Big-block engines are awesome because they make it easy to put together some crazy big-inch builds. If you are in the "no replacement for displacement" camp—never a bad idea—a big-block is your golden ...

Whether you're spinning your very first set of wrenches or tuning engines for a Pro Stock team, there's no denying that the beginning of any engine buildup is the cylinder block. Let's review its ...

Cylinder head porting is one of those garage mods that lives somewhere between speed-shop legend and flow-bench science. Also referred to as port and polish, the idea is simple: Open up the intake and ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

Tracing the history-and milestones-of what just might be the most significant V-8 engine ever designed. To celebrate HOT ROD's 75th anniversary, we teamed up with CASTROL GTX to bring you some of the ...

Given their need for compact packaging, motorcycle engines tend to have few cylinders — most commonly one or two. While one-cylinder or thumper engines are small, easy to maintain, and relatively fuel ...