To paraphrase an oft-repeated line in one of our favorite Westerns, there are two kinds of street rod engines in the world, my friend-those with blowers, and who cares what the others are. The point ...

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Nothing says pro-street more than a Roots blower sticking through the hood—but where did this hot-rodding staple originate? Sure, there are lots of ways to add boost to your engine, but nothing says ...

While the key to power this month was the addition of a Roots-style Weiand supercharger, (a.k.a: a blower), we first had to install a couple of complementary components to make sure that the blower ...

Roots-type blowers — which are different from centrifugal or twin-screw superchargers — frequently dominate the front ends of modified muscle cars and street rods, especially dragsters and similar ...

Snow blowers are complicated machines with plenty of moving parts, so it’s only natural that problems will arise on occasion. But some problems are easily avoided, and others, when addressed quickly, ...

Big engines like the 707-horsepower monster Dodge put in the Challenger Hellcat or Volvo's little four-cylinder that makes 425 ponies get all the attention these days. But there are millions of tiny ...

Bentley has successfully completed the first fire-up of the supercharged 4.5-liter engine that will power ‘Car Zero’ of the new Blower Continuation Series. Before internal testing began, Bentley had ...

Chevrolet all but reinvented small-block performance with the introduction of the LS engine family. A potent and worthy successor to the original small-block, the LS has proven its power potential ...

Send your snowblower into the off-season the right way with these easy-to-follow steps. Once winter’s over and the threat of ...