Sudden brake failure is, fortunately, a fairly rare occurrence. When it happens, it’s usually due to catastrophic loss of ...

For most drivers, the real budget killer is not a blown engine or a totaled car, it is the small problem that quietly ...

Here’s an update on the 1991 Pontiac Grand Prix STE restoration. Actually it is now a 1992 STE, but allow me to explain. Finding parts has been feast or famine, mostly famine. In particular, the ...

If you’ve ever noticed two perpendicular stripes running the length of a brake hose and thought they were just racing stripes or some kind of barcode, think again. These brake hose torque stripes ...

In the grand scheme of car maintenance, few jobs are more important to be done routinely and correctly than brake replacements. More important than getting a car to run is getting it to stop, so it's ...

There are many, many fluids your car needs to keep running properly, and much like those in the human body, things can go very badly if you have too much or not enough. Most of these liquids are ...

When race-day stories are told, the spotlight usually falls on horsepower, suspension geometry, or clever pit-strategy calls. Yet seasoned engineers know that championships are just as often won—or ...