Some people consider the vacuum gauge a lowly instrument that might have been part of a DYI tune-up kit decades ago. Think about it for a minute, though, and you’ll realize how basic and important the info it gives you really is.
Publications
StarTuned October 2014
In this issue: Always Spinning: Variable Displacement A/C Compressors; Be a Door Man; Installing Custom Aftermarket Wheels & Tires; Variable Length Intake Manifold Operation & Maintenance
Torque Benders, Part 2: Detailed Procedures
Last time, we discussed the basic design, failures, and what it takes to freshen up a differential. Here, we’re going to get deeply hands-on.
Torque Benders, Part 1: Differential Basics
With RWD, you’re making all that horsepower up front, but you’ve got to make it do a 90-degree turn to spin those tires. That’s got to be hard on the mechanism — downright brutal in any kind of racing. Here’s how to get started putting the pieces back together, and a set-up shortcut, too.
