Tech

The traditional bearing clearance standard for street and most performance V8 engines has been 0.001-inch of clearance for every one inch of crank journal diameter. Let’s take a 350 cubic […]

I have a 1964 Chevelle with a small block and a TH350. It’s not a race car or anything—just a nice cruiser. I’ve rebuilt the front suspension with new ball […]

In an earlier article discussing the different types of fuel injection, we touched briefly on some of the benefits of EFI* over a traditional carbureted setup. * Although earlier mechanical […]

In this OnAllCylinders story, I showed you how to bleed brakes using a John Dow Brake Fluid Exchanger that runs on compressed air. It worked great and is a good […]

I recently bought a Powermaster PowerMax starter motor that uses a big aluminum adapter bock for my 400ci small block. I bolted it on and it cranks the engine but […]

I’m not sure if anyone reading this actually enjoys bleeding brakes. The traditional two-person brake bleeding process—one to do the actual brake bleeding while the other pushes the brake pedal—works […]

Starting in 1975, federal law mandates the use of a catalytic converter in all road-legal passenger cars sold in the United States. Since then, the requirements regarding the use of […]

I have a question about my 496ci big block Chevy with a Comp mechanical roller cam. The card tells me that the lash (hot) is supposed to be 0.020 inch […]

Simply put, electronic fuel injection (EFI) is a system that delivers or injects fuel into an engine’s induction system or directly to the engine combustion chambers. An improvement over a […]

Brake tech is a very complex and nuanced topic, so we asked the experts at Alcon Brakes to help us clarify and expand on some frequently asked questions in the braking universe. […]