That trend began when Toyota joined NASCAR's truck series in 2004 and the Sprint Cup Series in 2007. The automaker had no cam-in-block V-8 in its lineup and was allowed to design one from scratch. But ...

There are two ways to race cheap when it comes to Pure Stock level racing engines: Race junk that's cheap up front but won't last, or use a well-prepared block that uses economic or mostly stock parts ...

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 ...

Timing belts themselves are relatively inexpensive but can easily cause thousands of dollars of damage if they break while the engine is running. Engines come in two configurations: Interference and ...