We've all been guilty of it at one time or another. You know, defending the powerplant of our unruly street machine by righteously declaring it has more than enough grunt to get the job done.

I wrote a column in February about stump pullers used in pioneer days as land was prepared for plowing and planting. After reading my column, George Drontle of Richmond called me. He told me he owned ...

There was a time not long ago when a real engine was thought of in cubic inches! We're not talking low-vacuum, 3.0-liter V6s or Turbo 1.8s, but beefy V8s with 500 cubic inches! Picture eight oil cans ...

A new turbo-diesel 6.7-liter Cummins six-cylinder engine gives the Power Wagon over 1,000 pounds-feet of torque, more than ...