The new billet-aluminum, SML-based powerplant from Steve Morris Engines builds on the legacy of its Drag Week-winning SMX V-8. There's no denying that the LSX engine family has been hugely successful ...

The Direct Connection performance parts brand is refueling its crate engine lineup with the relaunch of newly upgraded versions of the Hellephant A30 426 Supercharged Crate HEMI® engine (pictured) and ...

For example, the first high-compression V8 built for road use came about in 1949. It was called the Rocket V8, produced by Oldsmobile, and it made just 135 horsepower. However, just about 15 years ...

Usually, you can tell what kind of engine a performance car has by the segment it occupies. Hot hatch? Usually a four-cylinder turbo. Large German premium sedan? Probably a 600 horsepower V8. But this ...

I own a 2008 BMW M5—the one with the 500-horsepower V10. Often times I think to myself while driving, "What would this engine be like with two turbos and quadruple the horsepower?" Now, thanks to this ...

Drag race legend John Force was rushed to the ICU after his car suffered a “catastrophic engine failure” and exploded at the finish line of an elimination race. Force, 75, was competing in the first ...

Stellantis’ star attraction at the SEMA Show is a Plymouth GTX electromod, but the company still has gas running through its veins. That’s clear today as they’ve announced two new crate engine blocks ...

Just in case some of you read the title and, out of habit, came away thinking the Vauxhall (Opel) Corsa is twin-turbo, we'd like to state once again that it is, in fact, twin-engined - i.e., it has ...

Watching drag racing up close is a thrill, at least until something goes catastrophically wrong. Unfortunately, this was the case with a Chevrolet Camaro in Texas, which spectacularly blew its ...

As engine and airframe makers wrestle with growing demands for quieter aircraft operations around airports, Boeing and NASA have tested an improved engine nacelle liner that offers lower noise as well ...

Airbus engineers have applied for a US patent on a wing root fairing technology the company says can reduce the drag penalty that comes from installing larger engines on existing airframes.

Direct Connection doubles down on HEMI® power for the 2025 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show in Las Vegas. The performance parts brand is refueling its crate engine lineup with the ...