Back in the Mar. '11 issue, we introduced Project Sten, our low-buck, lightweight, V8-engine-swap S-10 pickup. The idea was to find the most affordable, lightest, shortest-wheelbase vehicle we could ...

Like most election fodder, many issues that lead to poor consequences with engines stem from small details and missed opportunities. In our case, a $7 thermostat caused the failure of a 40-cent freeze ...

Building any engine from scratch requires a significant investment of both time and money. For anyone who has ever been down this road that should come as no surprise but each and every time we build ...