I Put my Mini V12 Gasoline Engine to the Ultimate test by bolting it to a Dyno to see once and for all how much Horsepower these little engines actually make. I First Built a Mini Engine Dynomometer ...

The V12 is one of the greatest engine configurations ever conceived, but sadly, the number of automakers that offer a V12 option continues to dwindle. That doesn't just affect customers, either. It ...

Dynamometer tests are used to measure a car's torque and rpm response. But how do they get that information? And how reliable ...

Pete Aardema and Kevin Braun build custom racing engines in San Diego, California and their latest creation is a 6.0-liter V12 that’s being prepared to go hunting for land speed records. While Aardema ...

When hackers in the US think of a retailer called Harbor Freight, we usually think of cheap tools, workable but terrible DVM’s, zip ties, and tarps. [Jimbo] over at [Robot Cantina] looked at the 212cc ...

When it comes to vintage Chevrolet engines, the L88 is near the top of the epic performance pyramid. For those out of the loop, the L88 is a 427-inch big-block V-8 engine that was originally factory ...

If you want to dyno test your tuner car, you can probably find a couple of good facilities in any nearby major city. If you want to do similar testing at a smaller scale, though, you might find it’s ...

Anyone who has lived on a healthy diet of off-road and performance magazines has gotten a pretty good taste of the dyno process, even if it's just served on the printed page. It looks pretty exciting: ...

We put both engines on the dyno to see which made more horsepower and torque. It didn’t go as planned. Over the past year, we assembled two very mild small-blocks aimed at the typical hot-rodder ...