The muscle car era of the 1960s and 1970s is renowned for its iconic V8 engines, but many underrated powerplants played crucial roles in shaping automotive performance. From torque-rich designs to ...

Those of you who have been following our Hemi engine challenge are aware that all of the competitors tweaked some serious power from their 500-inch elephant engines. All the engines in the competition ...

Stan Wiggins, Houston, TX:I have a question regarding camshafts. What is retarding and what is advancing the camshaft? I mean, if I drill the cam sprocket and install a bushing, which way do I ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

This motorcycle had a V10 engine shoved into it, to a mixed reception.

During the 1960s and 1970s, American carmakers devised several clever marketing strategies to promote their high-performance vehicles. Among those were cool names that gave the potent V8s at the heart ...

What better way to do this than with a car, and what better kind of car to do this with than a muscle car? Is it the vehicle ...

There are few bikes in Harley-Davidson's celebrated lineup that boast quite as tricky a legacy as the V-Rod. On the one hand, the build is revered by many as an innovative addition to the American ...

Dodge has dropped the traditional 5.7-liter Hemi V8 engine for a twin turbocharged inline-six cylinder engine. But what about the muscle power?

There are fast cars, there are beautiful cars, and then there are muscle cars you recognise before you even see them. A deep idle at a traffic light, a thunderous downshift echoing through an empty ...

The 1970s were rough years for the American auto industry, but there were more bright spots than the relative few that still ...