Oooh, two General Motors V8s within a cubic inch of each other! They have to be nearly the same engine, right? After all, the Chevrolet 454 and Pontiac 455 come from the same corporate parent, and ...

Timing chains are an essential part of many internal combustion engines, responsible for synchronizing the rotation of the crankshaft and camshaft(s). This synchronization is critical because it ...

In the world of engines, timing chains are often praised as the more durable, maintenance-free alternative to timing belts. They’re designed to last the life of the engine—or so we’ve been told. But ...

In this episode, I come clean about a major mistake I made with my VQ35 timing chain install. If you're working on a VQ engine (especially the VQ35DE), this is a must-watch. I walk you through what ...

Matt Nelson is an automotive journalist with nearly a decade of experience in all things cars. He's spent years working at dealerships in sales, finance, and service. He's since traded in his pens and ...

A practical walkthrough showing the process of fitting and securing the timing chain cover on a Pontiac V8 engine as part of the ongoing rebuild series. China fires warning at US treaty ally Houthi ...

Chevy wanted in on the emerging performance pickup game in the early 1990s, so i's engineers took off-the-shelf parts and created the bad-ass Chevy 454 SS. Based on the half-ton C1500, the 454 SS ...

The age of muscle cars built up momentum for six years before erupting at the debut of the 1970s, and there was one particular motor that can righteously be called the epitome of that piston cataclysm ...

Modern small-capacity turbocharged engines are clever, no question, but don’t you ever yearn for a big ol’ motor with cylinders like Big Gulps, something with heaps of torque, no turbo lag and that ...