Crossword Puzzle: March 2009
Across 1. Increases cylinder’s diameter 5. East, on a road map 8. Where rubber meets road, a.k.a. ____ patch 9. Industry term NVH is ____, vibration and harshness 10. Station wagon’s rearmost roof pillar (1,4) 11. Extended-mobility tire, in other words (3,4) 12. Cold-start devices on carbureted engines 14. Fifth word in right-side-mirror message 17.
Crossword Puzzle: November 2008
Across 1. Engine-block material, often (4,4) 5. Decorative interior and exterior bits 9. Auto-body section 10. Steering-system components (3,4) 11. A personal-watercraft brand (3,3) 12. Shafts on which wheels revolve 14. Flip-down sun shields 16. "American Chopper" family name 19. Tireless assembly-line worker 21. Term for dual-power vehicle 24. Trade term for windshield post (1,6)
Crossword Puzzle: October 2008
Across 1. Dimensions defining cylinder displacement (4,3,6) 8. Explosive ’07 Dodge model 9. Type of abnormal tire-tread wear 10. Diesel equivalent of gasoline octane 11. Hot-rod cylinder count, commonly 13. Piston-ring specification (3,3) 15. Safety device, trunk ____ latch 18. Term for replaceable cylinder sleeve 20. Cylinder inlets and outlets, ____ valves 23. Periodic engine-maintenance
Crossword Puzzle: September 2008
Across 1. Chassis-lubrication point (6,7) 8. Noisemaker in anti-theft system 9. Dealers’ service-department cars 10. Name on a dealership document 11. Really write off a ride 13. Variable-____ power steering 15. Slang, car built by now-defunct maker 18. Outer skin of military tank 20. Perennially-popular Honda model 23. Highest-bidder car sale 24. Relationship between gears
Crossword Puzzle: August 2008
Across 1. Crankshaft-runout measuring tool (4,9) 8. Unexpected engine stoppage 9. Shifter selection 10. Car-tunes source 11. Alignment-shop measurement (3,2) 13. Interstate-access path 15. Sylvester Stallone’s ’01 racing movie 18. Substance injected into windshield stone chip 20. Carmaker’s
Crossword Puzzle: May 2008
Across 1. Automotive anti-whiplash device 5. Straight-cut or ____ gear 9. Mr. MacPherson’s suspension invention 10. Brand name, broken fastener extraction tool (4,3) 11. Item connecting piston and crankshaft, briefly (3,3) 12. Trade talk for windshield pillar