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Fuel Pump and Regulator Test Check
Check Fuel Pump and Regulator Test Typical Bosch injection System Your car's engine depends on constant fuel under pressure to supply the fuel injection system properly. Your car's fuel pump performs this action and is located in or near the gas tank. The injection system meters fuel through the fu ...
Fuel Pump Replace
How to Replace a car Electric Fuel Pump The fuel delivery system is vital to the car's engine performance. The engine is designed to operate on a specific fuel system pressure. To maintain constant pressure, the fuel pump is located in the fuel tank or as close as possible to the tank. The electric ...
Fuses How To Check
How To Check Car Fuses Electrical fuses protect vulnerable electrical circuits from shorts and burnt wiring. There is basically only one way a fuse can fail and that is, for at least a second there was a short circuit to ground that caused the fuse to blow. Most car fuse panels are located under th ...
Ground effect
Ground effect explained Ground effect is a term applied to a series of aerodynamic effects used in car design, which has been exploited to create downforce, particularly in racing cars. This has been the successor to the earlier dominant aerodynamic theory of streamlining. IndyCars employ ground ef ...
H-point Explained
Car H-point Explained In vehicle design and especially automotive design, the H-point (or hip-point) is the theoretical, relative location of an occupant's hip, specifically the pivot point between the torso and upper leg portions of the body, either relative to the floor of the vehicleor relative ...
Handbrake turn
Car Handbrake turn explained The handbrake turn is a driving technique used to deliberately slide a car sideways, either for the purpose of negotiating a very tight bend quickly, or for turning around well within the vehicle's own turning circle. The driver starts by using steering input to transfe ...
Handling explained
Car handling explained Automobile handling and vehicle handling are descriptions of the way wheeled vehicles perform transverse to their direction of motion, particularly during cornering and swerving. It also includes their stability when moving in steady state condition. Handling and braking are ...
Heater Not Working
Car Heater Not Working Your car's heater is a life saver in cold weather. Before attempting to repair your cars heater, you should understand how your heater system works. First, on this page is an explanation of how the car heater system functions, further down the page are some pointers on heater ...
Heel-and-toe technique
Heel-and-toe technique explained Heel-and-toe is a driving technique used mostly in performance driving,although some drivers use it on the road in everyday conditions in the interest of effectiveness. It involves operating the throttle and brake pedals simultaneously with the right foot, while fac ...
Honda ECU upgrades
Honda ECU car Remaps Guide to possible BHP and Torgue improvement, on Honda cars with ECU remapping or upgrade. Model Variant Original BHP Tuning Performance Accord 1.8 115 BHP Stage 1: ECU Remap +11 BHP +18 Nm Torque Accord 1.8 136 BHP Stage 1: ECU Remap +11 BHP +18 Nm Torque Accord 1.9 134 BHP St ...
Honda Wheel PCD & Offsets Guide
Honda Wheel PCD & Offsets Size Guide Model Year PCD Offset Bore Accord 90 to 00 4×114.3 38 to 45 64.1 Accord 01 on 5×114.3 45 to 50 64.1 Aerodeck 97 to 01 4×114.3 35 to 42 64.1 Civic 84 to 00 4×100 35 to 45 56.1 Civic 00 to 03 4×100 35 to 45 56.1 Civic 04 on 5×114.3 40 to 50 64.1 Civic Type R 01 – ...
How an Alarm System Works
How an Alarm System Works Car alarms are an electronic device which is designed to prevent burglary and warn the owner if a theft attempt is being made. Usually a car alarm will output a high pitched sound when the system is triggered by vibration, close or open of trigger switches, sensing of smal ...
How to Remove Headless Bolts
How to Remove Headless car Bolts Removing car studs Studs are headless bolts threaded at both ends with plain metal between or threaded along their whole length. On the type with a thread at both ends, clamp self-locking grips on the plain section to undo the stud section. Where there is no threadl ...
How to Use a feeler gauge
How to Use a feeler gauge A Typical Car feeler Gauge A feeler gauge has a number of thin stainless steel blades, each one of a stated thickness. The figures printed on the blades refer to the thickness in either thousands of an inch ('thou'). or hundredths of a millimetre. You can tell which is whi ...
Hyundai ECU upgrades
ECU Remapping for Hyundai Guide to possible BHP and Torgue improvement, on Hyundai cars with ECU remapping or upgrade. Model Variant Original BHP Tuning Performance Accent 1.3 82 BHP Stage 1: ECU Remap +8 BHP +12 Nm Torque Accent 1.5 97 BHP Stage 1: ECU Remap +9 BHP +13 Nm Torque Accent 1.5 CRDi 82 ...
Hyundai Wheel PCD & Offsets Guide
Hyundai Wheel PCD & Offsets Size Guide Model Year PCD Offset Bore Accent 94 to 00 4×114.3 35 to 45 67.1 Accent 01 on 4×100 35 to 45 54.1 Atoz & Amica 98 on 4×114.3 35 to 45 67.1 Coupe/Tiburon 95 to 01 4×114.3 35 to 45 67.1 Coupe/Tiburon 02 on 5×114.3 35 to 45 67.1 E Lantra 01 on 4×114.3 35 to 45 67 ...
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