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The legendary reliability of the 2AR-FE engine. The 2016 Toyota RAV4 is motivated by a 2.5-liter, normally aspirated ...

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Don Walsh shares the secret to 500 horses and 10-second e.t.’s with a daily drivable Fox Mustang. In this look at a cool hot rod concept of the 1980s and ’90s, it’s interesting to see how much simpler ...

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It turns out the drive-belt tensioner pulley was breaking up (“excess play” according to BMW, which reminded me of that classic Lancia endurance racing team excuse of “overheating” at the ...

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