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Despite the steadily rising popularity of turbochargers and superchargers for hopping up early- and late-model hot rods, nitrous oxide, better known as “throttle in a bottle,” has never lost its ...

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With the dizzying array of options at some gas pumps, it can be hard to decide if you should use premium gas in your car or take the less expensive option. Owners of vehicles equipped with modern Hemi ...

Looking for bullet-proof reliability? Then these are some of the most robust gas engines built over the past four decades. Many modern engines still face reliability issues despite 140 years of ...

Even with all of its blunders over the years, one thing about General Motors that we can't really fault is its lineup of small block V8 engines. These engines have been especially central to Chevy's ...

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