Some safety items are designed to protect you in case of a fire: fire suits, fire extinguishers, etc. A fuel cell is designed to prevent automotive fires altogether, making it one of the most-important pieces of safety equipment you’ll ever choose. As such, we thought it might be a good idea to provide you some tips
It’s that time of year where you might find yourself running late to work. Even worse, you might have to wake up early just to warm up your car, scrape the windows, and deal with the icy roads. Fortunately, we’ve found a way to significantly help with one of those areas: clearing frost from your windshield. WATE-TV
Learn how to properly break in a newly purchased crate engine to ensure long engine life and that your warranty stays intact by watching this video. It will cover: 1. Pre-lubing the engine (which you should do on the engine stand). 2. Evaulating your radiator, cooling requirements, and which coolant to use. 3. Fuel usage
Universal or direct-fit? California or one of the 49 other states? What’s the right catalytic converter grade? These are the questions MagnaFlow covers in this video which will teach you the basics of choosing a catalytic converter for your particular vehicle application. Check it out, then learn how to diagnose catalytic converter problems, and how to stay emissions
There have been plenty of articles penned on how to assemble AN hose (and hose ends). The process is pretty straightforward. Get it wrong and you’ll have a leaky fitting. Get it right and you’ll have a good-looking and equally functional component. In between, you can mar the fittings, leave unsightly (and potentially faulty) gaps, and generally
[portfolio_slideshow id=48555] No one likes sweating in a hot car in the middle of summer, and it’s especially infuriating when there is a perfectly good air conditioning system on board that doesn’t exactly function like it should. The 1999-2007 Silverado/Sierra/Tahoe, and other similar GM trucks all suffer from several maladies that eventually affect the HVAC
Whether it’s in your bathroom or on your race machine, car plumbing can be an exercise in frustration—especially when you finish the job, turn on the faucet or switch on the pump, and discover you have more leaks than flow. While we can’t really help you with your bathroom, we can show you how to
The principle is simple: Air and fuel plus ignition equals horsepower; therefore, more air and fuel equals more horsepower. It’s the equation that nitrous systems manufacturers use to help produce incredible power gains—in some cases up to 400 extra ponies—in everything from sport compacts to dedicated race vehicles. Still, many performance enthusiasts don’t fully understand
If you’re experiencing leaking fuel injectors, you might think new O-rings will correct your engine’s fuel delivery problems, but you’d probably be wrong. O-rings might do the job but usually they are only a temporary fix. If your fuel system is leaking all over the intake manifold through the injectors, you’ll need to replace the injectors.
Watch this video from Power Nation and Summit Racing, and let tech expert and OnAllCylinders contributor Jeff Smith show you how to set lifter pre-load on a small block Chevy engine. It’s as simple as remembering to abbreviations—EO and IC. EO is exhaust opening. IC is intake closing. First, Smith walks you through the manual
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