This ’69 Camaro was purchased with a 383 small-block and a yellow engine compartment. Body-colored engine compartments are not for everyone. The small-block was ditched in favor of a 496 big-block.

Find out how, and more important why, we clean the engine compartment so early in the detailing process on this episode of Autoblog Details. On this episode of Autoblog Details, we’ll be cleaning the ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The engine bay under the hood is one of the dirtiest parts of a daily-driven car. But it's also one of the most neglected places to clean.

Don't you feel good when your car is clean and all shined up? A well-kept car looks great rolling down the street or sitting in your driveway, and you'd swear it even drives better. But if you want to ...

Looking at the before and after shots, it's hard to believe this is the same engine bay. It took a lot of elbow grease over a period of about four weekends to get our Road Runner's engine compartment ...