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Repainting an Engine Bay in 8 Easy Steps
Sometimes you can’t just clean up the engine bay, and a repaint is the only answer. Although this sounds like a recipe for a long job involving an engine hoist and a couple of your best friends, if you work smartly and methodically you can do an engine bay repaint without pulling the drivetrain. We installed a Moss supercharger in our Triumph TR6, but before we installed it we needed to give its new home a fresh look. Here’s how we kept the job simple.
What is your favorite engine sound?
Picture the sleepy hamlet of Amelia Island, Florida, early on a Sunday morning. Spanish moss drapes the trees. A cool blanket of dew covers the ground. And here I am, driving to the judges’ breakfast for the day’s concours. I’m trailing a Ferrari F40–wing, scoops, the whole nine yards. While I’ve never really been an F40 guy, I have to admit that as the Ferrari ran through its gears, the symphony produced under that morning light was pretty damned intoxicating.
Rate It: Annoyed by All the Electronics in Your Modern
How do you make a BMW with the wheelbase of a 7 Series the size of a 3 Series—while also getting nearly 40 mpg? We're not entirely sure, but lucky for us, BMW already figured that out with its Z22 concept from 1999. As unusual as the car looked from the outside, it got even more interesting on the inside. Steering and braking were both handled electronically, similar to more recent drive-by-wire systems.
Rate It: Does a Wagon Version Make the Mazda6 More Appealing?
Even though the current Mazda6 may be little more than a holdover until a new model comes in 2022, Mazda's midsize sedan still makes an alright option in the market. Despite that, there may be an option to make it more appealing: a wagon version. Like most good things in the automotive world, though, the Mazda6 wagon isn’t sold in our market.
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