Engine Mounts 101: A Basic Guide to Choosing Engine Mounts

It’s a dirty, thankless job, but someone (or something) has to do it. Deep down in the abyss of your engine bay, engine mounts are tasked with the tough job of holding your engine in place. They typically attach your engine to three or four points on your vehicle’s frame or subframe. An engine mount’s job description also

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Quick Tech: How to Keep Your Race Fuel Fresh Between Seasons

Racing season is winding down in many parts of the country, but that doesn’t mean your remaining race fuel has to go to waste. Although race fuel is often stored for several months between racing seasons, there are steps you can take to keep it as fresh as possible for next season. According to the folks at Sunoco

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Mailbag: What Causes My Engine to Shake After Cold Startup?

Q: I have a couple of problems I hope you can help me solve. I have a 1969 383 Mopar that shakes right after the first cold startup, but only if it’s been longer than 24 hours since the engine was last running. I was told this might be because the electric choke on my Edelbrock

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Throwback Thursday: The Ads That Introduced the Chevy Camaro 50 Years Ago

Fifty years ago this month, the Chevrolet Camaro was unveiled and unleashed to battle the Ford Mustang. Chevrolet introduced the pony car to the press in mid-September at press events in both Detroit and Los Angeles. By the end of the month, the Camaro was officially on sale at dealerships. As we celebrate the 5oth anniversary of the Chevy

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LS Crate Guide: A Guide to LS Crate Motor Options for Your Next Engine Swap or Restomod

General Motors’ LS (Gen. III/IV) series of engines is the engine swap king these days. In addition to the parade of factory LS-powered late-model cars, you’ll find LS engines in old-school street rods, resto-modded vintage muscle cars, classic trucks, and even asphalt-chewing race cars. There are three ways to make an LS swap happen. You can supply your own LS-equipped donor

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Ride Guides: A Quick Guide to Identifying 1963-73 Buick Rivieras

What the world’s most interesting man says is true. Buick Rivieras aren’t the most common car you’ll see at a car show (unless it’s a Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac show). But when you’re lucky enough to stumble upon one, it’s usually a first-, second, or third-generation model. Although there were eight iterations of the Riviera through 1999, these first three generations

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Our 2016 Readers’ Choice Winners Revealed!

Car fanatics are never short on opinions. For the past two weeks, we’ve asked you to share those opinions on the important issues. Issues that divide America. Issues like: What’s the best automotive brand? Who makes the best engine? What’s the best current model truck? From your answers and opinions, we determined the winners of our

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