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 ...

Performance tricks are usually just sleight-of-hand changes that dolittle to improve performance. After all, if it was that easy, everyonewould be doing it, right? But the simple fact is, valvespring ...

The scenario goes something like this. Our LS3 used to rev freely and make power all the way up through 6,800 rpm, but now it struggles to get to 6,000 and power is definitely down. After a thorough ...

A small gap with big importance in the performance and health of an engine - here's everything you need to know.

In our third segment on How To Build Your First Engine, we'll take you through the steps on final cylinder block preparation, cylinder head assembly, component checking, and clearance checking and ...

This situation recently occurred when we purchased a set of valve locks from a local engine shop. While assembling the valvesprings and retainers, we noticed that one of the locks was not the same as ...

American publisher Charles Knight was not at all impressed with his new 1901 Knox ‘gasoline runabout’. Like some other cars of the era, its four-stroke engine relied on a single valve to permit both ...