In the old days, crankshafts got surprisingly little consideration in a typical high-performance engine buildup. Typically, the same crank that came out of the core motor was reused, with crank prep ...

Stock displacement is so '80s. The days of miniscule and primitive displacement gains through offset crank grinding are a more distant memory than Fritz Mondale's presidential campaign. Due to the ...

All of a sudden, the ubiquitous 383 is the wee-man on the block. With 400-plus cubic-inch small-blocks becoming more the rule than the exception, yesteryear's stroker combos have developed a bad case ...

This section of the industry may be classified as jobbing with quantities generally small varying from one off to perhaps 100 off. Tooling for producing open die work may consist of flat or shaped ...

A blacksmithing project that shows how practical camping tools can be forged from steel. The process highlights shaping ...