Besides sending lots of smile-inducing horsepower to your rear tires, the crank also powers all the engine accessories necessary to keep your Chevy rolling down the highway. To do this, power is ...

On one of our recent projects we pulled that proverbial thread-the one that unravels the whole blanket, or, in this case, our whole project. In the words of Ricky Ricardo, "Let us splain." You may ...

When you first started daydreaming about your custom car project, chances are you gave little (if any) thought to the brackets and pulleys you'd use on the engine. Heck, you probably only gave the ...

We love naturally aspirated engines, but there's no arguing that when it comes to adding serious power, nothing beats a little—or a lot—of boost. Single turbos, twin turbos, and centrifugal ...

If Block Division Inc. isn’t the best kept secret in Wichita Falls, it has to be close. Block Division is a third generation, locally owned company. It sells more than 450,000 state-of-the-art pulley ...

The HitchMaster is a simple pulley with no moving parts. Like any pulley, it works by trading force for distance: it's easier to lift, say, an engine block, but you'll have to pull the rope a lot ...

Explains how pulleys work to lift heavy weights more easily. A fixed pulley changes the direction of force, allowing for easier lifting, while a movable pulley reduces the amount of force needed to ...

When this was made it allowed 10 unskilled men to do the work of 110 craftsmen. The navy used 100,000 blocks annually.This is a block making machine, designed by Marc Isambard Brunel to make wooden ...