Car Craft's tale of two engines began at the junkyard a few months ago when we covered the build of a Vortec 350 plucked from the dead at Desert Truck and Auto Wrecking in Indio, California (Oct. 2015 ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you ride a motorcycle for very long, at some point, one part or another will fail and need to be replaced. You could turn to a dealership ...

We like to think that words such as "cheap" or "easy" apply to some of the things we do with our cars. When it comes to budget builds, the LS family of engines is a great platform, especially when a ...

This is not the story that we planned. General Motors' 4.8/5.3-liter LS-based blocks are relatively plentiful in the junkyards, but the larger displacement 6.0-liter LQ4 and LQ9 engines are tougher to ...

When it comes to buying a used engine, there are several options. One option to get your engine like-new again, assuming the existing engine isn't damaged beyond repair, is an engine overhaul or ...

This is the age of horsepower. Power masters build giant-cube big-blocks and play with exotic CNC-machined billet blocks with custom bore centers, tomato-can-sized bores, and yard-length strokes. But ...

As car enthusiasts, we often believe that cars are more than just machines — that they carry a soul and even a part of us inside. We often draw parallels between a car's engine and the human heart, ...