Here’s the latest and greatest in the entertaining Redline Rebuild series from Hagerty: a time-lapse overhaul of the beloved Chevy 283 V8. Continue reading
Category Archives: Technology
Video: What Killed the Wankel Rotary Engine?
Who or what killed the beloved Wankel rotary engine? Here’s the always helpful Jason Fenske of Engineering Explained to lay out the problems in bullet-point form. Continue reading
Video: Some Facts About Modern Motor Oil
Here are some recent insights on motor oils and test procedures from Jason Fenske of Engineering Explained. Continue reading
Optical Delusion: A Cadillac V10 Prototype?
If you count the exhaust pipes on this experimental Cadillac engine, you could easily conclude that it’s a V10, but things are not always as they appear. Continue reading
Inside the Rolls-Royce Merlin in a Stunning Digital Animation
Through the magic of digital animation, here’s a priceless look inside one of the most famous engines in history, the mighty Rolls-Royce Merlin V12 of World War II. Continue reading
Video: How to Drive an 11,000-Horsepower Top Fuel Dragster
What’s it like to drive a 330-mph Top Fueler? The job is a lot more complicated than we may imagine. Here’s professional wheel man Clay Millican to give us a lesson. Continue reading
Ford’s Experimental Turbine T-Bird
The Motor City was crazy about gas turbine engines in the 1950s. Here’s an enthusiastic example from the Ford engineering staff: a prototype ’55 Thunderbird with turbine power. Continue reading