For most of us, purchasing a vehicle and leaving things untouched is nigh on impossible. Apparently it's ingrained in our hot rod DNA to mess with things better left alone. Sometimes, however, it's ...

Over the past few years, we have run across some teams who, for the goal of attaining maximum power, chose to run without an alternator. We started thinking about that and decided to see if there were ...

For car enthusiasts and performance seekers, optimizing engine response is a thrilling endeavor. Ignition systems play a pivotal role in enhancing this aspect by delivering precise sparks that ignite ...

The ignition system’s job is to ignite the air-fuel mixture in a gasoline engine. In addition to the spark plugs that spark in the combustion chambers, the ignition system consists of an ignition coil ...

The ignition is easily the most misunderstood system in any car. Most enthusiasts treat ignitions like some sort of weird, black magic/voodoo curse best left alone until it fails. Either that or they ...

Heat initiates the internal combustion process. Diesel engines utilize the temperature buildup from extremely high compression (pressure) to ignite the air/fuel mixture, with a little help from glow ...