YouTube has given us everything from transparent carburetors to cameras in intake manifolds, showing us what’s going on in an engine in greater detail than ever before. Garage 54 attempted the holy ...

You want your engine to shine when you pop the hood, don't you? For most hot-rodders, the engine is the whole point of building, driving, racing, or otherwise owning a kick-ass machine. But it's not ...

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HOT ROD recently partnered with Dart Machinery and JE Pistons to build the biggest big-block Chevy you can with off-the-shelf parts, and this is the beginning of that endeavor. Here is our 632ci big ...

A lot of people were celebrating when white smoke over the Vatican meant there was a new pope in town -– and that included plenty of gearheads with great ideas about what the new guy should use as his ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. For much of the U.S., the concept of an engine block heater is a foreign one. Even areas like the mile-high city (Denver), which faces its ...

If you've been into cars for a while, you've probably swung a few engines over the fender that were assembled by someone else. That's cool, but it's probably about time to build one yourself. Overall, ...

Toyota patents a ladder frame engine block design for V6/V8 engines, potentially for GR performance cars or heavy-duty ...