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Camshafts
This article is aimed at anyone who's ever sat in the most important room in the house thumbing through a catalog and blankly wondering... more |
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Headers
Factory exhaust manifolds are not only restrictive, they look dorky too. On the other hand, aftermarket exhaust headers build better power,... more |
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12-Bolt Chevy vs. 9-inch Ford: Which is Better?
Ford's 9-inch rearend has become almost a universal choice for many performance rear-wheel-drive applications. Are GM 12-bolt enthusiasts... more |
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Fitting Tires and Wheels
"Wrong wheels." With those two words we’ll easily dismiss a car’s potential for a feature in the magazine. Perhaps it’s not... more |
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Guide To A-Body Disc Brake Swaps
Musclecars of the 1960s may have been quick off the line, but most of them didn’t stop worth a damn. The vast majority of the street... more |
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Carb vs. Injection
With all new cars fuel-injected and many race-sanctioning bodies allowing electronic engine-management systems, fuel injection is rapidly... more |
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Gearing Lingo
So you tossed a set of 4.10s in your rear axle 'cause you want to go fast...but do you really have any idea what you're doing? According to... more |
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283-Inch Small-Block Chevy
The 283/283hp fuel-injected engine was among the first of the American engines to dispense with carburetion and make 1 hp/ci. Under... more |
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400 Small-Block
Most of us would rather forget the dismal '70s. Yet it was during this period that Chevy produced the biggest stock small-block ever... more |
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Chevy 327 Small-Block
The 327 was only in production for eight years, but in that time the engine would become a legend among small-block aficionados. What made... more |
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350-inch Small-Block Chevrolet
Introduced in 1967, the 350 pioneered larger 2.45-inch main journals and 2.10-inch rod journals, beefier 3/8-inch rod bolts, four-bolt... more |
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How to Read a Dyno Sheet
Engine dyno testing has become something of a black art. But if you don't understand it, how can you believe in it? More importantly, how... more |
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Engine Swaps
The reasons for doing an engine swap are numerous. Maybe you want to shoehorn brutal big-block power into a '62-'67 Nova, a '79-'93... more |
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Inside Ford 9-Inch Rearends
Ford 9-inch rearends are ubiquitous in the world of gearheads. Even a Chevy guy could probably tell you that the 9-inch was introduced in... more |
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How To Calculate Compression Ratio
You’d think that the pistons listed for a 10.5:1 compression ratio would actually give you 10.5:1. But it’s usually not that... more |
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How To Calculate Compression Ratio
You'd think that the pistons listed for a 10.5:1 compression ratio would actually give you 10.5:1. But it's usually not that simple.... more |
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Drag Racing Tire Test
All too often, car crafters fall into a perplexing situation. In the quest to build the ultimate street machine, ample time and money is... more |
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Horsepower Vs Torque
Engines don’t make horsepower; they convert fuel into torque. Torque is the twisting force imparted to the crank flange and then... more |
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