Many vehicle owners know about brake pads and their importance, but what about the brake calipers? Here's what they do and ...

Installing the pistons with the offset in one direction (offset against rotation) moves the torque curve down the rpm scale and can benefit a car that needs a stronger bottom end. Now, if the ...

You may have heard your car has a four-stroke engine, but you're not sure what that means. Why are there four? And what is a stroke, anyway? A modern gas engine most commonly uses pistons and a ...

and dropped the car on the ground in 30 minutes—no better off for my effort. That half hour included some head scratching over the pistons that I couldn’t retract, preventing me from ...