Automakers are quietly rewriting the rules of power under the hood, shrinking engines even as vehicles, especially SUVs, keep ...

When it comes to high-output engines, cars with lots of cylinders -- like ones sporting a V10, V12, or even W16 engine -- are probably the first thing to come to mind. These powerful engines include ...

Tiny engines less than 50ccs have been commercially popular for a while now, and they’re growing in complexity. Simple single-cylinder models have given way to inline-four cylinders and even V8s.

Jim Carles got his start running a small engine repair shop in a back room at Mallow’s on 25th Avenue. “He quit school in ninth grade to work for Mallow’s,” his daughter Janet Mowery said. He ran the ...

The small-block Chevrolet V8 has powered over 100 million vehicles throughout the years, providing power for everything from high-horsepower muscle cars to workhorse pickup trucks. It's also one of ...

When you find yourself in the market for a new vehicle, you may have to pick between a diesel- or gas-powered car. As a fuel, diesel may be a little more expensive than gas, but it comes with a host ...

The small-block Chevy crate engine is the great performance equalizer; no single performance bolt-on has had more of a democratizing effect on citizens of the performance world than the small-block ...

Q I have a question about fuels. I understand the difference between premium gas with ethanol and premium gas without ethanol. I have been told that this is also called "racing fuel." Since ...

If you've ever owned a car with a small turbocharged engine, you may have noticed a difference in fuel economy between the advertised numbers and your real-world numbers. When I owned a Fiesta ST, I ...

MOORHEAD — Jesse Myers says that while growing up in the Twin Cities he started doing mechanical work in high school, "doing stuff for friends and family." He moved to the Fargo-Moorhead area in 2006 ...