To sleeve or to bore your engine block? That's the several-hundred-dollar question (maybe into the thousands) as you ...

Hot rod builds a mouse trap and tries to catch a rat. Originally published in the August 1998 issue of Hot Rod magazine. To celebrate HOT ROD's 75th anniversary, we teamed up with CASTROL GTX to bring ...

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 ...

With the majority of the short-block assembled in Part I, the L92/LS3 engine is ready to be completed and then tested on the dyno. To recap the build, in Part I Texas Speed and Performance (TSP) used ...

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 ...

Hot rodders played with blocks as kids, and still play with them as adults. This vast level of experience notwithstanding, enthusiasts often insist on monkeying around with production blocks. They ...

When building or rebuilding a car, few decisions will be as important as which engine you choose to power your new ride. Not only do you need to decide which engine you need, you also have to decide ...