What exactly makes a lowboy different from a highboy, and why did T-buckets change hot rod culture? Here's the history every ...

Hot rodders, moonshiners, and NASCAR owe a tremendous debt to this powerplant. Named for its distinctive flat cylinder head design, the flathead V8 went into production in 1932. It stayed on the ...

The Ford flathead V-8 engine changed hot-rodding forever. When introduced in 1932, the 221ci engine put out only 65 bhp, and even at the end of its production life in 1953 the larger Ford 239ci ...

Here's why the V8 remains such a staple of not just American car culture but American life in general, and why gearheads have ...

Last month we compared the internal and external elements that constitute a snull-block Choy with those parts and piners that make up a '32 to '53 l oni V&better known as a flat head. The plan this ...

The hot rodding world is filled with common terms that gearheads throw around a lot. These terms are used throughout the hobby and describe many of the different customization techniques and parts ...