The guys at Muscle Car Review show you how to check engine compression with the latest tools. Check it out only at hotrod.com or the October 2011 issue of Muscle Car Review Magazine.

We walk you through a compression test, a great way to determine the condition of your valves and piston rings.

A remote starter switch and a top-quality, screw-in-type compression gaugeâ such as these models from Sears, Roebuck & Companyâ can be used to measure the pumping efficiency of an engine, as ...

This is how the combination of an engine, fuel, and air makes your car move, explained in plain English, in case you're not an engineer.

Late-model engine designs have come a long way in the engineering of pistons and cylinder heads to improve combustion efficiency, allowing higher-compression engines to run on regular gas.