Whether you're spinning your very first set of wrenches or tuning engines for a Pro Stock team, there's no denying that the beginning of any engine buildup is the cylinder block. Let's review its ...

Cylinders aren't the only feature that contribute to an engine's energetic output, but for good reason, they're the one we've settled on as shorthand. While it's just as accurate to say Corvettes have ...

We're not sure why, but most people tend to shy away when talk turns to block sleeves. The rap may go, "Yeah, it runs strong, but there's a sleeve in number 6," and somehow it seems tainted. Is there ...

Since the dawn of the internal combustion engine, the search for power has been paramount in internal combustion engine development and advancements over the years. Ranging in all sorts of different ...

The GM LS3 6.2L V8 produces 436 hp with legendary reliability, thanks to its OHV design and overbuilt internals.

Your car's internal combustion engine relies on a huge number of large, small, and oddly-shaped parts. One of the biggest and most important parts of your motor is the engine block or cylinder block, ...

American automotive performance in the 1950s was a simple recipe. If you wanted to go faster, you didn't optimize what you had; you just added more to it. More displacement, more iron, more horsepower ...

While there have been some iconic big-block engines over the last few decades, it's difficult to argue with the success of the small-block engine. Small-block engines not only weigh less — allowing ...

Cale has spent the last year as a contributer for South Africa's leading motoring magazine, and writing for CARmag.co.za. After completing his Higher Certificate in Film at the SAE Institute, he ...