The days of the budget-friendly crate engine have sadly disappeared. Sure, you can still find a fully assembled long-block for less than $3,000, but with cast pistons and rebuilder heads, these are ...

Torque it, stretch it, compress it--these are just a few of the exercises that engine builders encounter when assembling a high-performance engine. The process of building a bullet requires the skills ...

The carefully flaked edge on a stone axe, the patterned blade of a hand-forged sword, the dappled bare steel of prewar bodywork. Mankind is a tool-making species, though the complexity of the tools we ...

Nitrous oxide is the power-making tool of the '90s. Drag racers at every level have realized that nitrous can be an effective way to add power and simplify e.t. tuning. We witnessed copious amounts of ...

With all the 1,000+ horsepower ratings permeating the pages of magazines and websites, it's easy to get complacent about achieving those lofty numbers. After all, they're seemingly so common that ...