For years, beltdriven timing drives have been the accepted standard in NASCAR Nextel Cup racing. The same holds true in the Busch Series and Truck Series as well as other top touring racing series.

Unless you own a Yugo, you probably already realize that your car’s engine is a meticulously designed and engineered hunk of metal. Even so, you may not know that if one part of the engine fails, it ...

Your car's internal combustion engine requires a massive amount of individual parts to make it run. From the tiniest nuts and bolts to hulking crankshafts and engine blocks, modern motors are composed ...

The following was published in CCJ's Equipment Maintenance Toolkit, 8th edition, sponsored by Valvoline Heavy Duty. CCJ's Equipment Maintenance Toolkit is a complementary industry resource, courtesy ...

Cobus has never been able to keep his car opinions to himself and at age 12, he expressed them in no uncertain terms to a certain motoring magazine’s editor. It was the first of many times he would be ...

Car crafting is all about adapting late-model factory pieces to our older muscle cars. The conversion has to be simple, easy to work on, and best of all-inexpensive. Our show car cousins love those ...

When you consider the durability of serpentine belt drive systems it makes you wonder how we ever got along without them. For decades we dealt with all of the frustrations of V-belt drive, belt ...

A wet timing belt is similar to a traditional timing belt, although in this instance, it actually sits inside the engine and is run in an oil bath. Much like a typical belt, wet timing belts are made ...

I'm buying my granddaughter a 2004 Holden Cruze. The car has travelled exactly 100,000kms and has a full service history but there is no evidence the timing belt has been changed. The salesman in the ...