When you pay good money for horse-power, you want that power to go to the wheels as planned. Cars with manual transmission have a virtual Twilight Zone of variables, so to speak, that can rob you of ...

We left off in part one of our Mustang transmission removal and replacement with the transmission on the ground, a fresh clutch in hand and a resurfaced flywheel for it to mate up to. Now let's finish ...

The clutch is one of the major wearing parts in manual transmission equipped Corvettes. In part 1 of this series we showed the tranny removal. Now let’s take a look at parts options, important ...

Automotive clutches have been in use for more than a century, including the Mustang for 50 years. When the Mustang was introduced in 1964, manual three-speed and four-speed models used crude ...

Here's a for instance for you. You're sitting in your car at a red light, your foot pressing the clutch pedal firmly against the floor. You plan to annihilate the tires on your car as soon as the ...

A 1999 Nissan Maxima with only 60,000 miles may need a clutch and flywheel replacement, costing around $1,400, possibly more due to the vehicle's age. Using semi-synthetic oil in a new 2025 Ford ...

Cars with manual transmissions are unequivocally more fun than their automatically shifted counterparts. The only downside: Clutch discs are wear items, and that means you might have to get your hands ...

I have a 2010 Nissan Qashqai+2. Last August after a problem I took it to my local garage and they said that there was a problem with the flywheel base plate, which was very unusual and it would need ...

A dual-mass flywheel is a commonly used type of flywheel that is designed to minimise torsional vibration being transmitted from a car's engine to the rest of its drivetrain. This vibration causes ...

All too often we forget that there is a heavy buzz-saw sitting near our feet in our car. Your flywheel spins at thousands of revolutions per-minute, as a large rotating mass of metal attached to the ...

We bought a 2003 Peugeot 307 SW in May 2004 via the Peugeot Direct scheme through the Peugeot dealership in Devizes. In June 2005 the car broke down due to a failure of the clutch and flywheel, which ...