Very rarely, the terms open deck and closed deck get tossed around when it comes to automotive engines. What's the difference ...

Hot-rodders share a common denominator, irrespective of brand loyalty: get from A to B as fast and as inexpensively as possible. Within the scope of the engine, that means focusing primarily on the ...

Virtually all current production-based cylinder heads incorporate a cross-flow design with intake ports (Photo B) located on one side of the head and exhaust ports (Photo C) on the opposite side. Some ...

Like it or not, cylinder head design is a subject that's very complex, and it's impossible to make it simple. Considering that no single component on an engine affects power output more than the ...

New cylinder head designs are not something you see everyday. Even when something new does come out, it's normally adapted from something else, be it a race head or a more exotic engine. The trickle ...