Building an engine is a sort of rite of passage for motorheads, one that holds the power to provide a tremendous sense of accomplishment, though it can also bring the pain and frustration of failure.

The 4-H Small Engine project creates the education and hands-on opportunity for youth to learn all about engines. In this project, youth will identify and discover the function of different engine ...

So your Honda lawn mower broke down again, and this time, it's in need of a new wheel kit. Instead of taking it to a professional for repair, you decided to try your hand at it yourself. Thankfully, ...

Hot rod builds a mouse trap and tries to catch a rat. Originally published in the August 1998 issue of Hot Rod magazine. To celebrate HOT ROD's 75th anniversary, we teamed up with CASTROL GTX to bring ...

An engine swap is likely the most time-honored process within the art of car building. Our grandfathers likely struggled through it using a ratcheting come-along hung from a tree branch or a hastily ...

Jim Carles got his start running a small engine repair shop in a back room at Mallow’s on 25th Avenue. “He quit school in ninth grade to work for Mallow’s,” his daughter Janet Mowery said. He ran the ...

Rolls-Royce is courting customers for its RR500TS helicopter engine, unveiled recently at Heli-Expo in Anaheim, Calif. If successful, the product could mean more work for a small engine-assembly line ...