Real World: Boosting Your Career with Turbocharger Service
One of the most common causes of poor turbo performance is bad shaft bearings, which often results in rubbing or binding between the compressor and turbine wheels and their housings.
Service Advisor: ‘Starting’ an Electrical System Diagnosis
Fixing Electrical System Faults the First Time Eliminates Returns
Service Advisor: Let It Ride
15 Ride Control Tips for Selling the Job Right
Performance Primer: Pursuing the Performance Mod Market
One of the advantages of doing import performance modifications and upgrades is that you don’t have to wait for cars to break to get business.
Crossword Puzzle: October 2009
Across 1. Electrical system safety valve 3. Screwdriver with cruciform point 9. Downforce-enhancing race-car appendage 10. Camshaft protrusions 11. Wire-wheel component 12. Shagadelic Jaguar driver Powers 14. Variable-____ power steering 16. Creature seen on car-wax label 19. US stock-car-racing association 21. Pink-slip possessor 24. Palindromic brake component 25. Radio adjunct in some windshields 26. Carries
Crossword Puzzle: September 2009
Across 1. Technician’s diagnostic drive (4,4) 5. Spindle synonym, ____ axle 9. Timing-belt alternative 10. Combination-wrench section (4,3) 11. Piston’s TDC to BDC travel 12. Fuel reservoirs 14. Adjective for auto-electric current 16. Negative battery cable 19. Item in power-window system 21. Intake-system item 24. Roadster accessory, ____ cover 25. Right-angle hydraulic or fuel fitting
Service Advisor: Giving the Sway Bar a Tune Up
Unless the chassis anti-roll bar — also called the sway bar or stabilizer — is making noise, it tends to be missed when the suspension is serviced. Here’s how to provide a proper undercar inspection to the Sway Bar components.
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Tire Talk – Turning Stock into Rock Part II
Wrappin’ Up Our Project Nissan Titan Truck from last Month (February issue)
Under the Hood: Dissecting GM’s Durable Duramax Diesel
When it was
introduced as a joint venture with Isuzu in 2001, GM’s Duramax made the Ward’s 10 Best Engines list for 2001. It also made the list the following year in 2002.
Performance Primer: Antiques Roadshow
Journeying Into the Restoration Market