Dear Car Talk: When I was a kid back in the late 1940s/early ’50s, you had to have a dual exhaust system. I think most of the new cars that have two tailpipes use the “cat back” system, running the ...

When last we left ol' Project 98, the new 400c.i.d. Dart motor was comfortably between the framerails and a monsterously rebuilt Monster 700R4 was bolted up. The car would finally now move under its ...

Nothing screams performance like a set of dual exhaust pipes sticking out from under the bumper or roll pan of a late-model truck, and to be honest, nothing sounds quite like a dual exhaust setup, ...

Being knowledgeable and aware of the inner workings of your vehicle can be pretty helpful at times: for instance, if your vehicle brakes start squeaking or your engine will overheat too often. Doing ...

One of the oldest car nameplates in America, Oldsmobile is also one of the handful of brands to succumb to the troubled 2000s. When GM pulled the plug in 2004, Oldsmobile was already over 100 years ...

Q When I was a kid back in the late 1940s/early ’50s, you had to have a dual exhaust system. I think most of the new cars that have two tailpipes use the “cat back” system, running the dual exhaust ...

I remember hounding my folks to death, when I was but a hairless youth, to buy Billy Pearson's '49 Ford convertible. It was neither the brand nor its body style that wowed me. What turned me on was ...

As recently as the 1950s, only a select few American automobiles were available with a dual exhaust system. Over the course of about a decade, that all changed with the emergence of the muscle car. To ...

I know some folks geek out about high-end exhausts like you’ll find on V10 Lamborghinis and V12 Ferraris, but if you ask me, this is way more interesting. Notice I didn’t say “better-sounding,” but ...

For decades, hot rodders have considered exhaust systems disposable commodities. When you wanted to go fast, you had to dump the exhaust. Lakes pipes and undercar cutouts were popular before a few ...