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I'd love to see a tear down and pics of the engines in this cruise ship: https://www.reuters.com/article/nor...-of-lubricating-oil-norway-idUSO9N20V01A Quote OSLO, March 27 (Reuters) - The engines of a luxury cruise ship that narrowly escaped disaster during a storm off Norway on Saturday...

Are there any alternatives you would recommend to a Fram PH8170 or Briggs and Stratton 492932 oil filter for a 25 hp V-twin Briggs and Stratton engine? At ~ $12-15 it looks as if these filters are relatively expensive because they are so short and have few applications. It looks like I can fit a...

I just learned that new cars from Toyota will recommend 0W-16 or SAE 16 weight motor oil. I searched and couldn't find a thread on this so I am reposting an article on 16 weight motor oil here. This seems interesting: http://www.oilspecifications.org/articles/sae-16-viscosity-grade.php...

Car & Driver 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Engine Failure Could Become More Common The long term C7 Corvette Stingray belonging to the folks from Car & Driver blew an engine just 6,000 miles in – and the problem is one that could affect other C7 Corvette owners under very normal driving...

I am looking to replace my 18" oem wheels on my 4.6l Genesis with 18" wheels from a Genesis Coupe but doing so means moving from a wheel with 39mm offset to a staggered wheel setup where two wheels would have a 30mm offset and two would have a 33mm offset. Since the tires I am mounting will be...

$5 PART WILL SAVE YOUR POWERSTROKE FROM SELF DESTRUCTION

I'm going to be relocating soon, and I am looking for a source that will list all the high speed internet service providers available for a given residential address. Where can I find one? Also, if anyone knows of a similar list of all Voip phone providers, I would certainly appreciate it.

October 14, 2011 Rubbing Out Friction in the Push for Mileage By PAUL STENQUIST Detroit WITH more than three decades of intensive engineering efforts devoted to the cause, automakers have depleted the store of cheap and easy solutions to improving fuel economy. Yet with federal mileage...

VIDEO: How the 2012 Camaro V6 makes 11 more horsepower The 2012 Chevrolet Camaro will feature 323 horsepower, or 11 more ponies than the 2011 model. But General Motors engineers didn't accomplish this feat by adding direct injection or variable valve timing. In fact, the 2011 version of the...

New Engine sends shock waves through auto industry Quote: However, researchers at Michigan State University have built a prototype gasoline engine that requires no transmission, crankshaft, pistons, valves, fuel compression, cooling systems or fluids. Their so-called Wave Disk Generator could...

Jay Leno's 1966 Ford Galaxie 500

It's amazing what connecting a snorkel to the intake of 4x4 Suzuki Samurai will let you do:

I took my '03 Accord V6 to the dealer to replace the timing belt. What I hate is their effort to bump up their sales. Here is what they wanted to upsell me on: * $445 to adjust the valves (even though they aren't noisy and my fuel mileage & performance are the same as new). * $180 to replace...

Even though this video was made for Subaru salesmen, it's still pretty interesting: Subaru AWD vs. Competition See the difference between Subaru AWD and everyone else. Not all AWD systems are created equal.

It's a Czech car designed before WW2. In this exclusive video, Jay visits John Long at Pebble Beach to get a close-up look at his rare Tatra T77. Developed by the legendary Hans Ledwinka and Paul Jaray, the revolutionary T77 may be the most aerodynamic production car ever made Features: *...

How an Open Differential Works - from 1937

I'm trying to remove two screws to get the map sensor off of my sister's '96 Honda Accord 4 cyl. The car has been through 14 years of Buffalo, NY winters and the screws are rusty. I am stripping the heads of the two Phillips screws without making any actual head way on actually loosening the...

VIDEO: Mythbusters test golf ball-like dimpling effect on fuel economy (*Spoiler Alert!*) Skip to the 40 minute mark to see if the purported "golf ball effect" is real: Quote: The Mythbusters must be closet car fans, because the hour-long show on the Discovery Channel seems to be producing...

June 1, 2009 The 31-Year-Old in Charge of Dismantling G.M. By DAVID E. SANGER WASHINGTON — It is not every 31-year-old who, in a first government job, finds himself dismantling General Motors and rewriting the rules of American capitalism. But that, in short, is the job description for Brian...