`Last month we pitched the stock rear suspension on a '71 Buick Skylark and installed a Dick Miller Racing (DMR) rear suspension system in an effort to get the car to hook at the racetrack. The ...

When designing the suspension and ride characteristics of most factory cars engineers are primarily concerned that grandmothers won't spill their coffee or complain about poor ride quality. The result ...

Automotive design has come a long way since Karl Benz designed the Patent Motorwagen in the late 1800s, and Henry Ford brought the T-4 powered Model T to the masses in 1908. Those early cars were ...

Ever think about wheeling a sheet of plywood off road? Try it. Have your buddy tow a 4x8-foot sheet of plywood behind his 4x4 down the trail. Heck, even a graded dirt road would do, and you ll develop ...

I took my car to my local dealer for service and MoT. I asked them to investigate a clanking noise at the rear of the vehicle at the same time. The car was returned with a fresh MoT certificate after ...

If drum brakes and flat-tappet camshafts are old-school technology, then springs are quite literally ancient. In some respects the wooden bows and catapults used by medieval knights to bludgeon their ...