Chevrolet debuted a new overhead-valve V8 engine in 1955 with a 265-cubic-inch displacement. It became known as the Small Block Chevrolet. The engine has been a favorite due to its simple design ...

This basic sequence is described as the four strokes that make up a four-stroke engine. There are some advantages of the ...

Even when an updated engine was introduced, it retained the bottom end of the Flathead, a testament to the quality of its 1920s engineering. Harley decided against using overhead valves due to cost, ...

The biggest difference between old and new is in the performance department and stems from a new overhead-valve V-8 engine. This engine represents the first V-8 that Chevrolet has produced in 36 ...

General Motors' all-new 3.9L V6 has been honored with a Breakthrough Technology award by Popular Mechanics for its innovative use of variable valve timing in an overhead valve engine. For ages GM ...

Continuously variable valve timing, which GM pioneered for overhead-valve engines, is refined to support the LT1 AFM and direct injection systems to further optimize performance, efficiency and ...

Though V4s are now far more popular in motorcycles, they used to power several concepts, production cars, and race cars ...

The Slimey Crud Motorcycle Gang Café Racer Run is held on the first Sunday in May and the first Sunday in October each year.

The four-valve Ferrari engine proba­bly would have happened ... electronically fuel­-injected, double-overhead-cam V-8s? Says C/D technical editor Csaba Csere: "The basic advantage or four ...

A loud, racing sound some compared to a jet engine roared in parts of the New Orleans area for several minutes Wednesday ...

While the ZR1 nameplate first arrived as a go-fast package for the early C3 Corvettes, its proper introduction to the general ...