As the structural foundation of your internal combustion engine, the engine block is one of your vehicle's most crucial components. Among other things, it provides structural support for internal ...

We’re working on a 1968 Jaguar 4.2 liter engine block that arrived with cracks between every single cylinder, damage that ...

When it comes to engines, the term "block" can mean a few things. There's big block versus small block and short block vs long block, but at the heart of the matter is the engine itself. The ...

Aluminum engine blocks (which are different from cylinder heads) are prone to cracking under some circumstances, just like their cast iron counterparts. However, the factors that cause them to crack, ...

Cylinder heads get a lot of credit when it comes to engine power. Here at Jalopnik, we've touted the Chevy double hump heads' ability to shape small block V8 power and late-90s Vortec heads' status as ...