Tuning a carburetor-equipped engine to perform its best with the reformulated unleaded gasoline of today can prove to be a challenge for many kit car owners and builders. Back in the days of leaded ...

It has been said that the exhaust emissions from a "typical" classic carburetor-equipped street rod can be as much as 100 times that of a new '10 vehicle. That may be possible if the owner of this ...

Do you know what a timing belt or a timing chain is and what they do? Could you find them on your vehicle's engine if you had to? If you answered no, don't sweat it. Both are buried behind a lot of ...

Every engine has a means of coordinating the timing between the valve train and the rest of the engine. Some engines use a timing chain and some a timing belt. A timing belt has the relatively ...

An engine's health depends on several key measures and functions. For example, air and fuel need to be present in the correct quantities, coolant is required to keep the engine operating at a safe ...

No Ford engine project is complete without a properly functioning ignition system. This system has the important job of delivering the spark to the required cylinder at precisely the right time. Any ...

Tuning a carburetor to supply an engine with the correct jetting-air/fuel mixture has always been a job that almost impossible for most hot rod owners and tuners. In the past, most performance engine ...