Set aside, for the moment, your pride and enjoyment in mastery of clutch pedal and stick. Mastery is a fine thing, necessity another, and shifting—active, thoughtful gear selection—no longer requires ...

So you want to get to better know the inner workings of a V-8 engine, and, perhaps, how a sequential gearbox works? Well, you could always build your own. Out of Legos. MUST SEE: Angry Supercar Hater ...

Ever thought why a Ferrari 458 has that unmistakable sports car sound? Well, the dutch lego scale cars and trucks model builder, Huib van der Hart, did. So he thought he’d build a V8 engine and a ...

Since its moonshining birth, NASCAR’s transmission of choice has been the manual. The series played with patterns and the number of gears through its history, but the clutch and shifter have never ...

When Italian supercar makers talk about their sequential gearboxes, they usually boast that the shift time is zero, but McLaren says that its new Sequential Shift Gearbox (SSG) for the MP4-12C is ...

Gamers who enjoy racing simulations and purchasing the best kit they can for an immersive driving experience on PC systems. May be interested to know that, gaming peripheral manufacturer Thrustmaster ...

The compact, organized pattern for drivers wasn’t always so easily recognized, but it has helped cars become safer and more efficient. Question: Why is the gearshift lever in a manual transmission car ...

A sequential manual gearbox will not be offered on the facelifted Z4 or the new M Roadster, according to the German publication, Automobilwoche. The M Roadster will get a six speed manual gearbox ...

View post: Amazon’s ‘Handy’ Multitool Pen Is Now Only $8 — And It Makes a Great Stocking Stuffer The present H-pattern shifter traces it roots back to a Borg-Warner unit from the 1930s. The Xtrac ...

Sources in Maranello say Ferrari engineers are hard at work on a road-going version of the seven-speed sequential gearbox used by Michael Schumacher in the F1-2003GA. Plans call for putting the ...

Editor’s note: Bozi Tatarevic is a professional racing mechanic and pit crew member. He will provide technical analysis for NASCAR.com throughout the 2022 season. The Next Gen car made its debut on a ...