In its purest form, an engine is nothing more than an air pump; it takes in air and then returns it, although in a slightly modified form. Maximizing an engine's ability to process air will also ...

Why performance air intakes might be a great, low-cost investment if you’re looking for more power. Why are aftermarket air intake systems so popular? A related question might be, why replace the ...

Copying a key design component from Ford, this was supposed to be Pontiac's best high-performance V8 of the '70s, but it turned into a disappointment.

If you drive a car with an internal combustion engine, which is most modern vehicles that run on fossil fuels, then your engine requires a precise combination of fuel and oxygen to function properly.

An intercooler cools air that’s been compressed by a supercharger or turbocharger before it enters a vehicle's engine. The laws of thermodynamics mean that compressing air necessarily heats it up. But ...

Editor's Note: As inanimate as intake manifolds may appear, they provide a path to both major and minor on-track power gains. Selection is one thing; "tuning" them to specific applications is a blend ...