Turbocharging has mostly not lived up to its billing of being the savior of internal-combustion engine technology. Earlier this decade, facing increasing fuel economy requirements, automakers rushed ...

Available exclusively in the C3 Corvette and second-generation Camaro Z/28 high-performance models, the racing-inspired LT-1 ...

Automakers once bet big on bizarre ideas—from swirling airflows to variable compression—and the results were as fascinating ...

Compression: An automotive term used by everybody, forever. Let's get into some detail and maybe develop a better understanding. Pressure, and more pressure: It's a must-have to produce power within ...

Today's aftermarket engine part manufacturers are making everything under the sun from stock replacement parts to wow, that's possible to build? In a nutshell it seems like we have the parts covered ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. While browsing auto repair and maintenance tools at your local parts store, you've likely come across compression testers like the Orion Motor ...

Over the past year, we assembled two very mild small-blocks aimed at the typical hot-rodder looking for a solid street engine built on a budget. Once both engines were assembled, HOT ROD editor John ...

Chrysler unceremoniously unveiled the 360ci (5.9L) LA-series small-block V-8 in 1971 as a low-compression engine with only a two-barrel carburetor. The 4.00-inch-bore-by-3.58-inch-stroke powerplant ...

The be-all-end-all pushrod V8, the Chevrolet small block is the second V8 engine developed by the Golden Bowtie after the Series D of 1917. The original was discontinued in 1918 because it made ...

SAE International Journal of Engines, Vol. 2, No. 1 (2009), pp. 1574-1586 (13 pages) ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to examine the operating characteristics of a light duty multi cylinder ...

When you find yourself in the market for a new vehicle, you may have to pick between a diesel- or gas-powered car. As a fuel, diesel may be a little more expensive than gas, but it comes with a host ...