Well H. L., while your dad is right for the most part, if your plans are to build a highway cruiser, I'd scrap the high-performance route and stick to a reliable game plan. First, in reply to your ...

I started learning to work on cars in the late 1970s by helping my stepdad turn salvaged mid-1960s Chevy Chevelles into street-stock-class race cars. Throughout that period, I had my hands on a number ...

You've seen the common motor swaps before. A Chevy 350 into anything, a Ford high-output 5.0 into a Bronco, a Buick V-6 into a Toyota. You might even know these by heart nowadays. So will this be the ...

There comes a time when modifying the stock engine, the frame, or the suspension just isn't enough. A four-cylinder engine can be beefed up to a point, but at the end of the day, it's still a ...

The station wagon is dead in the U.S. It's not a secret and it's been like that for a few good years. But there was a time when grocery-getters were so popular that every automaker out there had a ...

If I use a '96 to '02 truck and van engine (it's a roller motor), can I swap in a roller cam with the same or similar profile as the one you used in last's year's "Cheap 350" buildup (May and June '09 ...