On an April Saturday in 1981, Mick and Jo Wildin found themselves traveling through a dimension of time between sports car purity and modern comfort, a journey whose boundaries were that of 1970s ...
1.2L I-3 DOHC, MIVEC variable valve control, regular unleaded, engine with 78HP (1) 1.2L I-3 DOHC, MIVEC variable valve control, regular unleaded, engine with 78HP (1) 1.2L I-3 DOHC, MIVEC variable ...
His automotive adventure started reporting on various motorsport events as a sports writer before moving onto a full-time auto career with various sites, including This Week In Motors and ...
Marketed under the Fairlady moniker in Japan, the 280ZX is the second generation of the Z car. Crowned Import Car of the Year 1979 by Motor Trend, the 280ZX gained T-bar roof panels that can be stored ...
A big engine plus a small car generally equals fun. It’s just science. Well, science and a ton of engineering. Luckily Michael Tung and girlfriend Jordan Easter are both engineers (Easter, 28 years ...
Back in the day, when my car needed to be fixed, I used to take it apart Friday night and hope to have it back together for work or school on Monday. It was a constant ticking clock. Thankfully, now ...
About a decade ago I lost my Mazda Miata track car to a flood in my garage that drowned it under four feet of water. After buying it back from the insurance company and parting it out to a friend, I ...
The engine itself seems to be based on the L26 or L28 from the 260Z or 280Z, but bored out to 89 mm for a displacement of 2.9 liters. Compression is elevated from the L26’s 8.8:1 in the 260Z to 12.5:1 ...
1.2L I-3 DOHC, MIVEC variable valve control, regular unleaded, engine with 78HP (1) 1.2L I-3 DOHC, MIVEC variable valve control, regular unleaded, engine with 78HP (1) 1.2L I-3 DOHC, MIVEC variable ...