With all its electronic gizmos, the injected 5.0 Ford engine can look a little intimidating. Get past that, though, and there is a rough-cut stone just waiting to be buffed into a gem. The beauty of ...

Chrysler may have trademarked HEMI, but the Detroit carmaker did not invent hemispherical engines, which appear in numerous ...

From Street Stock to Winston Cup, the three most important areas for engine performance improvements are cylinder heads, valvetrains, and intake manifolds. In particular, cylinder heads affect most ...

There was a “what-if” question addressed a few months ago in our Performance Q&A column that piqued our interest. The question was simple: If you had a set of iron and aluminum cylinder heads that ...

Imagine a letter showing up in your mailbox from the company that made your car, requesting you to bring it in for a crucial engine component replacement. That might sound a bit strange, but it’s ...

Nearly everyone has heard the words “head gasket” at some point in their life, but nowhere near that many people actually know what one is or what it does. The head gasket is a seal that lives between ...

Engine, head gasket and transmission issues stood out for 11 vehicles, and each model often experienced problems around the same mileage. It all started with Gran Turismo. From those early PlayStation ...