HOT ROD’s archives are chock-full of brilliant tech reports that truly are timeless. This one, drafted by Jim McFarland for our February 1972 issue, provides an extensive look at how important airflow ...

Let's examine the LS motor. Long ago, it became the darling of the performance world, with everyone jumping on the bandwagon. Not that the LS engine family doesn't deserve the attention. They do, ...

The Combustion Dynamics group deals with combustion dynamics processes in rocket combustion chambers. This includes the experimental investigation of propellant injection into the combustion chamber, ...

Inlet unstart is a particularly critical issue associated with scramjets. That is the upstream displacement or disgorging of the original inlet shock system. Large flow spillage can be caused by the ...