General Motors tends to use very simiilar powertrains for all its vehicles nowadays, but it was a very different story more ...

The big-block V-8 is so synonymous with classic Chevrolet performance that it seems kind of weird that it wasn't introduced until almost the 1960s. Chevy had the D-Series for a brief period of time in ...

It was nicknamed the Mystery Motor and the Porcupine. Whatever you call it, this engine is so rare that only nine examples ...

Some of the differences between the Ford 427 and the Chevy 427 include the fact that the Ford engine wasn't a true big block ...

Outlines how to remove, dissassemble, recondition, rebuild and replace a small-block engine?all in step-by-step clarity. Covers models: 262, 265, 283, 302, 305, 307, 327, 350 and 400 cid engines.

This triple-black, big-block, 4-speed Chevy Nova SS comes from a time when having a muscle car “your way” was easy. Keeping in mind the Chevrolet and Mopar performance vehicles have been on hiatus for ...

Back for the 1971 model year, the four-wheel-drive K10 came in fleetside and stepside flavors with anything from a ...

There are many ways that automakers, particularly American ones, categorize the V8 engines they produce. They can essentially be put into one of two categories: big-block engines and small-block ...

The V8 engine configuration has long been favored for its inherently favorable qualities of being well-balanced, relatively compact, and with a high capacity for power output. Shortly after the turn ...

The well-known names in classic muscle car performance were almost always associated with big-block engines, be they Ford Mustangs, Plymouth ’Cudas, or the Chevrolet Chevelle SS. What you may not know ...

In the '60s, America developed some cool, advanced engines, such as Pontiac's overhead cam inline-6 or the jet-turbine in the Chrysler Turbine Car. Still, when push comes to shove, our first love is a ...