Across
1. Rotating part in starter motor
5. Lingerie for cars
9. Prize money paid by race promoter
10. Car-museum bigwig
11. Shock absorber ____ and rebound strokes
12. Remove an engine’s parts
14. Generic term for modified car
16. Piston’s TDC to BDC travel
19. Bond’s "Casino Royale" car, ____ Martin
21. Sole color on ’97 Plymouth Prowler
24. Engine-hood support (4,3)
25. Black-and-white roadkill
26. Instrument-panel surface, briefly
27. Journal on which connecting rod rides (5,3)

Down
1. Alternator output, you might say
2. Rear-view appendages
3. Alignment-rack measurement (3,2)
4. Word before arm, switch or panel
6. Item under distributor cap, perhaps
7. Term for ruined fastener thread
8. Car-stereo’s station-selection button
13. Sent to the salvage yard
15. Registration-document names
17. Vital engine-lubrication component (3,4)
18. Universal-joint component
20. Service technician’s investment
22. Windshield-star repair substance
23. Term for outer door panel