—TMA term frequently used in engine building is "long-rod motor"—a reference to engines that use longer-than-stock connecting rods to reduce angularity as a means of increasing torque. Longer rods don ...

The other day I got into an esoteric conversation with Joe Sherman, Orange County's (California) leading purveyor of stealthy smallblocks. The discussion ended up on rod talk—as in rod angle, rod ...