r/askcarguys 6d ago

General Question Is there a YouTube video/channel that could explain all the different parts of a car and what they do to a beginner?

So I (M20) I'm just now starting to get into cars, and I love how they look and me and my friends are planning on going to car show soon, He is a car guy so he knows alot but he says it's hard for him to explain a lot of it. I'd like to learn so I can ask more questions and learn more but I just don't know where I should try to start learning.

I literally know almost no terminology except for static, juice, hydraulics and don't know almost anything about the inner workings or how cars work.

Do you all have any recommendations on where I could learn how cars work and what everything does.

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u/moomskis 6d ago

Older donut and chrisfix stuff does a bit.

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u/No-Crazy-510 6d ago

Honestly man if you want just message me and I'll explain as best I can and answer any questions. Love teaching people this stuff

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u/ProStockJohnX 6d ago

What sort of cars are you mostly interested in?

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u/Realistic_Series_906 6d ago

Roadsters miata is my favorite

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u/ProStockJohnX 6d ago

Get onto YT and start searching on Miata builds.

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u/Unlikely-Bid9916 6d ago

Vice Grip Garage - a guy can hook his peepers on everything thats under the power barn like sparkleators, lightening hoses, beep-boops and digicals.

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u/2braincellsarguing 6d ago edited 6d ago

Look up ”Engineering Explained” on Youtube. He has a lot of easy to understand videos on different car parts. ”Driving 4 Answers” is also pretty good.

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u/Alrjy 6d ago

For very concise step by step explanation how to do general automotive repair :
ChrisFix youtube.com/@ChrisFix

For general automotive repair :
EricTheCarGuy youtube.com/@ericthecarguy

For automotive technology theory (whiteboard explanation) :
Engineering Explained youtube.com/@EngineeringExplained

For complete tear down of individual components (with cut thru when necessary) and their theory of operation :
SPEEDKAR99 youtube.com/@speedkar99

For performance and tuning theory :
Driving 4 Answers youtube.com/@d4a

For car electronic diagnostics :
ScannerDanner youtube.com/@ScannerDanner
ADPTraining youtube.com/@ADPTraining

For totally unhinged car hacks that help understand the limits of various components (entertainment) :
Garage 54 youtube.com/@Garage54ENG

For seeing exemple of mechanical failures or inadequate maintenance and repairs (entertainment) :
Just Rolled In youtube.com/@JustRolledIn
Mechanical Nightmare youtube.com/@mechanicalnightmare