John Voelcker November 19, 2013 Comment Now! Honda announced three new direct-injected and turbocharged engines, plus an eight-speed dual-clutch transmission with the interesting addition of a torque ...

With the growing popularity of CVT's and sequential manual transmissions, some may say that the conventional automatic may go extinct someday. Yeah right. There are still plenty of Bow Tie enthusiasts ...

Welcome to the dark world of torque converters. When it comes to automatic-equipped street machines and drag-race cars, the torque converter is a welded-up magic box that few enthusiasts know much ...

The most popular transmission modifications for cars equipped with automatics are valve body reprogramming kits and torque converters. Valve body kits are generally called upon to increase shift ...

Torque converters appear to be a bunch of mysterious whirlwind motion inside a spinning shell that transmits an engine’s power to the transmission and rear wheels. Although they seem complex, torque ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio has announced the top five leading vendors in their recent global automotive torque converter market report from 2017-2021. This market research report also lists ...

GM has filed a patent application describing a system designed to improve torque response in a turbocharged engine. The application was assigned patent number US 2025/0052207 A1 with the United States ...

With the debut of the 2022 Toyota Tundra, the full-size pickup segment has lost another V-8 engine. In place of the Tundra's outgoing unit sits a 3.5-liter twin-turbocharged V-6, complete with a ...

Despite customers and petrolheads alike calling for the addition of a turbocharger to the BRZ’s engine since the first generation, Subaru has refrained from using forced induction. The Japanese ...