There are engine assemblers, and then there are engine builders. It's one thing to merely bolt a bunch of parts together. It’s quite another thing to carefully assemble machined components to precise ...

You don't get a proper sense of the destruction until it's freed from the block, which wasn't easy because the engine was completely locked up. Pistons were stuck in the cylinders, and a main ...

He tried to fix it, but the repair apparently didn't work because the piston exploded. The damage is immediately obvious because there are big holes in the engine block. The opening on one side is ...

Then it's placed inside the piston and the pin connects the two components. Now, the engine can finally be assembled. First, the crankshaft is bolted onto the block. Then the piston is pushed into ...