See if any of these scenarios sound familiar: Every morning when you start your car, a small cloud of blue smoke erupts from the tailpipe. Or, even though your engine doesn't leak oil and apparently ...

The VGS-20 has gained popularity in motorcycle and automotive engine head work. Valve guide and seat machining systems once were dominant only in aftermarket stock engine-rebuild shops. However, today ...

A Cessna 172 experienced a rough-running engine, leading to troubleshooting that identified uneven cylinder temperatures, specifically low readings in cylinders 4 and 6. The issue was traced to a ...

Ask any engine builder where he would concentrate his efforts if he could only modify one component in an engine, and most would say the cylinder heads. Even the sleepiest street engine can see power ...

In the pre-LS era, a typical small-block-powered street car would rev willingly to around 5,000 rpm. You could assemble a cam package for it—even using heavy components—and you probably wouldn't have ...