Most of the internal combustion piston engines built for vehicles throughout history have pretty familiar core designs. The majority of fuel-burning vehicles sold today orient their pistons in inline ...

In this final installment of HOT ROD's 350-cubic-inch Chevy V-8 engine build series (originally published in October 1989), Steve Anderson breaks down the things to look for and the hard parts you ...

The last few years have seen a change in the performance aftermarket as more manufacturers move to a direct-to-consumer sales model. As an understandable reaction, some of the largest online retailers ...

When you find yourself in need of a new engine for your vehicle, you'll likely end up buying a remanufactured engine instead of rebuilding it or having it rebuilt. That decision depends on the type of ...

Internal combustion engines are commonly referred to by their displacements whether its old-school cubic inches or more modern CC and liter nomenclature. If you love cars, you've no doubt heard of the ...

I visited an engine manufacturing plant in Spain, where I saw a process called Bore Spray Coating, where a cylinder coating ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. While technology has made life more complicated than ever, it's also arguably better in many regards. So too is the case for engine building, ...

Peter earned a Bachelor of Archeology and Creative Writing from the University of Alabama and has since joined his love of driving and riding with storytelling. His voice is full of southern ...

American automotive performance in the 1950s was a simple recipe. If you wanted to go faster, you didn't optimize what you had; you just added more to it. More displacement, more iron, more horsepower ...