Driven by automotive manufacturing, industrial modernization, and advanced casting technologies, gray cast iron rod adoption ...

The first Iron Age flickered out a millennium or two ago, but its automotive equivalent is still going strong. Well, if not strong, it's at least still going. Dodge, Ram, and other automakers still ...

During an era when a cast iron block was the main ingredient for building mass-produced internal combustion engines, General Motors' Buick division unleased an all-aluminum V8 that revolutionized the ...

Hot rodders played with blocks as kids, and still play with them as adults. This vast level of experience notwithstanding, enthusiasts often insist on monkeying around with production blocks. They ...

Whether you're spinning your very first set of wrenches or tuning engines for a Pro Stock team, there's no denying that the beginning of any engine buildup is the cylinder block. Let's review its ...

In production since 2010 for the 2011 model year (starting with the S197-generation Mustang), the Coyote succeeded the 4.6- and 5.4-liter V8s from the Modular engine family. Over the years, the folks ...