design and engineering of a given project car. Then you...

  • 2015 Ford Mustang electronic line lock
    Ford Mustang Hybrid due in 2020, and it may be powerful

    We all knew this day was coming, but it's just something an auto enthusiast can't prepare for. A Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang Hybrid is happening, and it will be here in just a handful of years. To be specific, 2020 is when the Mustang will add a hybrid model. Details are slim, but Ford...

  • Icon Engineering Porsche 917 replica
    Icon Engineering Porsche 917 is breathtaking in its detail

    The Porsche 917 is one of the most insane automotive creations ever dreamt up by humanity, offering a performance level that remains as impressive today as it was during the 1970s, when it dominated events like the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Some iterations were tuned to deliver as much as 1,580...

  • Exotic Rides W70
    Exotic Rides does its best attempt at a LaFerrari look-alike with W70 supercar

    No, you’re not looking at some backyard attempt at a Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] LaFerrari replica. It’s the W70 from Exotic Rides of Orlando, Florida, a mid-engine supercar whose design shares some obvious traits with Ferrari’s flagship and some of the Italian firm’s other models...

  • Ford has tips for driving in an ice storm

    Oh, the weather outside may be frightful. Driving, however, can still be delightful. Since you've some place to go, here's what you should do if it snows and it snows and it snows. Well, actually, these tips are for when it's a bit more slick outside and you're facing down an ice storm. CHECK OUT: Mercedes bringing AMG winter driving school to North America Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] has created a quick video that highlights some basic practices you should employ when the temperature drops far enough that rain turns to ice. It's basic stuff, but it's certainly worth repeating. You're...

  • New Guinness World Record for largest tire-mark image is set by a pair of Ford Mustangs
    Mustangs perform massive drift to set new Guinness record

    There's a new Guinness World Record for a category I'm pretty sure you never knew existed. It's for the Largest Tire-Mark Image, and it was just claimed by a pair of Ford Mustangs. The stunt went down in Saudi Arabia under the watchful eye of a Guinness official. The previous record took up a space...

  • How to change a car's differential fluid
    How to change a car's differential fluid

    Our friend Jason Fenske from Engineering Explained has already taught us how to change the oil in our cars. It's an easy process, and it's one that will allow you to get closer to your own machine while making sure it's properly maintained. Now it's time to take things a step further. Jason is...

  • How to change your car's transmission fluid
    How to change your car's transmission fluid

    Today's the day you learn how to change your car's transmission fluid. Our teacher? None other than our friend Jason Fenske from Engineering Explained. He's taking the time to do some routine maintenance on his Honda S2000 before diving into his modification and upgrade list. While the process...

  • First Hot Wheels Ad
    This is the first Hot Wheels commercial ever

    You played with them as kids. We played with them as kids. And now your children play with them as you claim to buy them for "the kids." We're talking about Hot Wheels, of course. The tiny cars made of metal and plastic that bring joy to so many young, and not so young, enthusiasts faces. There's...

  • Hagerty rebuilds Chrsyler FirePower
    Today in time-lapse magic: Hagerty's Chrysler Firepower V-8 rebuild

    A complete engine rebuild can take weeks or months—even years—at the hands of highly skilled mechanics. Don't have that kind of time? (Who does?) Here's a 5-minute compressed video melee of a complete rebuild that took the Hagerty team 10 months and eleventy billion hours to complete...

  • Jensen Interceptor

    Historic British carmaker Jensen is enjoying a second life these days. Its flagship model—and best seller—was the big, V-8-powered Interceptor that was built between 1966 and 1976 and just over 6,000 were made. That may sound like a lot, but at just a few hundred per year, the British-built coupes weren't easy to find in the States in its time. Now, the newfound classics are popular with American owners. Jay Leno walks us around a privately owned example from a Massachusetts collector named Mark Halliday. He drove the Interceptor from Massachusetts to California, disproving the...

  • Guy hit 240 NYC green lights in a row in NYC
    This guy hit 240 green lights in a row in NYC

    You probably know both hot-doggers and smooth, skillful drivers. But Noah Forman will put them all to shame. What could he possibly have done? Well, first, Forman drives in New York City. For a ride-sharing service. And that was after he switched over from driving a yellow cab. Already that means...

  • Ferrari J50 celebrates 50 years of Ferrari in Japan
    Ferrari J50 might be ‘blueprint’ for brand’s future design

    Ferrari’s [NYSE:RACE] Special Projects division has built a bespoke supercar to mark the 50th anniversary of the Italian marque’s sales in Japan. You’ll recall Ferrari did something similar in 2014 to mark 60 years of sales in the United States. The Japanese special is the J50...

  • Rimac Concept_One faces off against a Bugatti Veyron
    How does the Rimac Concept_One fare against a Bugatti Veyron?

    The Bugatti Veyron may no longer be the king of internal combustion horsepower. The Bugatti Chiron's 1,480 horses now takes the production horsepower crown, but 1,200 ponies kicked out by a quad-turbocharged W-16 is still plenty. But how does it compare to 1,088 electron-induced horses? Matt Rimac...

  • Ken Block drives the Ford F-150 Raptor in the snow
    Ken Block plays in the snow in a Ford F-150 Raptor

    Ford Performance and Ken Block have a symbiotic relationship. Ford provides him with race cars and the occasional other Ford product. Block drives the living daylights out of them, has his team create cool videos, and the two parties use said videos for awesome marketing campaigns. Ford gets views...

  • The five best basic modifications for your car
    The five best basic modifications for your car

    Engineering Explained host Jason Fenske is currently planning the modifications for his own project Honda S2000. He has some great things in store for that car, but he also has a bit of advice for those of us looking to modify our own cars. To that end, he's created a list of his top five best...

  • Heavily modified 1971 Toyota Celica makes 1,150 horsepower

    An old Toyota Celica is a classically cool machine with a healthy cult following. What it doesn't have is an overly powerful engine bolted in from the factory. A delightfully crazy person named Jamie Heritage has decided to change that. The Aussie owner of this particular 1971 Celica has decided he wants big power. How big? How does somewhere between 1,100 and 1,150 horsepower at the flywheel sound? Under the hood sits a 4.0-liter V-8 borrowed from a Lexus. Behind that is a sequential gearbox. The power then flows to an all-wheel-drive system plucked from Godzilla himself. This Celica is...

  • 2017 Dodge Challenger Hellcat vs 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
    No more talking: 2017 Dodge Challenger Hellcat vs. the 2017 Chevy Camaro ZL1

    The new 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 is just hitting the streets, and naturally people are stretching its legs. The obvious question on people's minds is how does the new Camaro ZL1 stack up against its Mopar competitor, the Dodge Challenger Hellcat? Our friend John Hennessey has just answered that...

  • Tire Rack Tire Test - Winter/Snow vs. All-Season vs. Summer Tires on Ice
    Here's why winter tires beat all-seasons in the cold

    You've heard it probably 300 times just this year alone. You've been hearing it for the past few years as well. When the weather turns frightfully cold, you need to have winter tires on your car. You'll protest and decry that all-seasons get the job done, or that it doesn't matter because you have...

  • A brake rotor explodes in slow motion
    This is what it looks like when a brake rotor explodes

    We agree that the internet is largely useless beyond Craigslist throwdowns and videos of things exploding/blending/deconstructing/crashing. Entertaining the masses used to be as simple as popping a high-dollar item into a powerful blender, but now the crowds demand hydraulic presses raining...

  • Jay Leno and his 1966 Dodge Coronet
    Jay Leno gets cozy with his 1966 Dodge Coronet

    The muscle car era was a fascinating time for the American automobile. Jay Leno knows this and he owns a handful of wonderful examples of the era. One of his greatest examples is his 1966 Dodge Coronet. What looks like your average massive coupe hides a beastly secret between its fenders. If you...

  • Jay Kay has a green LaFerrari and it was spotted driving on full-electric mode
    Jay Kay's green LaFerrari spotted running in full-electric mode

    We've seen proof of it before, but now we have even more. You're quite aware of the trio of cars being referred to as the Holy Trinity. One of those three is the LaFerrari. Ferrari claims there's no need for an electric-only mode since it "doesn't fit the mission of the car." Seems it fits the...

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