Ever wonder how your transmission knows to shift gears? Why is it that when you stop, the engine doesn't die? We're here to show you how cars work. We recently looked at manual transmissions. This ...

The most popular transmission modifications for cars equipped with automatics are valve body reprogramming kits and torque converters. Valve body kits are generally called upon to increase shift ...

Thanks to the ever-growing popularity of restored and cloned Max Wedge and Race Hemi-powered '62-'65 Dodge and Plymouth Super Stockers, many builders are quickly learning that the early ('62-'65) ...

Just like the foot bone's connected to the leg bone, it's only natural to think that a car's engine is connected to its rear wheels. This seemingly reasonable assumption would be wrong—at least in ...

Torque converters appear to be a bunch of mysterious whirlwind motion inside a spinning shell that transmits an engine’s power to the transmission and rear wheels. Although they seem complex, torque ...

Torque converter gearboxes are automatic, but not all automatics are torque converters. Some cars use something called a dual-clutch gearbox, while others use a continuously variable transmission (CVT ...

General Motors has issued a Customer Satisfaction Program detailing the repair procedures to be applied to certain 2024 Chevy Equinox units that may have an out-of-spec torque converter spring ...

SHANGHAI: The Chinese arm of German autoparts maker Schaeffler has rolled off the assembly line its one-millionth torque converter from Taicang Plant. Torque converters not only give vehicles greater ...