To celebrate HOT ROD's 75th anniversary, we teamed up with CASTROL GTX to bring you some of the stories that exemplify the core of what HOT ROD is and reflect the brand's influence on America's car ...

If you’re Bill Gates or that kid who owns Facebook, you can probably spare a million bucks more easily than a regular working man can cough up a thousand dollars. That’s just the way things go, so ...

The basics of an automobile engine require lubrication. This means the role of the oiling system is critical to performance and especially critical for high-performance applications. To help you keep ...

There are many ways to pump Fluid, but the two most common methods of pumping oil use the gerotor or spurgear pump. The gerotor pump shown on the left is a Ford unit, it pumps the oil by drawing it ...

Drive a few HPDEs or drag races and it won’t take long to figure out that your car’s performance bottlenecks aren’t really about power or torque—they’re about oiling. A built small-block with bonkers ...

The Lamborghini Huracán's V10 needs eight oil drain plugs because of its dry sump oiling system, which uses a separate oil ...

Note: This is the third in a series that looks at the diesel particulate filter and maintenance best practices that an impact its lifecycle. The first installment, "Diesel coolant heaters boost DPF ...

In terms of sheer horsepower, the 1960s were truly the golden decade for American cars. Car manufacturers were locked in fierce competition, challenging what was possible both on the streets and the ...