When it comes to hot rods, bench racing - never seems to stray very i far from engines. Power is where hot rodding will always be. When it comes right down to it, the only way to learn how to build ...

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 ...

So your Honda lawn mower broke down again, and this time, it's in need of a new wheel kit. Instead of taking it to a professional for repair, you decided to try your hand at it yourself. Thankfully, ...

In automotive nomenclature, small-block V8 engines are typically physically smaller than their big-block counterparts, hence the nickname. With some exceptions, the piston bores, stroke, cylinder head ...

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 ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

For decades, engineers have used small-displacement engines to prove that raw capacity is not the only path to victory. By pairing compact cylinders with clever breathing, high revs, and forced ...

US defence manufacturer Kratos plans to assemble a new family of small, lightweight turbofan engines in the state of Oklahoma. The powerplants will be offered as a propulsion solution for long-range ...