Under the Hood: COP Patrol – Tracking Down Coil-on-Plug Misfires
Modern engine management technology trends have been leaning toward more coil-on-plug (COP) ignition systems because they are very compact and adaptable to individual cylinder tuning.
Special Report: Training is an Attitude
It’s a fixed business expense just like heat, lights and insurance. Shop owners must be willing to change right along with vehicle technology to meet the challenges of the future.
Service Advisor: ‘Starting’ an Electrical System Diagnosis
Fixing Electrical System Faults the First Time Eliminates Returns
Tool Rules: Putting a Dyno to the ‘Test’
Because of the many assumptions of what a dyno can do for you, perhaps it is timely to look more closely at how you should think about dynos as a potential part of being an engine builder.
Performance Primer: Tuner and Hooch
Any engine builder worth his or her salt knows that when you design a race engine to run on alcohol, you always have to take into account the requirement of the extra fuel required. This may be as simple as changing out carburetor jets, upping the size of fuel injectors, or even redesigning the fuel delivery system to larger lines, multiple pumps, etc. These rules aren’t folklore created by fuel salesmen and the aftermarket; these rules all have a scientific reason behind them.
Performance Primer: Antiques Roadshow
Journeying Into the Restoration Market
Report Card: Sunfire Bursting with Power and Design
Patrick Roersma, a student at Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Rapids, MI, and owner of this Pontiac Sunfire, is this month’s Cover Student
FLASHERS!
Reprogramming vehicle computers takes special tools, certain know-how and a little risk…..
TT March 08 Pop Quiz: Power Control Modules
Power Control Modules.
Muscling in on Restoration & Performance Work
Adapted from Larry Carley’s article in Underhood Service