If you think aluminum engine components—especially cylinder heads or cylinder blocks—are a new arrival on the scene or are strictly for racing, you're probably still waiting for the postman to deliver ...

Flat-plane crank is just the tip of a racing-tech iceberg in the most powerful naturally aspirated V-8 of all time. There are virtually no parts shared with any other GM small-block V-8 and the ...

In Tonawanda, N.Y., General Motors‘ factory temporarily installs a bolt with an embedded passive RFID tag on every cylinder head and engine block that GM uses to make its Gen 5 six- and eight-cylinder ...

Aaron, a 27-year automotive technician and lifelong car enthusiast, attended Specs Howard School of Media Arts and learned the fundamentals of digital video and editing, shot composition and writing.

While there have been some iconic big-block engines over the last few decades, it's difficult to argue with the success of the small-block engine. Small-block engines not only weigh less — allowing ...