When it is powering a race car--with all the rumbling, vibrations,beating, and banging going on--it can sometimes be easy to forget thatthe engine is a precision piece of equipment. In the hands of ...

I have a normally aspirated 1981 Buick 231 V6 in my hot rod and was wondering what flexplate to use. It seems there are internal balance and external balance applications. Is there any reason I can't ...

"Balance is a hard thing to sell," Beckett says. "A lot of people seem to think balance is related only to cupping problems. Balancing will not solve cupping wear; that's caused by something else.