DEAR TOM AND RAY: My daughter was going to soccer practice in our 2001 Mercury Sable Wagon. When she turned the key, there was an explosion that apparently blew the intake manifold off the engine.

OBJECTIVE: Wet flow, pressure excursions, port volume, runner length, plenum volume—all these figure into an engine's overall efficiency. But there's more… Sometimes theory is neat, but sometimes it ...

Editor's Note: As inanimate as intake manifolds may appear, they provide a path to both major and minor on-track power gains. Selection is one thing; "tuning" them to specific applications is a blend ...

Popping the hood of a new Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing must have been quite an experience for most enthusiasts in the Fifties. For starters, the 3.0-liter straight-six sat canted at a fifty degree ...