The mailbox is loaded each month with the inevitable "How to I get more power from my..." questions-and many of them are for oddball engines for which there just plain are no speed parts. Pretty much ...

As you might expect, there’s a huge variety of engines on display at the HOT ROD Power Tour. Of course, there’s a multitude of LS swaps, but in the real world, older-gen engines still outnumber the ...

What exactly makes a lowboy different from a highboy, and why did T-buckets change hot rod culture? Here's the history every ...

Will joined the TopSpeed team over two and a half years ago, bringing his lifelong automotive passion, writing experience, and editorial expertise along with him. Whether classic or modern, American ...

The Plymouth Prowler was a bold retro-styled vehicle, but its success was limited by an underpowered engine.

Invented by Frenchman Leon Levavasseur to power airplanes, the mighty V8 has become an icon of American automotive history. Cadillac introduced America to the V8 motor in 1914, and the car industry ...

After World War II, in the days before the internet and cable television, young people spent their free time customizing their cars, with engineers like hot rod pioneer Ed Iskenderian turning ...