Scott Duggins started building car engines in 1984 alongside his father. They worked together offering a mix of engine rebuilds and overhauls for their customers' daily drivers as well as supplying ...

The V12 is one of the greatest engine configurations ever conceived, but sadly, the number of automakers that offer a V12 option continues to dwindle. That doesn't just affect customers, either. It ...

The real world, where most of us except for a lucky few Winston Cup teams exist, can often be a painful place to live. Money is real and quite often difficult to come by. That fact puts a crimp on how ...

What qualities make for a decent all-American racing engine? Does it have to have more cubic displacement than a World War II fighter plane and enough aftermarket goodies on the market that you could ...

Editor's Note: In the July 2008 issue of Circle Track master engine builder Keith Dorton wrote a letter to the editor concerning sealed or crate motors and their affect on short track racing. We ...

While most high-performance rides that we can legally drive on public roads are powered by beefed-up versions of normal, day-to-day engines, the following five left the factory with motors built for ...

Over the years, the 427-cubic-inch crate engine has taken many forms. Originally, the 427 was offered as a big block engine by both Ford and Chevrolet. In the 1960s, Ford's 427 big block dominated ...

The 1969 Mustang Boss 429 was never meant to be practical. It was a street-legal NASCAR weapon, a car built around an engine so large that Ford had to reshape the Mustang’s structure simply to ...