Set aside, for the moment, your pride and enjoyment in mastery of clutch pedal and stick. Mastery is a fine thing, necessity another, and shifting—active, thoughtful gear selection—no longer requires ...

Transmissions, especially automatic transmissions, can be a little bit difficult to understand sometimes. There are valve bodies, brand brakes, selector forks—it’s all a bunch of jargon that often ...

The third-generation Toyota MR2, which launched in 1999, had all the ingredients to be called a baby Ferrari: a mid-engine layout, rear-wheel drive, and a sporty exterior. Another aspect that added to ...

And what if there's a big lever that you use to go up one gear and go down to another? What if that lever only lets you go up or down gears, well, in sequence? FCP Euro, an online parts shop, made ...

So you want to get to better know the inner workings of a V-8 engine, and, perhaps, how a sequential gearbox works? Well, you could always build your own. Out of Legos. MUST SEE: Angry Supercar Hater ...

Since its moonshining birth, NASCAR’s transmission of choice has been the manual. The series played with patterns and the number of gears through its history, but the clutch and shifter have never ...

Bill France Sr. started the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing in 1948, and over the years, no fewer than six generations of cars have been fielded. “Next Gen” is how the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The compact, organized pattern for drivers wasn’t always so easily recognized, but it has helped cars become safer and more ...

View post: Amazon’s ‘Handy’ Multitool Pen Is Now Only $8 — And It Makes a Great Stocking Stuffer The present H-pattern shifter traces it roots back to a Borg-Warner unit from the 1930s. The Xtrac ...

Editor’s note: Bozi Tatarevic is a professional racing mechanic and pit crew member. He will provide technical analysis for NASCAR.com throughout the 2022 season. The Next Gen car made its debut on a ...