Are YOU a GEARHEAD?

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There are GEARHEADS, and then there are people who pretend to be gearheads, or want to appear to be one to fit in with a crowd. So, which are you? Are you the real deal or are you just a poser?

This quiz will determine how knowledgeable you are when it's wrench time. The quiz is designed so that the questions get more technical and more difficult as the quiz progresses, so the first four should be no brainers!

Created by: Ethan
  1. There are two general types of transmissions - manual and...
  2. Engine power output is generally measured in...
  3. To keep an automobile's battery charged during operation, a _________ is driven by the engine.
  4. The direction of a car is controlled using the...
  5. A combustion engine requires three (3) main ingredients - air, fuel and...
  6. The basic framework in which a car s built upon is called a...
  7. Two kinds of parts generally used for absorbing jolts to the suspension are shocks and...
  8. FWD is an abbreviation for...
  9. In "I4," "V6," "V8," and "V10," the number indicates...
  10. At high speed, cars utilize wings and winglets to generate...
  11. These wings are usually referred to as...
  12. A typical engine consist of one or two cylinder heads and a...
  13. Which of the following is NOT part of the engine block?
  14. A six-speed transmission has:
  15. Air enters the combustion chamber via the...
  16. The science of how relative wind affects a moving body - in this case, a car - is called...
  17. A controlled skid, often scored by the angle of the car relative to the direction of a turn is called a..
  18. Besides fuel, what are three other fluids that cars generally need?
  19. To improve both exhaust tone and horsepower, enthusiasts often replace exhaust manifolds with:
  20. In the world of competitive auto sports, ______________ ratio is used to indicate a car's performance relative to gravity's affect on it.

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