VIDEO: Why Choose An Ultra-Premium Brake Job?
With the premium break job you’re addressing a lot more of the hardware on the vehicle. This video is sponsored by ADVICS.
Walker ‘Fall Rewards’ Promotion Offers Service Technicians $15 For Each Qualifying Emissions Control Product Installation
Running Sept. 1 through Oct. 31, 2017, the promotion offers participating service professionals a chance to take home up to $500 in rewards.
BORLA Releases Pro Installer Catalog
The catalog is designed for the professional installer and includes an extensive range of BORLA products, including mufflers, resonators, bends, elbows, brackets, hangers, clamps, straight tubing and tips.
CORSA Performance Offers 2015 Ford F-150 Premium Exhaust Systems And Resonator Delete Kits
CORSA Performance has engineered new cat-back exhaust systems acoustically tuned specifically for the 2015 Ford F-150. For a more aggressive sound, the company offers resonator delete kits to replace stock resonators for the new F-150, really waking up the exhaust note of the 2015 F-150. CORSA’s new 2015 Ford F-150 exhaust system, available for most
Tenneco Showcases Lightweight Technologies For Emission Control Systems
Tenneco recently displayed lightweight technologies designed to reduce vehicle emissions and improve fuel economy by helping automakers reduce total vehicle weight. The technologies were featured at the opening of the American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute (ALMMII), in Detroit’s Corktown historic district. Tenneco is a member of the public-private partnership created in 2014 to develop
The DeLorean – Back From the Past Part II
This article explores performance modifications that have been developed for the DeLorean from the time of its release to the present day. Although anything is possible, performance modifications over the past 30 years have focused primarily on the areas of engine modification (or replacement), and suspension modifications. I won’t be getting into time travel modifications – those are beyond the scope of this article.
Tech Tip: Installing Timing Belt Covers with Guides for 2001 Hyundai Sonata, Santa Fe
Some 2001 Hyundai Sonata and Santa Fe vehicles may experience rough running, rough idle, lack of power at low rpm, or
the check engine light on. This may be caused by the exhaust camshaft coming out of time, which can be fixed by installing a new timing belt cover.
Performance Exhausts for Late-Model Vehicles
What’s hot in exhaust performance products? Bolt-on free-flowing exhaust systems for diesel trucks, big bore mufflers for sport compact cars, and low restriction street performance mufflers for cars like Mustangs, Pontiac G8s, Dodge Chargers and Chevy Corvettes. The diesel market has been really hot lately. Turbo diesel engines are a popular option in full-size Dodge,
Diagnostic Solutions: Exhausting the Possibilities…Performance Upgrades
Depending upon the market to which an import shop might be catering, the term “performance exhaust” can have two different meanings. The first market actively seeks out the throaty rumble and chrome-plated look as part of the street-driving scene. The second market installs an exhaust system that produces the most horsepower for a performance application.
Exhaust Noise: How Much is Too Much?
Exhaust noise sells mufflers and pipes. Exhaust noise can be irritating, as when an original equipment muffler or pipe rots and blows out. Or, it can be pleasing in the case of a high performance vehicle with a throaty growl when it accelerates. Either way, noise generates exhaust work and parts sales. How people react