We firmly believe that sometimes even the longest-tenured hot-rodder should pause for a moment and recognize his or her journey in the hobby; take time to look back to where it all began and think ...

Fitting a gasoline-powered car engine with frikkin’ laser spark plugs may seem like one sci-fi step too far, but since it improves the combustion and cleans-up the exhaust, it may be the gas engine’s ...

Gasoline internal combustion engines need three fundamental things: fuel, oxygen, and spark. The sexy aspects of modifying cars are focused on the first two elements: Double Pumper carburetors, ...

In olden times, part of the ritual of changing your engine's spark plugs was making sure that the gap was set correctly for optimum performance. That is, the distance between the spark plug's center ...

For most street engines, it’s a great idea to choose a spark plug with an extended reach tip. These plugs offer the same heat range options but push the spark out a few millimeters closer to the ...

Two or three lasers are focused to ignite fuel in more than one place Car engines could soon be fired by lasers instead of spark plugs, researchers say. A team at the Conference on Lasers and ...

Switch out a set of old, worn spark plugs to improve your engine's efficiency. By Timothy Dale Published Nov 15, 2023 1:00 PM EST We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and ...