Gasoline internal combustion engines need three fundamental things: fuel, oxygen, and spark. The sexy aspects of modifying cars are focused on the first two elements: Double Pumper carburetors, ...

Q: I got a pretty good shock from one of my Toyota Camry’s spark-plug wires. I didn’t think much about it at the time other than to never touch them again when the engine is running. Later I mentioned ...

Bruce Springsteen said it best when he said, "You can't start a fire without a spark." While spark plugs may not be number one on your conversation hit parade, there is a whole raft of new, "designer" ...

In the past, car parts used to be rather finicky. You had to occasionally adjust the carburetor to ensure your car was getting the right amount of fuel. You had to check the coolant every season to ...

There are a million things that make a car run like it's supposed to and there are even more that make it run like crap. One of the most essential and often overlooked components of automotive ...

Spark plugs, which screw into the top of an engine’s cylinders, create the electric spark required to ignite the compressed air-fuel mixture in gas-powered engines. The right type of plug and the size ...