This is a sales pitch for Mobil 1.  I've used that lube in a wide variety of high and low mile vehicles--including my lawn mowers--for ages with superb results.  That said, I price shop and buy a competitive synthetic if/when it's available at a significantly cheaper price. ... View more

They're both ugly. ... View more

Heinz Prechter was also a cordial gentleman, totally honest in every endeavor.  What he lacked in stature he more than made up in graciousness.  The world is a lesser place without him. ... View more

Forgot to tell us this car is a Sprite.  To my knowledge, no one has ever perished by electrocution from a car's ignition.  Heart attack?  maybe.  I too have had excellent luck replacing points with Pertronix systems.  Would not hurt to clean some of the filth off the distributor before installing same. ... View more

A once credible but long gone source in Germany was told by Wutherich that he, not Dean, was driving the car at the time of the crash.  Wutherich's severe left hip injuries were consistent with that seating arrangement. ... View more

There are treatments for this affliction but electricity is involved. ... View more

Another significant factor diminishing Bonneville's viability is global climate change.  My suggestion is to visit this alluring spot in Utah ASAP before it's gone. ... View more

The point of Honda's NR750 was that use of oval pistons allowed 8 valves per cylinder for greatly enhanced volumetric efficiency (better breathing). ... View more

Coolant flow from the rear engine was routed through the large, single front-mounted radiator. ... View more

I was employed as an engineer at Chrysler in 1968. Since I was still wet behind the ears and owned a Hemi Road Runner, one engine lab assignment was to test drive two candidate camshafts for the coming 440 Six Pack.  It was a simple matter of driving two cars back to back on the Davidson freeway near Chrysler's Highland Park, Michigan, headquarters.  I did so and reported my preference for the cam which was stronger at the low end albeit as some high end output.  That camshaft subsequently arrived in the production model. ... View more

what's 'infamous' about Ford's potent 427 cu in V-8 engine?  It was the perfectly obvious means of speeding up Lola's uncompetitive sports racer. ... View more

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Wrangler would have offered a V-8 of some sort ages ago were it not for the difficulty in passing front impact into a barrier crash tests with the engine bay topped off with engine. Adding the necessary crush space would alter the appearance from the classic Jeep snub-nosed proportions. I wouldn't count on any Hemi here.  ... View more

smart choices except for the Jeep.  They will be too common to appreciate.  The Corvette plant will be lucky to built 10,000 2020 cars, not 20k.  And only chunk of the roof is removable, not the whole top. ... View more

I have no regrets.  The first generation of any important car is invariably more desirable.  Adding the larger engine and other mods helped my car keep up with subsequent performance improvements.  Another reason I admire the '79 RX-7 is because I set a record at Bonneville in 1978 at 180 mph and raced one at Daytona with racing beat.  Please note the C111 hand out photo from Mercedes shows a diesel, not their 3- or 4-rotor Wankel. ... View more

60 degree V-6s offer smoother running and even firing intervals but they lack sufficient space between the cylinder heads to accommodate high flow induction tracks and the jet ignition system used by the Nettuno V-6. ... View more

Nik Berg and Sr. Valentini both neglected to mention that a hard working pair of turbochargers are of course instrumental in the Nettuno engine's spectacular specific output.  And that Mahle's Jet Ignition system is rapidly spreading throughout the auto industry.  And that Honda's CVCC engines previewed Nettuno's dependable ignition approach 45-50 years ago. ... View more

I've never found driving to be an appropriate means of resurrecting any dead car.  After verifying the crankshaft will rotate with a hand-operated wrench with all spark plugs removed and the cylinders well lubricated, I suggest checking internal working surfaces with a bore scope.   Brakes should be inspected statically, one corner at a time.  Look for terminally rusted rotor or drum surfaces. With someone operating the pedal, verify wheel cylinder, caliper, or pad movement that stops a hand-rotated wheel. This is also the opportune time to shake the rim in search of wobbly wheel bearings, worn suspension bushings, and loose tie-rod ends. An assistant should move the steering wheel while you monitor all downstream linkage action. Hand turning drive- and half-shafts will expose their viability. Replacing all working fluids--oil, gas, brake fluid, coolant--is an excellent idea before the engine is started and any driving attempt is mounted. Patience in the early stages will pay off with a lower likelihood of damaging potentially hard to find working parts. ... View more

Dino wears no prancing horse because it was never intended to be a  Ferrari in spite of they fact the F-boys manufactured this power pony. ... View more

My stomach churns and head throbs when I read Bronco and new Corvette in the same sentence!  Let's all hope Ford is smart enough to offer a special OJ package--too-small gloves included--on its new B machine. ... View more

Ford abandoned Twin I beams for most applications because there are instances during hard cornering where the excessive camber change results in jacking--the outboard corner of the vehicle rising precipitously--and in too many cases roll over.  It's a fundamentally flawed designed when used at either end of a vehicle. Combine it with faulty Firestone tires and you get deaths and law suits galore. ... View more

Author neglected to mention whether this replacement has bore liners.  None are evident in the Jag supplied photos.  Odd that the front cam drive cover is also included. ... View more

Tobias Moers bailed from Mercedes-AMG to head Aston Martin in May of this year. ... View more

Neither Kyle nor Jason said anything about the WET performance of these remarkable brakes.  There are no surface slots or cross-drilled holes in the rotor to help flush moisture from between the pads and rotor surfaces.  What about that boys?? Also, who supplies Porsche with this advanced technology? ... View more

$7300 for 2LT is hardly a bargain when the camera center mirror works poorly, base seats are leather, and every iPhone offers handy navigation.  I skipped that option and will report my satisfaction without it as soon as Bowling Green comes across with my C8.  Don Sherman ... View more

In a rotary engine, the output (more accurately eccentric) shaft is not 'geared.' There is, however, one pair of gears per rotor: the smaller one with external teeth is fixed, the larger one with internal teeth is attached to the inside of the rotor.  These gears merely keep the rotor and eccentric shaft motion in phase and do not transmit torque.  ... View more

Given the half-dozen racing series mentioned here, the casual motorsports enthusiast would benefit from a terse definition of the inscrutable class structure. ... View more

The brake drums mentioned in the 1963 Corvette Z06 text were cast iron, not steel.  Steel is never used for brake drums or rotors except in motorcycles where stainless steel avoid a rusty appearance.  The particular type of cast iron used instead is Meehanite, a nodular material developed by the company of the same name. ... View more

Jason is talking PRESSURE, not force pressing the piston down during combustion. ... View more