Intake, compression, power, then exhaust. Every 4-stroke engine ever made – about 80% of all engines currently in existence – function on this principle – even rotary engines. But now, Porsche has ...

In some sense, cars are the forces that drive our world. They help us shorten distances, travel faster than we’ve ever thought possible, and make our lives degrees of magnitude easier. All of that was ...

When it comes to classic American muscle cars, you'll hear the terms "small block" and "big block" thrown around quite a bit. As one might assume, it's in reference to the actual physical size of V8 ...

Following huge investments to overcome supply chain, production rate and durability problems, commercial engine-makers are on a roll. With around 29,000 medium and large civil engines on order and ...

It's a common misconception that modern fuel-injected engines are more immune to flooding than older carbureted motors. Given the right (or wrong) conditions, any internal combustion engine –- whether ...

The 6.2-liter V8 Supercharged LSA is an engine that was produced by General Motors for use in high-performance vehicles. The LSA is part of GM’s fourth-generation V8 Small Block engine family, though ...

Humans use hot cocoa, coffee, tea, whiskey, and chicken noodle soup to warm up their insides and defrost from the cold abyss known as winter. Cars use engine block heaters. For the most part, modern ...

The LE2 is a turbo-charged 1.4-liter four-cylinder engine produced by General Motors for use in small (compact and subcompact) vehicles. The LE2 is part of an all-new, modular family of engines ...

Back in the early 1990s the Gen II LT1 and LT4 engines powered GM's hottest performance cars, but GM read the tea leaves and knew that this platform would not be able to get them where they would ...

To celebrate HOT ROD's 75th anniversary, we teamed up with CASTROL GTX to bring you some of the stories that exemplify the core of what HOT ROD is and reflect the brand's influence on America's car ...

Whether you are looking to prep your car for sale, get it clean prior to mechanical surgery, or merely don't want to cringe when you open the hood, a little DIY cleaning will make a world of ...

An engine hoist isn’t a tool you’ll use every day, but it’s absolutely irreplaceable when your project car commands one. I mean, you can opt to try and lift the thing yourself but trust me, that’s no ...