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Engine-pedia: Honda B-series 4-cylinder icons
Iain Kelly 18/11/25 Iain Kelly 18/11/25

Engine-pedia: Honda B-series 4-cylinder icons

The high-RPM NA 4-cylinder engines that showed tuner cars weren’t to be messed with.

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Engine-pedia: Audi’s head-kicking turbo 5-cylinder, from UR Quattro to DAZA MADNESS
Iain Kelly 14/11/25 Iain Kelly 14/11/25

Engine-pedia: Audi’s head-kicking turbo 5-cylinder, from UR Quattro to DAZA MADNESS

Audi’s turbo 5-cylinder engine changed rallying in ‘80, and it is rewriting what is possible for street engines today.

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Case study: AVOID DISASTERS & RESEARCH YOUR ENGINE PLATFORM CAREFULLY
Iain Kelly 14/11/25 Iain Kelly 14/11/25

Case study: AVOID DISASTERS & RESEARCH YOUR ENGINE PLATFORM CAREFULLY

If you’re wanting to push power, sometimes buying the highest performance variant of an engine is actually NOT the way to go.

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Engine-pedia: Germany’s diesel hammer, the BMW N57
Iain Kelly 13/11/25 Iain Kelly 13/11/25

Engine-pedia: Germany’s diesel hammer, the BMW N57

The hottest engine swap rght now isn’t Honda K, LS or Godzilla V8; it’s BMW’s N57 and we’ve got the full rundown on this epic diesel.

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Engine-pedia: Toyota screaming 2ZZ K-SERIES KILLER
Iain Kelly 12/11/25 Iain Kelly 12/11/25

Engine-pedia: Toyota screaming 2ZZ K-SERIES KILLER

Everything you need to know about one of Japan’s overlooked gems: Toyota’s 2ZZ-GE four-cylinder.

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Engine-pedia: Toyota’s forgotten 4-cylinder heroes - 3S-GTE, 4AGZE, & 3S-BEAMS
Iain Kelly 7/11/25 Iain Kelly 7/11/25

Engine-pedia: Toyota’s forgotten 4-cylinder heroes - 3S-GTE, 4AGZE, & 3S-BEAMS

Everything you wanted to know about Toyota’s awesome, forgotten high-performance four-cylinder heroes.

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Tools you need to do an engine swap
Iain Kelly 4/11/25 Iain Kelly 4/11/25

Tools you need to do an engine swap

Here are the tools you must have if you want to engine-swap a car.

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Engine-pedia: the Swedish meatballs, deep-diving Volvo’s powerhouse turbo Whiteblock 5-cylinder
Iain Kelly 3/11/25 Iain Kelly 3/11/25

Engine-pedia: the Swedish meatballs, deep-diving Volvo’s powerhouse turbo Whiteblock 5-cylinder

How Volvo’s “Whiteblock” 4, 5 & 6-cylinder engines may be the most-slept-on swappable engines out there.

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Mastering Driveline Angles in a Custom Engine Swap
Iain Kelly 3/11/25 Iain Kelly 3/11/25

Mastering Driveline Angles in a Custom Engine Swap

They didn’t lie, the angle of the dangle is all important… especially if you want your engine swap to work.

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Engine-pedia: BMW’s legendary motorsport engines for the street
Iain Kelly 2/11/25 Iain Kelly 2/11/25

Engine-pedia: BMW’s legendary motorsport engines for the street

BMW gave us some of the greatest NA performance engines of all time. Here is everything you need to know about them.

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Budget blaster: is a budget 400hp Honda K24 better than an 800hp built combo?
Iain Kelly 31/10/25 Iain Kelly 31/10/25

Budget blaster: is a budget 400hp Honda K24 better than an 800hp built combo?

Can you have more fun with a budget 400hp turbo K24 than a full-tilt max-effort +800hp set-up?

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How to LS-swap your classic in one day
Iain Kelly 27/10/25 Iain Kelly 27/10/25

How to LS-swap your classic in one day

Learn how you can LS swap your classic car in a day.

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Engine-pedia: Ford’s ballistic Barra 6-cylinder
Iain Kelly 24/10/25 Iain Kelly 24/10/25

Engine-pedia: Ford’s ballistic Barra 6-cylinder

Everything you need to know about the turbo 6-cylinder which schooled Japanese heroes: Ford’s mighty 4L Barra

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Engine-pedia: everything awesome about Ford’s 5.0L Coyote, & 5.2L Voodoo & predator V8s
Iain Kelly 22/10/25 Iain Kelly 22/10/25

Engine-pedia: everything awesome about Ford’s 5.0L Coyote, & 5.2L Voodoo & predator V8s

One of the most impressive V8s out of America doesn’t get the love it deserves.

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Everything wrong with the LS V8
Iain Kelly 22/10/25 Iain Kelly 22/10/25

Everything wrong with the LS V8

Here are the main problems with the LS V8.

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ENGINE-PEDIA: Is the RB26DETT the king of JDM performance?
Iain Kelly 21/10/25 Iain Kelly 21/10/25

ENGINE-PEDIA: Is the RB26DETT the king of JDM performance?

Here is why the RB26DETT holds an incredibly special place in car enthusiasts’ hearts.

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UNDERSTANDING ELECTRIC A/C
Iain Kelly 20/10/25 Iain Kelly 20/10/25

UNDERSTANDING ELECTRIC A/C

Want A/C in your project but can’t fit an engine-driven compressor? You need electric A/C.

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Engine-pedia: everything you need to know about Toyota's epic 1JZ
Iain Kelly 20/10/25 Iain Kelly 20/10/25

Engine-pedia: everything you need to know about Toyota's epic 1JZ

Want to know about the JZ you’d forgotten about? Here’s why the 1JZ is rad.

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Engine-pedia: NIssan’s awesome foursome: the FJ20ET, CA18DET & SR20DET
Iain Kelly 19/10/25 Iain Kelly 19/10/25

Engine-pedia: NIssan’s awesome foursome: the FJ20ET, CA18DET & SR20DET

Nissan captured the hearts and minds of several generations with these amazing turbo 4-cylinder engines.

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Engine-pedia: iS THE tOYOTA 2JZ tHE GREATEST jdm 6-CYLINDER?
Iain Kelly 18/10/25 Iain Kelly 18/10/25

Engine-pedia: iS THE tOYOTA 2JZ tHE GREATEST jdm 6-CYLINDER?

Everything you need to know about Toyota’s iconic 2JZ engines.

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