A couple of decades ago, you could easily pick the boneyard for an inexpensive engine core that would polish up nicely with a little cleaning and some machine work. Chrysler made millions of big-block ...

The 1960s were a war zone of automotive innovation with shots fired from all sides. Chrysler was the first to develop the H-bomb, in the form of a hemispheric-headed elephant engine that rattled the ...

Dynamometers are extremely useful tools for benchmarking a vehicle’s performance. They aren’t without issues, though; they’re expensive to buy, take up a lot of space, and require training or ...

GM has turned out a ton of variations of their venerable LS series of engines, and one block that's easy to find and fairly cheap to buy is the 6.0L iron version. These blocks are perfect for boring ...

Pete Aardema and Kevin Braun build custom racing engines in San Diego, California and their latest creation is a 6.0-liter V12 that’s being prepared to go hunting for land speed records. While Aardema ...

Dart 427W Build & Dyno 5.0 Mustangs & Super Fords builds a 427W with the help of Dart Machinery and then gives it a workout on the dyno. Check out the August 2011 issue for the full story!

Last year, famed Toyota tuner Stephen Papadakis decided he was going to build a 1000-horsepower drift car out of a new Toyota Supra, and retain the factory BMW B58 turbo inline-six engine. After ...

Chassis dynamometers(or what we commonly refer to as a dyno) have become an essential tool in the pursuit of maximum engine performance, regardless of whether you’re building a modified street machine ...