Perhaps one of the most overlooked aspects of a high-performance diesel engine is its cooling system, which is often left completely stock while the rest of the powerplant is built to the hilt. On ...

In your racecar, a cracked block from frozen coolants in the winter isn't usually the problem. Leaking freeze plugs that dump coolant on the track, however, is. If you have a freeze plug work its way ...

Twenty-two years ago, I bought a completely disassembled 1953 MG TD. The same car your late brother used to own, and wax poetic about (ad nauseum, as you’d say) on your radio show. Recently, I finally ...

During our el-cheapo engine buildup last month, we ran across many engine-building tips that aren't new but haven't been mentioned in quite awhile. One of those is installing freeze plugs in an engine ...

At the beginning of any complete engine buildup, the block needs to be cleaned. Serious engine-builders know that hot tanking, block machining, and a host of other engine-building tasks all require ...

Q: Twenty-two years ago, I bought a completely disassembled 1953 MG TD. The same car your late brother used to own, and wax poetic about (ad nauseam, as you’d say) on your radio show. Recently, I ...