engines

When we talk about celebrated motors on here, they’re usually V8s or bigger. Small blocks, big blocks, Lamborghini…

Earlier today, my valet brought me a stack of salmonskin pages of printed-out websites for me to read, with, as…

For many decades now, a myth has spread across the motoring community that, in a pinch, you can use a leather belt…

Mazda’s been busy in the powertrain department, revealing its first-ever electric car and shipping its “holy grail”…

Mazda’s “Holy Grail” Skyactiv-X engine is one of the most advanced engines we’ve seen in recent years. With fancy…

I know there are lots of car engines that got stuffed into pretty much everything: the Iron Duke was shoved into…

Mazda’s new Skyactiv-X engine—which promises better fuel mileage thanks to a new type of gasoline combustion—is…

The Nissan 350Z and Infiniti G35 are probably the best beginner drift cars a person can buy, in the States at least.…

The Koenigsegg Jesko is blazingly fast and already sold out. Which means you or I won’t be getting our hands on it,…

You know that bacon grease that you always pour into a glass jar because you’re afraid it will clog your sink? Well,…

In the 1980s, General Motors was hurting badly. It was the Roger Smith era, during which the company’s U.S. market…

So in reading over the comments in the recent episode of Jason Drives, I was surprised to find something that was…

A couple weeks back we got to see the new 2020 Toyota Supra’s BMW B58 straight six engine decoded, and pointed out…

You’re watching two legends in the American tuner landscape. One is Stephan Papadakis, the first person to put a…

When Mazda debuted the 2019 Mazda 3 at the Los Angeles Auto Show last year, Motor Trend reported that the company’s…

The new Toyota Supra is, under the skin, a BMW. As such, it has a BMW engine, and that means a confusing series of…

Let’s talk about an engine that has earned the reputation of invincibility - the Cummins 5.9L Turbo Diesel. It’s a…

I’ve always wondered why big-power rotary tuners always picked older engines from the last RX-7 rather than the…

For reasons that will become clear at a later date, I have spent a decent amount of time today looking at the…

Unless you drive an Offenhauser-powered Indy 500 racer (don’t get me started), the engine in your car, tractor,…