GM’s third production overhead-valve V-8 engine in five years, the Buick “nailhead” was the warmup act for the small-block Chevy, and a classic in its own right.
In the case of “RPM”, the letters stand for “revolutions per minute” and represent the number of times an engine’s crankshaft makes a full rotation every 60 seconds, typically presented in a vehicle’s ...
as presented on your tachometer, which is essentially an RPM gauge. Don’t spin, or rev, the engine past the redline indicated on the tachometer, or you’ll risk engine damage. If you’re ...