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If you've seen the latest episode (CLICK HERE) MOOG and his best mate Al (and some hanger-on bloke called Marty) have started ripping into the Fairlady refresh, and the first big job they knocked over was to change the sump. We all know oil is the lifeblood of your engine (and if you don't, READ THIS) so it makes sense that you need to firstly keep a constant supply to your engine, and secondly hold all that precious liquid gold where it needs to be held.  The sump on MOOG's 240 was made by Al and the lads five years ago and...

Rust is the one thing every car enthusiast hates dealing with. While it nearly always means you'll be going through the tedious process of painting and re-fitting a car, structural rust has the potential to kill a car outright.  If the actual structure to your car is compromised you really need to fix it for the safety of everyone in and around it. Similarly, catastrophic body rust needs to be fixed so your car doesn't fold up like a cheap deckchair if the worst was to happen. While it isn't a simple job, you can save your beloved nugget with...

 You may have seen Marty and MOOG's new project (CLICK HERE) and have questions about what the difference between all-wheel-drive and four-wheel-drive is. Funnily enough, "what the diff" actually gives you a huge hint to the answer. There are quite a few different all-wheel-drive systems out there from various manufacturers, including Volkswagen's HALDEX and SYNCRO,  Nissan's ATTESSA E-TS used in the BNR-generation Skyline GT-Rs, plus countless others. Many of them use the same basic engineering princlples that have been used since Jensen slapped the Ferguson-Formula AWD system in their Interceptor FF model to create AWD passenger cars.   Subaru's "symmetrical AWD" system...

If you've seen the latest episode (CLICK HERE) then you'll see Marty has prepped his self-proclaimed Greatest Japanese Car in the History of The Universe for more boost. We know this is good, but what is boost and why does everyone want more of it? All engines (even those strange triangle-shaped piston-less, God-less things called "rotaries") are simply air pumps which work on the old principle of "suck, squish, bang, blow". They suck air in, squish it with a bit of fuel mixed in, a bang known as combustion occurs, and then the engine blows the spent gases out the...

The latest episode of MCM pits MOOG's classic Honda B-series-swapped JDM Mini against one of the turbocharged, late-mode, BMW-designed Mini [CLICK HERE]. We know the original Mini is a legend, and has stood as a pop culture icon since it was introduced way back in 1959 - but did you know the Mini's legend really kicked off with modifying, and a little street-racing, too?  The original Mini launched in 1959 as the British Motors Corporation's way of transporting as many people as possible, as cheaply and efficiently as possible. While American cars were bloated, giant, and promoting excess over engineering, the Mini...