Fixing Cars

Update, we added more information on our Auto Repair Manuals and Car Repair Diagrams page with links to some helpful resources.

If you are trying to learn how to paint your car or perhaps you want a few books on doing your own car repair then these books are a great start. They contain great information for the beginner or even those who have been working on cars for years.

A good technical understanding of cars along with the correct car repair manual for your vehicle will help you familiarize yourself with doing your own repairs. Even if you’d don’t intend on starting right away, just having these materials will give you the proper introduction of what is to come.

Automotive Detailing Manuals will show the proper steps to maintain your vehicles paint using mechanical buffing machines. Its critical that you understand the various types of buffing compounds that are available.

An Automotive Electrical Manual will show wiring diagrams and wiring harnesses. The wiring diagrams or schematics will show your vehicles electrical system for finding bad grounds or locating the testing leads for verifying the proper signal or voltage is being sent.

Automotive Electronic Reference Manual: Illustrated / Print / Diagnostic Trouble Codes / Articles / Bulletins / Scheduled Maintenance
If you haven’t used these types of manuals before, it will be a little overwhelming with data at first. They have “exploded diagrams” of every single nut and bolt that your car has. You’ll know the part #’s and descriptions so you know what the particular part is called. This is helpful when trying to identify parts for replacement. Or even trying to figure out what goes where after tearing into your car to do repair work.

Additional Categories: There are many categories for finding books and reference materials for working on your project. Here are a few categories that have an abundance of selection when it comes to finding the manual you need:

Cars
Pickups, SUVs, Vans
Racing
Motorcycles
Hot Rods & Customs
Muscle Cars
Build Horsepower,
Haynes Books and Chilton Manuals
Trucks & Heavy Equip.
Railroads
Tractors
Ships
Collectibles
Calendars
DVDs & Videos
Prints & Posters

In addition to the repair books, you can find books on how to build horsepower, restore and customize your vehicle. There are categories like restoration, turbocharger, supercharger and nitrous, fuel systems, tools, brakes, and many more.

If you are ready to dive in Click here for Automotive Repair Manuals and have access to the same info your mechanics use.

Ford showed off a limited production turn key race car at SEMA, the 2010 Ford Cobra Jet which they will begin making in January. 

“With the 2010 Cobra Jet, we had the luxury of a longer development cycle and the result is absolutely stunning. Where the 2008 Cobra Jet was an extremely potent starting point for NHRA Stock competition, the 2010 will enhance the car further. We are all excited to see the new Cobra Jet in competition.”

For decades, the Mustang has been the preeminent car in many forms of racing, including drag racing. The 2008 Cobra Jet Mustang added to that legacy this season with high- profile wins at the NHRA Winternationals and U.S. Nationals, and by setting numerous track records across the country.

The 2010 Cobra Jet, like its predecessor, is a factory-built race car that is intended for NHRA Stock and Super Stock racing. The goal for the 2010 Cobra Jet was to enhance the race features to further make its own place in NHRA history. The 2010 CJ will come with all of the features of the 2008 car with enhancements that include options for a full race-prepared automatic or manual transmission, drag race-specific shocks and springs, manual steering and brakes, 8.50 certified rollcage, and an Aeromitive return-style fuel system with trunk-mounted fuel cell.

Additionally Ford Racing engineers have developed for the 2010 Cobra Jet a factory-first launch control/rev limiter that will allow drivers to preset the rpm after they stage the car. When they are ready to leave, all they do is put the throttle pedal to the floor; they don’t have the engine speed to free rev. Previously, the launch control/rev limiter was only available as an aftermarket option.

Much like Ford Racing’s previous Mustang FR500S race car, the Cobra Jet Mustang will get its start at the Auto Alliance International (AAI) assembly plant in Flat Rock, Mich. The entire 50-car run of 2010 Cobra Jets will be built on the same production line that produces the 2010 Ford Mustang production car. Production of Cobra Jets will commence in January, with delivery of all vehicles expected in the first quarter of 2010.

All of the additional parts and pieces for the CJ can be found in the Ford Performance Parts catalog. And since the Cobra Jet is produced from a base V-6 Mustang, any consumer can turn his Mustang into a Cobra Jet by purchasing the parts from the Ford Performance Parts catalog.

[Ford]

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