Capping any high-performance V8 engine will usually be an aftermarket chunk of cast aluminum with a bunch of passages linking the carb (or carbs') barrels to the head's intake ports. Though ...

Building engines and having the ability to pull them on the dyno is by far one of our cooler moments as automotive scribes. In this instance, rather than doing a single buildup we assigned each ...

Getting in on the ground floor of new automotive technology is always cool, but there’s also a downside. Namely that later versions typically have all the bugs worked out and there are far more ...

Scoggin Dickey Parts Center (SDPC) has been tinkering with an LV3 4.3-liter V6, the kind that was used in GM full-size pickups from model years 2014 to 2021, adding twin turbos. In 2022, SDPC’s ...

My JZX100 Chaser's engine blew up! I rebuilt the engine in two days, and now we’re going to the dyno to make power and tune the new engine! Who is the suspect in Nancy Guthrie's disappearance? What to ...

We’re moving right along with our Summit Racing 427-ci small-block Chevy build. We started with a bare SPC engine block, and we’re building it from the bottom up. We left off last time with an ...

A stock-based GM 4.3L V6 shocks the dyno with 1,400 horsepower at 33 PSI, proving this twin-turbo truck engine is far stronger than expected.

If you want to dyno test your tuner car, you can probably find a couple of good facilities in any nearby major city. If you want to do similar testing at a smaller scale, though, you might find it’s ...