"Ever since I was 16, I've been into cars and hot rods. I'm definitely an oddball in what's still mainly a man's world," relates Pam Jacoby. "Guys are surprised that a girl owns and drives old ...

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 ...