The abbreviations DOHC, SOHC, and OHV usually refer to different types of car engines. A particular setup mostly depends on the type and age of your vehicle − be it a vintage car dating back to the ...

While 16-cylinder engines sound divine and operate smoothly, they're also extremely expensive, overly heavy, and very ...

Pushrod engines remain in Chevy’s lineup thanks to their durability, compact size, and ability to deliver the efficiency ...

General Motors sees a future for engines with overhead valves, a technology most automakers have abandoned in favor of overhead camshafts. GM will introduce a new family of overhead-valve (OHV) V-6s ...

The General Motors 5.7 LS1 engine was a naturally aspirated small-block V8 engine with two valves per cylinder and the ...

General Motors Corp. sees a future for engines with overhead valves, a technology most automakers have abandoned in favor of overhead camshafts. GM will introduce a family of overhead-valve V-6 ...

In an age for which Detroit found a replacement for displacement, Ford built a mammoth. Engines are shrinking, losing cylinders, and gaining turbochargers and superchargers, even as full-size trucks ...

The Ford flathead V-8 engine changed hot-rodding forever. When introduced in 1932, the 221ci engine put out only 65 bhp, and even at the end of its production life in 1953 the larger Ford 239ci ...

Matt Nelson is an automotive journalist with nearly a decade of experience in all things cars. He's spent years working at dealerships in sales, finance, and service. He's since traded in his pens and ...