Turbocharging has been around for over a century. A Swiss engineer named Alfred Büchi is credited with patenting the first ...

"Horsepower" and "torque" rank among the most confusing automotive terms. To understand just what these terms mean, you must first grasp the concepts of "work" and "power." WORK:The movement of an ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

If you're a classic muscle car enthusiast, you probably know which of the era's most powerful production V8s were in terms of horsepower, but have you ever wondered which were the torquiest? During ...

Although Pontiac is not a car brand you find on the market today, it was a major player in the muscle car era and for a few decades afterward. This was the GM brand that tended to do things its own ...

General Motors released the new 3.0L I6 LZ0 turbodiesel Duramax engine in conjunction with the launch of the 2023 Chevy Silverado 1500 and 2023 GMC Sierra 1500, offering more power and torque than the ...

It is often necessary to use an extension on a torque wrench when tightening a fastener. I am often asked if the use of such extensions will affect the wrench's accuracy. They willifthe extension is ...

Coming from a big Italian family, Anthony relishes in being the black sheep as the only adrenaline junkie. Even though he has gone bungee-jumping, rock-climbing, cliff diving, fought in mixed martial ...