Classic truck restoration often means fixing old parts. Keeping the vehicle original or doing an actual "matching numbers" kind of buildup, there are times when you must restore an existing casting or ...

Mass-produced vehicles, like most airplanes and cars, are engineered as a compromise between strength, weight, and ease of manufacturing. If strength were the only concern, airplanes would barely fly ...

The first Iron Age flickered out a millennium or two ago, but its automotive equivalent is still going strong. Well, if not strong, it's at least still going. Dodge, Ram, and other automakers still ...

During an era when a cast iron block was the main ingredient for building mass-produced internal combustion engines, General Motors' Buick division unleased an all-aluminum V8 that revolutionized the ...

In production since 2010 for the 2011 model year (starting with the S197-generation Mustang), the Coyote succeeded the 4.6- and 5.4-liter V8s from the Modular engine family. Over the years, the folks ...

The Ford Mustang's 5.0-liter Coyote V-8 is a fantastic engine, but being made of aluminum, it has its limitations. Though lighter than iron, aluminum is also more malleable, which is why an alloy ...

Cylinders aren't the only feature that contribute to an engine's energetic output, but for good reason, they're the one we've settled on as shorthand. While it's just as accurate to say Corvettes have ...