As recently as the 1950s, only a select few American automobiles were available with a dual exhaust system. Over the course of about a decade, that all changed with the emergence of the muscle car. To ...

Don't let the glorious Bow Tie horsepower fool you. Firing eight cylinders every 90 degrees in a 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2 sequence is an inherently chaotic endeavor. Since the mass of the counterweights and ...

Accepting change is never easy, especially when you have to leave something behind that you know works. If you had looked under a performance car a few year ago, chances are you'd find an H-pipe in ...

It’s a time-honored tradition for late-model Mustangs. Upgrading to a performance exhaust system not only improves horsepower, it also adds that Mustang-specific exhaust tone that has been so popular ...

Zak is new to the CarBuzz team, working as a freelance content writer. When Zak isn't writing How To articles for CarBuzz he's working as a high school automotive technology instructor. Before ...

Being knowledgeable and aware of the inner workings of your vehicle can be pretty helpful at times: for instance, if your vehicle brakes start squeaking or your engine will overheat too often. Doing ...

I know some folks geek out about high-end exhausts like you’ll find on V10 Lamborghinis and V12 Ferraris, but if you ask me, this is way more interesting. Notice I didn’t say “better-sounding,” but ...

The exhaust system heats the tailpipe because the exhaust gases go straight from the engine into the exhaust manifold, and the temperature of the whole system becomes pretty high. However, only some ...