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Yes, there's a lot more to car maintenance than simply changing the oil. One of the most overlooked aspects is an engine's cooling system, which is as crucial to car owners in Arizona as it is to those in Alaska. Here, our friend Jason Fenske, the host of the ever-popular Engineering Explained YouTube series, uses his 1999 Acura Integra to show us just how to perform a proper coolant flush and change. DON'T MISS: Video explains what is an air suspension The process is fairly easy and doesn't require much more than an hour and a few items easily found at an auto parts shop or even a big box...
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Woody Willys: Jeep CJ5 has the original hard bodyFrom 1954 all the way through 1983, Jeep produced over 600,000 examples of its CJ5. We'd have to assume that the number of those finished with a wooden body, wooden seats, and a wooden roll bar would be low. As in zero. Still, this custom example found wearing Ohio plates probably has a better...
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Watch a Callaway Corvette Z06 break the 200 mph markCallaway and the Corvette go together like punch and pie. The tuning, engine, and parts developer from Connecticut has been cranking out go-fast bits since it incorporated back in 1977. About 10 years later, Callaway and Corvette would become forever linked. In 1987, the Callaway crew created a...
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What factors change air suspension spring rates?Just a week ago, we invited you to come along and learn about air suspension systems. Our friend Jason Fenske at Engineering Explained created a video discussing what air suspension is and how it works. Now he's back with a second video that dives a bit more deeply into the air ride world. This...
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Tire laced with gold and diamonds is world’s most expensive at $600,000 a setA company based in the United Kingdom has unveiled the world’s most expensive car tire. A set of the special tires, which are based on the Z Tire performance rubber from Zenesis, will set you back a staggering $600,000. ALSO SEE: Koenigsegg Designs The World's Most Expensive Car Key: Video To...
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Ford Flathead V-8 rebuild timelapse video is mesmerizingOur friends at Hagerty Insurance spent six grueling days rebuilding a Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Flathead V-8 that they bought at the Hershey Swap Meet last year. Fortunately for us, they've condensed this epic project down into about six and a half minutes in this highly-entertaining video. You...
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A lot of new cars and trucks are available with air suspension. A better name for the technology is air springs, as air suspension is essentially an alternative to the more familiar steel springs found on most cars and leaf springs found on older trucks. As the name suggests the technology uses air to cushion the vehicle. Air is fed into reservoirs fitted at each corner and this supports the vehicle. There are various types of air suspension in use today, as detailed in the latest video from Engineering Explained, but the benefits are largely the same. In many luxury cars, air suspension is...
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The quick and the dead: 10 cars that were (sometimes mercifully) axed fastBad ideas aren't exclusive to the car business--but sometimes, they get mass-produced there. Not all of the cars on this list are bad, but they sure were short-lived. Maybe it was timing. Or maybe they really deserved it, you make the call. Here's a concise compendium of cars that lasted just a...
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Determining whether wheel spacers are good for you carYour wheels, they occupy the corners of your car. Sometimes you might want those corners to be a bit further apart from how the car left the factory. You corner hard and you want to maximize the capability of your machine. It sounds like a set of wheel spacers are on your automotive shopping list...
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Watch this Jeep Wrangler blast through the 130-degree desertThe folks at Pennzoil took a thoroughly customized Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon for a punishing blast through the desert. Luckily for us, they filmed it. This video is ostensibly designed to promote Pennzoil's synthetic engine oil, but it also gives us a great look at one of the ultimate...
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When I grow up I want to be like Jeff ZwartDon’t ask Jeff Zwart for the $100 in his pocket right now. For a multitude of reasons, the racing driver, photographer, and pilot probably wouldn’t give it to you, but for one very important reason, he almost certainly won’t. The 61-year-old speed specialist slowly rolls a smile...
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8 ways the Fiat 124 Spider differs from the Mazda MiataWhat's the best way to make an Italian roadster? Build it in Hiroshima, Japan. That may sound like a joke, but that's exactly what's going on with the new 2017 Fiat 124. Colloquially known as the Fiata, the 124 Spider is built on the architecture of the Mazda MX-5 Miata, which debuted last year and...
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The 2017 Porsche Macan GTS is the compact SUV the automaker always set out to build, according to Porsche. Based on the Audi Q5, the Macan GTS is, in our opinion, the best handling crossover on the planet, but how does it get that way? Let's dissect how a sports car maker turns an SUV into a Porsche. DON'T MISS: 10 things the next Toyota Supra has to be: We lay it out Bigger brakes Part of going fast is stopping faster. The Macan GTS uses beefy, six-piston calipers all the way around and big, 360 mm (14.2-inch) rotors. Those rotors are 10 mm bigger than those of a 911 Carrera S or a Macan S...
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Here's how you launch a car with an automatic gearboxLaunching a car with a manual gearbox can be tricky if you don't have a ton of practice. However, if your car has an automatic you have a much easier task ahead of you—even without a fancy launch-control system. Simply press the brake pedal with your left foot then raise the revs using the...
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No wagon for you! Awesome longroofs the U.S. misses out onMercedes-Benz on Monday took the covers off its new E-Class Wagon. It goes on sale early next year but one particular version, the Mercedes-AMG E43 Wagon, isn’t coming our way. The E43 is one of Mercedes-AMG’s new “43” series cars designed to fill the gap between the top...
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Volvo truck concept uses 30 percent less fuel thanks to less weight, better aeroVolvo Trucks, a separate entity to Volvo Cars, has rolled out a truck concept that could lead to much lower costs for the delivery of goods. The Swedish firm’s concept is said to use 30 percent less fuel than a comparable truck currently in operation thanks to its aerodynamic design and lower...
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The DIY Files: His teenage homemade car gets a slot in Jay Leno's GarageNever heard of a Shotwell? Well, neither had we—and neither had Jay Leno, at least not until about 15 years ago. That's when the TV funny man received a letter from a man in a small town in Minnesota. That man--Bob Shotwell--told Leno that he had designed a car back in 1931. Not only did...
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This turbocharged go-kart lays down a meaty burnoutGo-karts are fun, aren't they? The tiny tube-frame machines pack a bit of enjoyable power in the form of small engines. It's scaled-down fun for the whole family. Sometimes people like to scale-up the fun, however, and that's how you wind up with a go-kart capable of insane feats of speed. The bad...
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Your engine is composed of many moving parts and pieces. In order to move through the four stages of internal combustion, all of these bits and bobs are quite necessary. Some engines, however, take advantage of squeezing in a few more parts where they can. One area where this is seen often is in extra intake and exhaust valves. Why does it matter if you have double the valve count, and how does it work? Engineering Explained is here with answers, and it all boils down to math. That math is fairly easy once you see it written out. We'll boil it down even further for you, though. MORE: See more...
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Man pays almost $5 million for '1' license plateA man in the United Arab Emirates state of Sharjah bid Dh18 million (approximately $4.9 million) to secure the “1” license plate at an auction on Saturday. The winning bidder was Arif Ahmad Al Zarouni, who told Gulf News (via Motor1) that he was willing to purchase the special plate at...
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Classic Camaro cruise gets crazy crispy quicklyA father and son were out cruising in a classic Chevrolet Camaro—which is the type of sentence you read and expect good things to follow. That's not what happened here, as the old pony car quickly caught on fire and the fast-moving flames were captured on video. I'm going to tell you now...
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Jay Leno shows off his vintage Mercedes race car transporterWhat's the coolest vehicle you've seen today? Whatever it is, it has nothing on this 1950 Mercedes-Benz race car transporter owned by Jay Leno and featured in the latest episode of Jay Leno's Garage. Then again, not all is what meets the eye with this transporter. Mercedes built just one back in...
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Update your vintage Porsche with factory navigationPorsche's Classic division has released a period-correct, but thoroughly updated, navigation system designed to work in a host of its vintage cars. Featuring the automaker's correct logotype and button design, the navigation system is a single DIN unit that will slot directly into the dashboard of...
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Here's how your AC works and how you can recharge itYou know that when you push the button marked "AC" you should feel a nice cooling breeze upon your body in short order. Those two letters stand for air conditioning, and it's within this system that magic happens. At least, that's as far as you know at this moment. You understand the inner workings...
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