Last month's "How It Works" story gave you the basics of the four-stroke cycle, describing the motion of the intake and exhaust valves in relation to the piston moving up and down in the cylinder.

Report No. 3 in our series on building a 350-cubic-inch Chevy V-8 engine comes to us from Jeff Smith by way of our October 1989 issue. Preparing a block and blueprinting are critical first steps in ...

Over the course of hot rodding, one of the more debatable upgrades has been swapping camshafts--especially in modular engines. Given the Two-Valve's complexity and cost of buying two camshafts, the ...

It's been all the talk on internet forums, club meeting hangouts, and in enthusiast garages across the nation—the loss of zinc and other protective "barrier" chemicals in modern oil damaging ...

Your car's camshaft — or camshafts if your vehicle has a DOHC engine — is a vital component that plays a critical role in the internal combustion process. Its job is to synchronize the opening and ...