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 ...

With or without a clutch pedal, all cars have three elements that make up their performance combination: the car's weight, horsepower, and gear ratios. When a torque converter is added in place of a ...

Ever wonder how your transmission knows to shift gears? Why is it that when you stop, the engine doesn't die? We're here to show you how cars work. We recently looked at manual transmissions. This ...

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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 ...

Equipment Earthmoving Equipment Dozers [VIDEO] How Caterpillar's Lock-up Torque Converter Works on Construction Equipment The Cat torque converter can provide up to three times the digging power ...

If you’ve ever tried to clean the bugs and leaves from your radiator using a garden hose and amused yourself by spinning the fan with the stream of water, you understand how a torque converter works.