Editor's Note: As inanimate as intake manifolds may appear, they provide a path to both major and minor on-track power gains. Selection is one thing; "tuning" them to specific applications is a blend ...

In the first installment we dealt with the essentials of spec intake manifolds. The story was intended to establish a level of understanding that would enable more specific information to be helpful, ...

Internal combustion engines are fairly simply machines. When you break it down, they are nothing more than air pumps. When it comes to making horsepower and torque, the simple fact is the more air you ...

The intake manifold on your Toyota VVTi engine is represented by those plastic tubes that reunite at some point in a large tube right behind the radiator. Their function is to allow filtered air to ...

Popping the hood of a new Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing must have been quite an experience for most enthusiasts in the Fifties. For starters, the 3.0-liter straight-six sat canted at a fifty degree ...

If you think about it, there are things about your car that just don’t make sense. You’ve been told that more air is a good thing for power, that a cold air intake, more scoops, more vents, etc, are a ...

One of the charms of our favored V-8 engine layout is a cylinder head topping the cylinder bores at each bank, processing the fuel/air mixture, and releasing spent gases in an efficient manner. As a ...