They may look like your average wires, but spark plug wires have a very important job to do. Their mission is to provide electricity from the car's 12 volt battery to the engine's spark plugs. Without ...

No two racecars are exactly the same. We all have our own little quirks or favorite ways of doing things that make even tube-frame cars from the manufacturer a little bit different. Changes to the ...

If you find that a bumpy road broke off the end of one of your old spark plugs, you should probably call a tow truck. Just don't try to MacGyver your car like I did. The last time I got my car out of ...

Your Corvette's ignition system has a very direct effect on performance. Aftermarket ignition systems like those from ACCEL and MSD have never been more reliable. Have you looked at your Corvette's ...

I replace Tony's original spark plug leads with ordinary speaker wire to see whether the little three-cylinder engine will still run. The experiment produces some surprising results and shows why ...

Don’t worry, it’s not just you. Everyone dropped their first, or likely fortieth, F-bomb when their dad had them hold the spark plug while he hit the kickstarter on their dirt bike. While it might ...

Q: I got a pretty good shock from one of my Toyota Camry’s spark-plug wires. I didn’t think much about it at the time other than to never touch them again when the engine is running. Later I mentioned ...

Changing spark plugs is standard maintenance on gasoline-powered cars. Can you clean and reuse old spark plugs, or should you ...

Recently, my son-in-law's 2005 Acura 3.2 began to misfire. While changing the spark plugs, the end of the "coil on plug" wire for spark plug No. 3 came off, leaving the coil in my hand and the broken ...

Spark plugs are integral components for gas-powered internal combustion engines. These diminutive devices create the electric spark that ignites the fuel and air mixture inside your motor. When ...

My husband and I changed the oil, spark plugs, wires, cap and rotor on our '92 Chevy Blazer yesterday — something we've done many times with no problem. When trying to restart the car, the engine ...