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Have you ever been working on your car and gone to fit a part, only to discover you can't do up a bolt or a nut won't thread onto your car? You're probably trying to put the wrong format fastener into play, which is like trying to speak a foreign language to a deaf person at the Drive-Thru. Car-based fasteners are generally sized referring to the diameter of the thread, and the thread count (also referred to as “pitch”). The pitch is – roughly – the shape and spacing of the threads, which affects how they tighten down. But there are...

If your mad nugget has a manual transmission and you're planning on owning it for a while, then you're probably going to have to change the clutch at some point, just like Moog did in the latest episode HERE. But what is a clutch, how does it work, what upgrades can you do, and why does Moog put fish sauce on his ice cream? I'll aim to answer most of those questions below!  Basically a clutch is a mechanical linkage that transfers the power of your engine to the wheels, and is made up of three basic parts: the flywheel, the...

Winding a bolt in only to have it cross-thread is one of the most frustrating experiences you can have while working on your mad ride.  Fittings (bolts and nuts) are designed to have different size threads, and when trying to fit an incorrect bolt into the wrong threaded hole the mis-matched threads gall on each other and this is where the term "cross-threading" comes from. Sometimes, old bolts have been over-tightened, or get rusty and damaged, which stops the threads from cleanly meshing together as intended. Once a bolt or an internal thread is galled-up it needs to be re-cut (also known...

In a recent Mighty Car Mods episode we tested various professional and not so professional methods to clean up an old panel, in this article we dive a little deeper into the world of dolphin waxing

The latest episode of Mighty Car Mods (check it HERE) sees the boys revisit a piece of controversial technology from their past: the fake turbocharger! While it may sound silly to add an electronic speaker to your car that tries to imitate the sound of pressurised air escaping a blow-off valve the truth is many car manufacturers do it with their latest and greatest models!  Ford are guilty of spicing up the engine audio in their giant F-series pick-up trucks, including the mega-popular F-150, and even the four-cylinder Ecoboost Mustang. I have to say, though, if you just bought the...