Gearheads may have noticed the 1,250-horsepower Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X and new Ford Mustang GTD Competition competing to bring down their Nürburgring times in recent years. Yet this is far from the ...

A project 3 and a half years in the making by a well-known big-block expert is finally nearing completion. There was a time in American muscle car culture when the Big Block V8 was the king of engines ...

Chevrolet recently announced the Corvette Grand Sport, and while it's the Admiral Blue paint and red accents that catch the eye, what's underneath is far more interesting, in our opinion. With this ...

I am sorry to burst some people’s bubble—engine swaps didn’t begin with the invention of the LS engine platform. They’ve been a time-honored tradition in the hot-rodding world long before customizing ...

The GM Gen 6 Small Block is a family of gasoline eight cylinder engines produced by General Motors Company for use in various vehicles, including sports cars, pickup trucks, SUVs and possibly vans.

The Big Block motor that spearheaded the muscle car era. We dive into the details behind this impressive engine and its legacy. Debuted in 1970, the Chevy 454 Big Block became iconic for power and ...

Some things are just fundamentally part of American culture. Baseball. Apple pie. Catchy ad campaigns. And small-block Chevrolets. For only the sixth time since the small-block arrived inside the ...

Expert DIYer April Wilkerson installs a ductless MrCool mini split system herself to heat and cool her shop efficiently. He was fooling around on the edge - then his hand suddenly slipped I used to ...

Not to sound like a parody of Jerry Seinfeld here, but what's the deal with all these identical-displacement V8s from different manufacturers? We've talked about the Ford 427 vs. the Chevy 427 before, ...

GM divisions Pontiac and Chevrolet each produced 400 cubic-inch small-block V8s with similar bore-to-stroke ratios. Ford made one as well, but its block was very different from Chevy's in nearly every ...

Thomas has spent two years working in the auto journalism industry, contributing to a UK-based newspaper and writing for Euronewsweek. A full-time writer and lifelong engineering enthusiast, he now ...

If you're looking for a budget-friendly small-block Chevy V8 for your next pickup truck project, look no further than these five crate engines available for less than $4,000. When thinking about crate ...