This can be made to work well. As a teenager I tried the technique seen from Mad Max, with an old rear wheel drive car. While travelling forward at speed, press the clutch fully in, allow the engine revs to drop so no load on gears. Then change into reverse, raise the revs to a high level (think...

I have a car that I rented through Alamo rental but the nearest Alamo location is over an hour from me, not to mention traffic. Can I return the Alamo car to the Enterprise (a parent company of Alamo) location 30 minutes or less from me. I am located in Newark, Texas.

TL;DR The problem you are encountering is the limited resolution of your speed plus fluctuation plus slightly different approaches to calculate power. And finally, you have to think about the term power at wheels. What exactly is power at wheels? I would say, this is the tangential force appli...

Your carbs are clogged with varnish and bad gas The remnants of gas that has evaporated are a gummy hard varnish inside of your carburetors. You have a bit of work to do. The entire bank of 4 carbs requires removal and cleaning. You can dunk the entire set in a 'bath' of solvent to eat away t...

We've had a lot of congrats for @DucatiKiller over the past few months. This one is special. 20k is a milestone and you've reached it brother! Great job on making this site awesome!

Just to post the OP's answer to get this closed out: "I just got a new battery a few months ago took the jeep up to napa they tested it n its a bad alternator."

I'm in the process of getting my 1986 Kawasaki GPX 750 back in running condition. The bike was sitting in the garage for two years. In this period it wasn't started even once. Two years ago the engine ran perfectly and I haven't tuned anything since then. What I did: Replaced all 4 sparkplugs ...

Multimeters I'm looking for some responses regarding multimeter basics for the site tag-wiki to point OP's at when we want them to use one. The question is; What are the basic functions of a multimeter? How would I troubleshoot a headlamp failure with a multimeter? How can I test a fuse with ...

Background There are quite a few head gasket related questions on the site. Coolant or water in the oil, oil in the coolant or water in a radiator, etc. I'm thinking that some instruction on howto use a leak down tester is in order. With that, I am interested in hearing responses related to t...

I would like to know the step by step troubleshooting procedure for discovering the source of oil appearing in coolant. There are several different points of failure that can be the root cause for oil in coolant. What are the various points in an engine that could be the source of oil appearin...

Brake Specific Fuel Consumption or BSFC Measuring various attributes of an ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) and how it performs certainly gives a greater understanding of how a particular ICE performs at various RPM's as well as give the ability to understand economy. Brake Specific Fuel Consum...

I have two questions. What is a tap and die set? and How do I use a tap and a die?

There are three different tests you can do to check your charging system and battery (there are others, but I'll just talk about the big three): Voltage with engine off Using a multimeter, select volts-dc on the selector switch, then put the red lead to the positive and black to the negative. F...

You can spend time identifying which cylinder is bad but in the end you need to replace both head gaskets If both head gaskets aren't failing the other one will fail soon. You may not know it yet but you don't want to replace just the single head gasket. You want to do both. If I were in your ...