Setting the tone for your build begins with starting out on the right track. Overlooking steps and taking shortcuts are no way to piece together an engine; regardless if it's for the street or strip.

At the heart of your powerplant is the crankshaft, and this baby not only has to endure the entire rotating mass, but it is subjected to countless spin cycles at varying rpm. It's a tough life, which ...

When you get right down to it, many of the tasks involved in building a race engine are mundane. It isn't too difficult to drop a piston in a hole or bolt up an intake manifold. And neither is ...