For car enthusiasts, trusting a restoration shop with a beloved classic is often an act of faith. Owners hand over vehicles that may represent decades of memories, thousands of dollars in parts, and ...

An engine swap should be a joyous occasion, but this mechanic turned the process into a nightmare for more than 70 owners — and was jailed for his efforts.

For many enthusiasts, handing over a beloved classic to a restoration shop requires a leap of faith. In Galveston County, Texas, that trust turned into a years-long nightmare for dozens of car ...

After charging $20,500 for work done over a period of three years, a Franklin County mechanic installed a client's newly rebuilt engine into another person's vehicle and attempted to pass off that ...

Engine swaps can be relatively straightforward, at least on paper. You take the power plant from one car, put it in another, button it all up and bingo, you have the custom machine you’ve always ...

One of Henry Ford's goals was universal interchangeability—a feature that made flivvers the first hot rods and made engine swaps a staple of hot rodding. Unfortunately, original equipment ...

With import engine swaps becoming extremely popular, many companies have jumped into the market of designing and selling DIY swap kits. But for every bolt-in swap kit appearing on the market, there ...