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Many of the stores also operated service bays, and sold lawnmowers and seat covers in addition to the auto parts. In 1969 he retired and his son, Nicholas F. Taubman, took control. "Mr. Taubman was a strong civic leader, a chairman of the Roanoke Valley United Negro College Fund and a director of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce."
From 2009 to 2013, Advance Auto Parts was a title sponsor of Monster Jam and sponsored a truck on the circuit called the Advance Auto Parts Grinder. In 2023, Advance Auto Parts took over as the official sponsor of the checkered flag in IndyCar. [38] Advance Auto Parts has served as a sponsor in NASCAR, where it is the official auto parts ...
For example, 80 is stronger than 60, which is stronger than 40, etc. A 4L80-E can handle more torque than a 4L60-E. The "E" denotes electronically controlled shifting. The 4L60 however is hydraulically shifted based on governor pressure and throttle valve (TV) cable position. 1992 was the last year of widespread usage of the 700R4 (4L60).
Turbo-Hydramatic 425 (TH425 or THM 425, [1] later 325) was an automatic transmission developed and produced by General Motors.The THM425 was a derivative of the THM400; most parts directly interchange and some others will interchange with minor modifications.
Introduced in 1964, Turbo-Hydramatic use quickly spread across all GM divisions, and they became referred to simply as Hydramatics (like GM's original automatic of totally different design), except for the Super Turbine 400 model.
A governor, or speed limiter or controller, is a device used to measure and regulate the speed of a machine, such as an engine.. A classic example is the centrifugal governor, also known as the Watt or fly-ball governor on a reciprocating steam engine, which uses the effect of inertial force on rotating weights driven by the machine output shaft to regulate its speed by altering the input flow ...
A rocker cover, (UK), or valve cover (elsewhere) is a cover that encloses the rocker arm in an internal combustion engine, bolting with a gasket seal to the engine head. Engines with more than one head (such as a V8 ) will have multiple rocker covers.
There have been two different NASCAR races known as the Advance Auto Parts 500: Advance Auto 500, a Busch Series race at Martinsville Speedway in 1993; The 200 lap Late Model part of the meet in 1993; Goody's Fast Relief 500, a NEXTEL Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway from 2004 to 2005