Without getting into a long-winded dissertation about torque, we're going to suggest that you dig through your old copies of HOT ROD Magazine and familiarize yourself with the relationship between ...

Readers of this series will discover new thoughts and ample reinforcements for building consistent, powerful, and competitive Saturday-night engines. Jencks lays the hard-core foundation and McFarland ...

As engine makers transition to lower emissions, they are adopting varying approaches on horsepower and displacement. One trend, however, is better torque curves that often help produce more peak ...

Evan Williams is an automotive journalist and mechanical engineering technologist with more than a decade of experience in the industry. He has written for the Toronto Star and AutoTrader Canada and ...

Volvo's new XE13 and Eco-Torque powertrain packages will make a big difference to drivers in ways they will never know — and a few they will. What a difference a little extra engine torque makes. I ...

Internal combustion engines are fairly simply machines. When you break it down, they are nothing more than air pumps. When it comes to making horsepower and torque, the simple fact is the more air you ...

It's easy to get wrapped up in all the excitement of big horsepower numbers. The other magazines do it all the time. In fact, they chastise us for doing stories on "wimpy" motors that barely make 400 ...