When you’ve driven your car for a long time, you probably know what it usually sounds like and can recognize something odd. Rattling sounds coming when you go on unpaved roads, accelerate, or even ...

For car enthusiasts, buying a car and leaving it alone can sometimes seem like an impossible task. Whether it would be in the name of personalizing your ride so that its look matches your own personal ...

Gearheads come in all shapes and sizes, but we’re all drawn in by a similar experience. At some point or another, when you were innocent and none the wiser, you were exposed to that magical automotive ...

The car industry does not get enough credit for its creativity. While it is true that car makers are bound by rules and regulations for emissions and crash safety, much of the creative freedom of days ...

Exhaust leaks go, “WOOOOOOOOO…. You should be up cookin’ breakfast or somethin’, that’s like an alarm clock, WOOOO WOOOOO.” Wait, those are whistle tips, but exhaust leaks can be nearly as loud and a ...

Finding the aftermarket modifications that will make your car a better performer can be an adventure. Every company under the sun claims all sorts of horsepower, torque, and efficiency gains, but do ...

Four exhaust pipes sticking out the rear of a car might seem purely cosmetic, and in many cases, they are. But in others, especially in high-performance vehicles with over 1000 horsepower, quad ...

To recap, for those in the back of the room: Unlike a belt-driven blower, a turbocharger relies on exhaust gases to spin its turbine wheel. This turbine wheel is mated to a compressor wheel, which ...

Here’s the idea: You attach a hose to the exhaust pipe of your car, which inflates a balloon that can lift a three-ton vehicle 18 inches and hold it for as long as 45 minutes. The utility is obvious: ...

Have you ever been sitting at a light or accelerate to pull out of a parking lot and notice a cloud of exhaust behind your ride? It can be a little unnerving, because car exhaust smoke can actually ...