"I want big power," was the comment from Editor Smitty to Mike Dezotell and myself during a brainstorming meeting last month. The power he was referring to is the little supercharged Two-Valve bullet ...

Good cylinder heads are necessary to the production of serious horsepower, but what exactly constitutes a "good" cylinder head? Typically, we identify them with big, impressive flow numbers.

Only a few years back it was fairly common practice amongst race car builders, running on asphalt tracks of one form or another, to install engines with open intakes in the carburetor. The customary ...