For mild street engines, stock valve springs are more than adequate. But if you've screwed in a big bumpstick for strip-banging or banzai runnin', then pay attention. Our plan was simple: Install a ...

A small gap with big importance in the performance and health of an engine - here's everything you need to know.

Time was when a valve job was done with some valve-grinding compound and a vacuum cup on a stick. But no more. Today's high performance engines require the same machining precision in the valves that ...

Those wound-up pieces of high-tensile steel under your rocker arms work so hard closing your valves over millions of cycles that they could probably use a replacement right about now. We're talking ...

While the engineering community continues to explore the benefits of electric and hybrid vehicles—i.e., the environmental and renewable energy factors—the automotive market is still dependent on ...

Over 4,000 Hyundai Palisades from the 2024 model year are subject to a new recall due to faulty valve springs that could potentially break. While only one percent of the recall population is likely ...

Update, 03/14/2019 11:35 am EDT: In an email, a Toyota Advanced Technology spokesperson issued the following statement to The Drive: “The safety and security of our customers is a top priority. We are ...

Back in September 2020, GM quietly admitted that small-block V8s suffer from “possible broken valve springs.” According to a technical service bulletin from the biggest of the Big Three in Detroit, ...

While the newly redesigned 2022 Subaru BRZ is currently enjoying the limelight, we want to take the opportunity to revisit a story concerning its predecessor. Avid readers will likely remember the ...

Mihai has even branched beyond the usual confines of an automotive writer from time to time, however, his heart is still close to anything car-related. He's most at home retelling the story of some ...

Toyota had just managed to settle the recall waters a little bit last month, when its premium division Lexus debuted a recall for 17,000 HS 250h hybrid vehicles that were suspected of having a fuel ...