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 ...

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, ...

From trucks and RVs to boats, Chevy's 8.1L Vortec powered heavy-duty machines with massive torque. Here's what defined GM's ...

The pressure builds. The drive to perform efficiently ramps up. Failure of one aspect could be devastating. It's a lot to ask of an engine. You're asking the same from your engine builder, who's ...

At one point, Oldsmobile, Buick, and Pontiac all had 455 cubic-inch under the hood of some of their models. However, that ...

Peter earned a Bachelor of Archeology and Creative Writing from the University of Alabama and has since joined his love of driving and riding with storytelling. His voice is full of southern ...

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 ...

EMILY. WELL, MARIA, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. YOU CAN SEE THOSE TWO GIANT HOLES IN THE BRICK HOUSE RIGHT NOW. CREWS ARE WORKING TO STABILIZE THE SIDE OF THIS HOUSE. THE HOMEOWNER HERE TELLS ME THIS CRASH ...

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 ...

On Wednesday, the Animal Rescue League of Boston (ARL) came to the aid of a Taunton resident who found themself unable to start their car due to a kitten which had crawled into and hid away inside the ...