We put both engines on the dyno to see which made more horsepower and torque. It didn’t go as planned. Over the past year, we assembled two very mild small-blocks aimed at the typical hot-rodder ...

The torque wrench is probably the car crafter's most often-used specialty tool. If you're like me, you may still have your first torque wrench; I got my Craftsman 12-inch drive clicker style as a ...

The 5.9L Cummins diesel engine is best known for its time when it powered Dodge trucks beginning in 1989, and it's an engine that certainly helped propel the Ram into being one of the top pickup truck ...

Also, on gradients, hills, and other rough terrain, you don't need to gun the engine to stop from rolling backwards if you have enough torque, because the low gearing will do the heavy lifting for you ...

When talking about engines and performance cars, it's easy to get distracted by the horsepower figure. Alongside the top speed and the dash from zero to sixty, horsepower is often what, on paper at ...

We feature a lot of engine builds in Modified Mustangs & Fords and they invariably find themselves resting between the fender aprons of this or that Ford hot rod, destined to offer improved ...