Over here at HOT ROD we love a crazy idea, so when we saw a guy, Ken Hutchison, on social media starting to figure out how to slice and dice an LS head to work on a 300-inch straight-six Ford engine ...

The Ford 300 inline-six has earned its cult following through decades of hard work. Whether it’s in an old dump truck like my own 1966 F600 or in a pickup like this 1979 F-250, the power plant gets ...

Daud Gonzalez is a lifelong car enthusiast and automotive writer with a specialty in modified and race-ready rides. He spends most of his time modifying his cars and ruining them in the process. He is ...

Take a look under the hood of some cars, and you may be downright startled at the age of the powerplant running the thing. For instance, an evolution of the Cummins B-Series diesel, launched in 1984, ...

If you asked an engineer to start from a clean sheet of paper and design the perfect piston engine, there's a good chance the result would be an inline 6-cylinder. Inline, or straight sixes, are ...

Inline-six engines differ from the brawnier V8 and high-strung four-cylinder cousins by offering the true automotive soundtrack. By cramming six cylinders in a straight line, inline-six engines ...

Thomas has spent two years working in the auto journalism industry, contributing to a UK-based newspaper and writing for Euronewsweek. A full-time writer and lifelong engineering enthusiast, he now ...

V engines have been held in high esteem for the longest time, boasting an impressive range of performance; from exotic sports cars zipping along menacingly on high-speed performance racetracks to ...

When it comes to US-made engines, the V8 reigns supreme, but American manufacturers have also built several iconic straight-sixes throughout the years. The straight-six engine is nearly 121 years old, ...