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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...

G'day legends, Workshop Manuel here. I was sitting down with my morning cup of coffee and skipping around the neon wonderland otherwise known as the internet when I figured I'd try and do something more constructive with my time, like explaining the intricacies of high-end oiling systems!  If you watch much racing you may have heard of "dry sumps", which sound completely illogical. A sump (also known as an "oil pan" or "that thing I keep smashing off the bottom of my stanced E30 BMW") is basically the reservoir where all your oil runs back to in an engine or...

When the BRZ and its Toyota 86 sibling muscled their way into the sports car market people lauded Subaru for "finally building a sports car". While the BRZ is a cracker of a sports car, it wasn't Subaru's first attempt at building one.  Introduced to the world in 1985, Subaru’s first sports car went by many different names but had one central philosophy: bring new ideas to the sports car market. It was sold in front-wheel drive and all-wheel-drive layouts, with Subaru’s EA82 four-cylinder horizontally-opposed engines in aspirated and turbocharged formats later joined by their ER27 2.7-litre flat-six in some markets....