If for some reason you disassembled a Toyota engine just to put it back and hope it will still work, here’s a short tutorial on how to check the piston rings gap tolerance, which will tell you if the ...

Piston ring gap recommendations have changed. Most experts now run larger second ring gaps. When I got started in this business over 30 years ago, the common practice was to run tighter piston ring ...

To keep the piston from melting down, heat must be transferred out through the piston rings to the cylinder walls and ultimately into the cooling jacket. Today's engines tend to run hotter than ...

Whether you're considering new cars, or the high-performance aftermarket, engines are being built with more power than ever before. Items like power adders, multiple camshafts, and EFI tend to get all ...

When building an engine, it's understandable how the sight of all those parts laid across the workbench can be a bit intimidating to most novice engine builders. After having the block freshly ...