As gearheads, we love to remember numbers. Many can probably rattle off all sorts of specs from various cars and engines. Cubic inches, rearend ratios, and camshaft lift specs are a lot of the common ...

Those of us here in the United States are used to measuring various physical attributes with the imperial measurement system, which includes feet, inches, gallons, and so on. This system is still ...

For years, there has been an almost mystical quality associated with the word "blueprinting." Visions of Grumpy Jenkins and Ed Pink are conjured up, along with clusters of guys in white coats with ...

Blueprinting has become an abused term. For those who build their own engines—or at least want to know how to check clearances like valve-to-piston on an existing engine—we will offer some techniques ...

Last month we built a mild street engine using a factory Chrysler 383 block, crankshaft, rods, and cylinder heads combined with some aftermarket goodies from Comp Cams and Summit Racing Equipment, and ...