Auto magazines are full of 1,000-horsepower LS engine stories teeming with superchargers, turbochargers, intercoolers, massive loads of nitrous, race gas, and all sorts of glamorous equipment. While ...

If you could single out one particular part of an engine that is most misunderstood, you would likely mention the camshaft. The numbers associated with camshaft design have baffled many a car guy for ...

Before the implementation of hydraulic lifters to keep the engine's valves in proper working order, regular adjustment was required to maintain the critically necessary clearance in the valvetrain.

Many gearheads buy their cylinder heads fully assembled and don’t have to sweat making sure all of the various parts are set up correctly. But for those that build their own, or that just need to swap ...

Performance is all about pushing the envelope. As camshafts become more aggressive in the search for more power, these lobes make life increasingly difficult for valvesprings. This may seem like a ...