Understanding key performance differences between solvent and water-based coatings will afford you a more durable finish, more consistent color results, and more efficient production.
How to find the most commonly sought-after facts needed for proper Nissan repairs, and some added benefits available to technicians with a subscription.
Not that many years ago, the advanced safety systems found on Mercedes-Benz vehicles would’ve been considered science fiction, and there’s no question that they’ve helped prevent thousands of accidents. So, you sure don’t want to compromise their functionality during collision repair.
Creative work, indeed, and if tempered by these tips, profitable, safe, and pleasurable. Between racing, various projects, and the holidays, we finally got to sit down and discuss the last bits for this article. My last question for Dan Bowers was, “What things...
This issue of Performance Technician features a major article on restoration. Fabrication is often a major part of that pursuit, so our man Greg visited the best “make-anything” shop he knows of to create this story. In the early days of automobiles, the U.S. was a “fabrication nation,” but now the necessary skills and talent are rare.
Is tuning an engine for maximum performance and/or fuel efficiency an art or a science? We’ll cover the basic and specialty tools every tuner should have in his/her tool box.
In this issue, we focus on brake friction material, why combustion chamber volume is critical to know in calculating true mechanical compression ratio of an engine, why a supercharged engine doesn’t have to be difficult to tune, and,why setting up your differential properly is critical.
