The engines of yesteryear were pretty simple, with tappets clackity-clacking away on cam lobes, opening valves, and making a ruckus while doing it. Mechanical lifters were adequate for valve operation ...

If you are shopping for a used Chevy truck, make sure you check out this list of 2023-2025 Chevy Silverado 1500 known problems. While not every truck will have an issue like seen below, you should be ...

General Motors recently announced a wide-ranging safety recall involving the naturally aspirated 6.2L V8 L87 gasoline engine, affecting nearly 600,000 vehicles in the United States. While the recall ...

Most people associate "hemi" engines with Chrysler, who popularized them with their Hemi engine line, but the technology was first used by a Belgian manufacturer called Pipe in 1905 and placed in a ...

My 2018 Silverado Z-71 LTZ 6.2 L with 170,000 miles is beginning to have lifter issues in cylinder number 4. I was originally told by the dealer that it was the exhaust manifold gasket. I won several ...

There are very few sounds sweeter to a gearhead than a small-block spinning past 8,000 rpm. For anyone who appreciates internal-combustion engines and horsepower, a race engine spinning at high rpm is ...

Hot Shot’s Secret launches Tick Fix + Protect, an oil enhancer designed to address lifter tick and valvetrain noise.

Wrong. There is no longer a need to rationalize living with a poor compromise, thanks to the folks at Rhoads Lifters, Inc. (P.O. Box 830, Taylor, AZ 85939, 602/536-2121), who sell one of the best-kept ...