At 7,500 rpm, the pistons in your race engine reach either top-dead-center or bottom-dead-center and change directions 25 times per second. That means the piston goes from traveling at top piston ...

Now consider that the only thing holding your expensive piston/rod combination on the crank are the two bolts connecting the rod cap to the rod. In a V-8, that's 16 rod bolts bearing the load of the ...

Let's face it: Most of us don't have engine lathes and milling machines in our garage. Heck, we barely have a complete socket set, much less honing machines and other whatzits to machine a motor with.