Back in the dark ages—known to some as the '80s—it took twice as much effort to make half as much horsepower. The payoff for turning down the journals on a 400 Chevy crank, dropping it in a 350 block, ...

There are ten basic steps in the investment casting process. 1. A metal die is used to produce an expendable pattern, now almost universally a complex blend of resin, filler and wax. Precision ...