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Performance Exhausts 101: Benefits, Materials, Layouts and More

Few aftermarket car upgrades are as convincing as a performance exhaust. Swapping the factory system with wider and straighter performance systems helps deal with the restricted airflow, multiple bends, and subpar builds in mass-produced cars, or the main factors robbing the engine of its full potential. And they have the chops to transform everyday, runaround hatchbacks and sedans into unassuming sleeper cars.

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The Whats and Hows of RC Drift Cars

There’s something incredibly fun in throwing a car sideways around a racetrack with the front in oversteer and wheels pointing in opposite directions on the turn. This is drifting. Drivers use the throttle, brakes, clutch and just the right amount of steering input to get the rear wheels to lose traction and thrust the car into hairpin turns or doughnuts at speed. Drifting might not be the fastest way around a racetrack, but a drift car in the right hands comes close. Here you’re looking at rear-wheel-drive manuals with limited-slip differentials and coilovers. Or the likes of Nissan Skylines and Silvias, Toyota Supras, and Mazda RX7s and what started the whole drifting craze, back in 1990s Japan.  

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The Four Essential 12 Volt RV Accessories You Might Not Have Realized You Need

Traveling on hot summer days can be quite the challenge even for proud RV owners who are headed out of the concrete jungle. Although you may not be able to have the perks you so much love at home, you can easily make adventuring with your RV unforgettable. I am not talking about taking with you bulky pieces of equipment and gadgets but portable devices that will make life on the road safer, cleaner and more convenient. Here are some of my suggestions.