The Porsche 992 GT3 features a naturally aspirated flat-six paired with a full Akrapovic titanium exhaust system, producing a ...

A tuned McLaren 600LT delivers turbocharged engine sound during dyno runs exceeding 290 km/h. This video captures full ...

Pete Aardema and Kevin Braun build custom racing engines in San Diego, California and their latest creation is a 6.0-liter V12 that’s being prepared to go hunting for land speed records. While Aardema ...

LT4 is how GM calls the blown V8 of the Camaro ZL1, and it’s a serious piece of small-block engineering thanks to roto-cast aluminum heads, larger combustion chambers than the LT1 on which it’s based, ...

To this day, Shelby American can build the Cobra of your dreams if your pockets are deep enough to own a piece of history. For example, the aluminum-bodied 427 S/C without the engine and transmission ...

Toyota's 1UZ-FE V-8 engine is famous for its stout reliability and relative cheapness. Found in the first-gen Lexus LS400, you often see them powering drift cars or road racers. This one's been ...

While Rob Dahm’s garage is no stranger to monstrous rotary engines, including four-rotor units cranking out more than 1,000 horsepower, this one is mind-bending. Here we have a massive, ...

Gearhead vehicle discussions often go something like this: "How fast?" "What's the e.t.?" "How much boost?" "What's the horsepower and torque?" Whether bragging or fact, the answers are usually the ...

It's a shame most car guys never get to witness the fury and violence of an engine-dyno pull firsthand. Abusing your eardrums with the cackling, popping, and deafening bass of all those cubic inches ...

YardstickThere is an old adage that you don't race dynos and flow benches. Manufacturers of test equipment use different standards and test procedures that will affect the results. This brings me to ...

Dynamometer tests are used to measure a car's torque and rpm response. But how do they get that information? And how reliable is what they get?

How much power do you lose through the drivetrain? The "experts" claim about a 1517-percent power-drop "at the wheels" with a manual trans compared to flywheel numbers; as high as 27 percent with an ...