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howstuffworks is another good website for random stuff.
You can also look for local automotive forums and see if they have a test/tune or install day and head over there. Make contacts and see if you can just shadow people for a day at a time or something. Most mechanics will be very busy and won't want to have to explain what they're doing as they do it, but there should be one or two willing. Or who knows, you might even be interested in interning with a mechanic and see if they have any training programs that you can find out about.
I kinda just learned through osmosis from my parents and friends. Otherwise, spend a few hundred bucks, grab a 80's honda civic or something and take the engine apart yourself. You'll be able to learn the basics of an engine with a cheap car and you can see how things go together.
NOTHING is better than actually seeing a part on an engine come apart so you can put it back together. Also, check out the truck and car shows on speedtv. Trucks! and some other car/truck shows explain how to add on things to your car yourself. They show you step by step so you can kind of get a picture of how things go together that way as well.
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