If you're an engineer, an inventor, or just a steampunk fan you might find yourself in need of a gear for a project. Most gears are cast from steel or other metals, but you can make a simple ...

Power in numbers-the golden tenet. Everybody's got a little bit of power under the hood, but it's never enough. Unless you can smoke Titan rockets off the line or go through tires faster than a drift ...

Quite a few years ago, Iskenderian Racing Cams introduced a gear drive setup for small-block Chevy engines to replace the somewhat undependable chain drive system. The main drawback with Isky's ...

Despite the Skoda badge, there’s an awful lot of Volkswagen engineering in the Fabia. In fact, as part of the broader VW family, all modern Skodas have essentially VW platforms, engines and ...

Featured image: Before the ring and pinion installation is begun, the ring gear flange on the carrier should be checked for runout with a dial indicator. In the March '77 issue of HOT ROD, the ...