Engine Masters

On this episode of Engine Masters presented by AMSOIL, we test the power differences between 118-octane race gas and Rockett Brand E85 ethanol-blended fuel.

This time on Engine Masters presented by AMSOIL, it’s a horsepower battle with the world’s most popular classic V-8s: the Chevy small-block versus the Ford Windsor.

On this episode of Engine Masters presented by AMSOIL, we explain how oil kills power-because it’s not about synthetic versus regular oil and not about a brand-to-brand comparison, but about windage and oil-pan design.

It’s back to basics this time on this episode of Engine Masters presented by AMSOIL, with a comparison of dual-plane versus single-plane intake manifolds.

There is no hotter engine package these days than the turbocharged GM LS-Series V-8.

You asked and we're here to answer! On this episode of Engine Masters presented by AMSOIL, we take our small-block Chevy 383 and show, piece by piece, how much power your water pump kills.

Get ready for “no replacement for displacement” with a massive 598ci BluePrint Engines crate big-block Chevy! On this episode of Engine Masters presented by AMSOIL, we’re going to show you two completely different power combos, one for low-buck and massive street-ready low-end torque, and a second one for high-buck and high-rpm killer horsepower.

A junkyard Chevy LS engine with a turbo-it’s a dime-a-dozen concept these days, but how big can it go? To find out, Engine Masters went to the originator of the “Big Bang Theory” dyno test: Richard Holdener, who delivered the world a 1,200hp boosted 4.8L way back in 2011 in the pages of HOT ROD magazine.

More myths shattered! For decades, street/strip racers have been told not to run nitrous-oxide injection on the most common dual-plane intake manifolds because “you’ll get fuel distribution problems.” But is it true? We’re here to find out on Engine Masters presented by AMSOIL.

This time, our episode of Engine Masters presented by AMSOIL is for the purists. It’s for the ones who disputed our Episode 2 test with throttle-body injection (TBI) not being real electronic fuel injection (EFI). So we’re back and more serious than ever with a state-of-the-art 1,050-cfm multipoint EFI system facing off against the 750- and 1,000-cfm relics known as carburetors.

This episode of Engine Masters presented by AMSOIL is very personal to host David Freiburger, since it’s his own race engine that he handbuilt in the quest to get into the 200 MPH Club at El Mirage Dry Lake.

In the modern world of bulletproof bottom ends, boost has become the go-to for bolt-on power. But is it really the best way to get where you want to be? On this episode of Engine Masters presented by AMSOIL, David Freiburger, Steve Dulcich and Steve Brulé take a bone-stock 5.3 truck LS and test four different combos of built and boosted.