We firmly believe that sometimes even the longest-tenured hot-rodder should pause for a moment and recognize his or her journey in the hobby; take time to look back to where it all began and think ...

Modifying your spark plugs by "side gapping" is a legendary tuner trick. Does it actually boost horsepower, or is it just a ...

Some upgrades sound faster just because of the name. Performance spark plugs are definitely in that category. The name alone suggests extra power, better combustion, and maybe a little boost in fuel ...

Fitting a gasoline-powered car engine with frikkin’ laser spark plugs may seem like one sci-fi step too far, but since it improves the combustion and cleans-up the exhaust, it may be the gas engine’s ...

Romanian-Japanese team in talks to commercialise product which could revolutionise car industry Lasers could soon replace spark plugs in cars to make engines greener, according to researchers. Experts ...

Two or three lasers are focused to ignite fuel in more than one place Car engines could soon be fired by lasers instead of spark plugs, researchers say. A team at the Conference on Lasers and ...

A gas engine needs fuel, air, and spark to get its internals chugging along. Take any of these out of the equation and the engine will have a fit. While the automotive industry shifts toward fully ...

Spark plugs play a key role in keeping your engine running, since it's that little jolt of electricity that ignites the fuel/air mixture in a motor's cylinders. And that little spark has to be ...

Many car owners take the mighty spark plug for granted. It’s a simple yet crucial device that’s responsible for delivering the spark that ignites the fuel mixture in your engine. There’s more to it ...

One of the best ways to gain automotive knowledge is simply by asking the two-word question: “What is (a part, theory, thing)?” and locking in the definition after it is given. We’ll take a flier and ...