Choosing the Right Parts for your car.

To make sure you have the right or proper auto parts for your car, you must be familiar with your vehicle’s specifications. This means that you must know the following information about your vehicle.

The make of the vehicle. For example, is it a Honda .
The car model.
The model year.
The number and type of cylinders in the engine.
What kind of transmission the vehicle has. Is it using automatic or manual transmission.
The engine displacement: When the piston is at its lowest point, just how much room is there in each cylinder? The bigger the displacement present, the more fuel and air the cylinders in the engine are capable of holding. Newer cars have engines listed in liters like 1.8, 2.3 or 5.9 or in cubic centimeters like 2200, 3400 and 3800. Older cars on the other hand are listed in cubic inches such as 302, 454 and so on.
The fuel system present. First identify whether your engine is fuel injected or if it has a carburetor. If it is fuel injected, you may need to know if your car has multi-port injection of throttle body injection. If the vehicle has a carburetor, you must determine how many barrels it has. Options include a one barrel, 2 barrel or 4 barrel engine.
The presence of airconditioning. Most modern vehicles are already equipped with airconditioning. For certain parts one must take this into account, however this is not the case for distributor tune up parts or sparkplugs.

The first destination for relevant information about your vehicle is the owner’s manual. Most modern vehicles are also adorned with metal tags or decals under the hood with printed information on them about your vehicle. Honda usually put them in front of the radiator, inside the fenders or on the inside of the hood- places where you are more likely to find them. These ID tags will give you information on where the vehicle was made, the kind of paint it has on, and so forth.

Knowing the relevant information involving your car will not only assure that you get the right auto parts but will aid you in caring for your vehicle as well.

	1942
	1943
	1944
	1945
	1946
	1947
	1948
	1949
	1950
	1951
	1952
	1953
	1954
	1955
	1956
	1957
	1958
	1959
	1960
	1961
	1962
	1963
	1964
	1965
	1966
	1967
	1968
	1969
	1970
	1971
	1972
	1973
	1974
	1975
	1976
	1977
	1978
	1979
	1980
	1981
	1982
	1983
	1984
	1985
	1986
	1987
	1988
	1989
	1990
	1991
	1992
	1993
	1994
	1995
	1996
	1997
	1998
	1999
	2000
	2001
	2002
	2003
	2004
	2005
	2006
	2007
	2008
	2009
	2010
	2011
	2012

Shop by Make

Shop by Parts

Technician's Tip