ANSWERBack in 1955, you (or your grandpa) might have posed a very similar question: "Why does that new-fangled small-block Chevy make more peak power and torque at a higher rpm than my trusty Flathead ...

As the axiom goes, building horsepower is just a matter of pushing more air through an engine. While true enough on the surface, it doesn’t take into account the different ways in which that power can ...