Thanks to them, even tiny four-cylinders can make the type of numbers that used to be reserved for big-displacement engines ... with an inexpensive junkyard Chevy LS V8 and some upgraded hardware.

But even though gas price hikes have put a scare in the market, Toyota has an ace up its sleeve. A diesel V8. A powerful V8 turbo-diesel engine is expected to be one of the available powerplants ...

Our special guest engine is the Mopar 360 small-block V8 from Episodes 3 and 4 of Roadkill Garage, where we plucked it from a 1975 Dodge truck and slapped it into a 1970 Dodge Challenger.

Before the Lexus LS, Toyota's top-of-the-line luxury car in the United States was the Cressida. This is one of the lowest mileage figures I've ever seen on a 1980s junkyard Toyota; most of these ...