Tag: design
14 Posts
Jun 28, 2016
Newer Engines Are Packing More Ponies
Gary asks a great question: are today's engines producing more power per liter, or have horsepower ratings changed? Ray explains how even the most mundane modern cars produce impressive power.
Jul 21, 2015
Wear a Tinfoil Hat? These Inconspicuous Cars Keep It on the Downlow
So, you're a Doomsday prepper and you scan the skies for black helicopters like Henry Hill in Goodfellas. You need a car that's going to help you blend in with the crowd.
Sep 01, 2000
What should I study to pursue a career in the automotive industry?
I'm very interested in automobiles I get all the magazines read them from cover to cover and of course read your column and listen to your radio show every week I'm only a junior in high school and I want...
Aug 01, 2000
How fast to you have to be going for a spoiler to be of any use?
Are spoilers anything but a way for guys to identify a car as sporty I ask because my friend a guy is convinced that they give a driver more control by forcing the back end of the car down onto...
Jun 01, 1999
Why aren't headlights designed to shut off when you turn off the ignition?
Can you tell me why car makers don't connect the headlight switch to the ignition switch Every morning or after a heavy rain you drive into any parking lot and see a dozen cars parked with the headlights on resulting...
Apr 01, 1999
Why the switch from timing chains to timing belts?
I'm old enough to remember when cars had steel timing chains instead of rubber timing belts Finding a broken timing chain was as rare as finding a chicken with teeth My question is Why did manufacturers switch over to timing...
Nov 01, 1998
Why don't car manufacturers all put the gas filler on the same side of their cars?
Why do some manufacturers build their cars with the gas-tank filler tube on the driver's side and some put it on the passenger side My theory was that my Subaru had the gas- tank filler on the right side because...
Jul 01, 1998
Is the rotational speed of double overhead cams the same as a single?
I'm hoping that you two automotive geniuses I'm not kidding can settle a bet that I have with a co-worker He maintains that the benefit of double overhead cams is that the cams can rotate at half the speed of...
Aug 01, 1997
Do two-stroke engines still exist in cars?
The first car I drove in was a Saab with a two-stroke slant-three engine Friends jested that this was a lawnmower engine because I had to add a quart of oil to the gas tank every time I filled it...
