engine swap

There are plenty of good reasons why folks relocate their vehicle battery to the trunk. Maybe it’s for better weight distribution on a race car. Maybe it’s to clean up […]

When installing a fresh engine or engine/transmission combo, there can be any number of situations where anything that can go wrong does go wrong. (Mr. Murphy has entered the room.) […]

We’ve talked about engine installation tools previously, but this time around we’ll zoom in on engine leveling or tilter tools. There are all sorts of examples out there. Most install […]

Not too long ago, retrofitting an engine into a vehicle it wasn’t originally intended for required a lot of homework. We’re talking about tedious measurements, clearance calculations, part comparisons, fabrication—and […]

Over the course of its 20+ year production run, the venerable GM LS engine came from the factory in many different configurations. And that’s particularly evident when you see its […]

Q. I’m planning to swap a Gen. III 5.7L Hemi with an Edelbrock supercharger into a third-gen Dodge D-Series pickup truck. My Question is about the fuel system: How do […]

An engine swap is the bedrock of hotrodding. It’s been that way ever since someone first dropped a Flathead Ford V8 onto a spindly Model T frame. That paved the […]

Take your pick: Chain hoist or cherry picker. That’s the standard when it comes to yarding out (and replacing and simply moving) an engine in your ride or around your […]

Q: I own an old V6 Ford Ranger that I want to swap a V8 into. But I can’t decide which engine to use—the 289, 302, or 351W. Which engine […]

Q: I have a Dodge D150 pickup with a 360, and this old kid’s really hoping to reach 425-450 horsepower. As luck would have it, I happen to have a […]