Without a doubt, solid cams carry a certain mystique. In the musclecar days, solids were factory-fitted in some of the hottest iron out of Motown, including the early street Hemi. There was a little ...

A class action lawsuit filed against GM over alleged faulty lifters in certain V8 engines has still not received class action ...

A small gap with big importance in the performance and health of an engine - here's everything you need to know.

Things just keep stalling, making plaintiffs and lawyers give up after years of waiting. General Motors isn't complaining.

The engines of yesteryear were pretty simple, with tappets clackity-clacking away on cam lobes, opening valves, and making a ruckus while doing it. Mechanical lifters were adequate for valve operation ...

Engines are incredibly complex. They are made out of thousands of different parts, exposed to high temperatures, and have lots of moving parts. This leaves many potential pain points an engine can ...

From the archives: The beauty of hydraulic lifters is that they self-compensate for valvetrain clearances, doing away with the need for valvetrain adjustment. To celebrate HOT ROD's 75th anniversary, ...

When talking about muscle cars, we usually think about high-performance midsize vehicles produced during most of the 1960s and the early 1970s. And that's alright, but we also need to remember that ...