All enthusiasts are basically interested in one thing, getting better performance from their cars. Whether it's better handling, braking, highway cruising, reliability, or simply better straight-line ...

Memphis, Tennessee, has long been the cradle of the aftermarket performance industry, second only to Los Angeles. So, it should come as no surprise a legendary name like Racing Head Service (RHS) ...

In 1962, Chevrolet introduced double hump heads on its small-block engines. These helped shape the incredible power of small-block V8s for around 30 years.

Hot rod builds a mouse trap and tries to catch a rat. Originally published in the August 1998 issue of Hot Rod magazine. To celebrate HOT ROD's 75th anniversary, we teamed up with CASTROL GTX to bring ...

I worked as a machinist in an automotive machine shop in the early 1980s before my career took me into the aerospace sector. The shop's high volume of mundane engine rebuilds and turning brake drums ...

On this episode of Engine Masters presented by AMSOIL, we test the long-standing Internet theory that too big of an intake port kills bottom-end torque. Watch us take the mildest of 408 Ford ...

General Motors debuted the Gen 5 L86 6.2-liter EcoTec3 V8, one of the most reliable GM engines ever, in 2014 for use in various large SUV and full-size pickup truck applications. While similar to the ...

There are numerous automotive engine configurations, from the 4-cylinder variety all the way up to 16-cylinder engines, which are extremely cool but have only been used in a few production cars. While ...