Chrome Crankshafts & Soap the Block! Engine Building Q&A” dives into essential engine-building topics, including the benefits of chrome crankshafts and the proper way to soap engine blocks for ...

The carefully flaked edge on a stone axe, the patterned blade of a hand-forged sword, the dappled bare steel of prewar bodywork. Mankind is a tool-making species, though the complexity of the tools we ...

The days of the budget-friendly crate engine have sadly disappeared. Sure, you can still find a fully assembled long-block for less than $3,000, but with cast pistons and rebuilder heads, these are ...

It's fair to assume that if you're currently building a high-performance engine, it's because you've pushed your engine to its limits, and the time has come for a rebuild. There isn't a universal set ...

We live in a world of outrageous street machines capable of making astounding amounts of horsepower. With enough money in hand, horsepower levels are limitless, and a thousand street ponies seem to be ...

Famous free-breathing straight-six engines of past BMW performance favorites (like the M3) made glorious sounds and revved to ...

Race car drivers always remember to thank their sponsors in victory lane when the cameras are rolling, and sometimes they even thank, “All the guys in the shop.” But how often do the engine builders ...

Ed Pink, known throughout racing as The Old Master, whose engines powered racers from Tony Stewart, Don Prudhomme, Ed “The Ace” McCulloch, Kasey Kahne, and Eddie Cheever to victories in Indianapolis, ...