#engine labs

We’ve discussed the Clevor — a portmanteau of “Cleveland” and “Windsor” — previously, and its most well-known factory variant, the BOSS 302. Originally developed for Trans-Am road racing, Blue Oval engineers decided to take the BOSS 351’s cylinder heads and fit them to the 302 Windsor short block, rather than trying to destroke the 351C to fit the series’ limited displacement rules. Of course,…

The Oldsmobile 350 DX engine was a diesel engine produced by General Motors and used in various Oldsmobile vehicles during the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was part of GM’s diesel engine lineup introduced during that era. The Oldsmobile 350 DX was a V8 engine with a displacement of 5.7 liters (or approximately 350 cubic inches), similar to the gasoline-powered GM 350 engine, but designed to run…

Long considered the most basic of automotive maintenance tasks, the average oil change remains blanketed in controversy. Not just regarding what type of engine oil is best, or which engine oil additive performs on a higher level, but in how one goes about affixing oil filters. Do you pre-fill your oil filters prior to installation? Or do you just lube up that gasket and let the oil pump sort it…

Did anyone here catch that experiment, a few months back, where Total Seal Piston Rings intentionally tried to kill an engine with iron powder, just to see if oil filter quality really matters or not? Those wacky guys, I tell ya… For those of you who may have missed this straightforward, yet super sadistic experiment, be sure to check out the link in the intro paragraph above before reading the…