Beginner's Tour Overview

• The ignition system allows electricity to flow from the battery through wires to the electrical starter motor, which starts the engine.
• The battery stores electricity to start the car and supplies current for car accessories.
• To prevent the battery from being used up, it is connected to the alternator, which generates electric current to restore power.
• The gears in the transmission start the work of carrying the power to the wheels.
• Gears change the power and direction of the force from the engine. They control the movement of the engine power.
• The transmission changes a small amount of torque into a lot of torque, and sends it through the drive shaft to the drive wheels.
• In a rear-wheel drive car, the engine power is transferred to the rear wheels by a drive shaft.
• With front wheel drive, the engine power is connected to the front wheels by a transaxle. The transaxle does all the things that the drive shaft and differential do in rear-wheel-drive cars.
• There are two kinds of brakes, drum brakes and disc brakes. Both use friction, the force that slows down moving objects.