The small-block engine has long been synonymous with performance, but one particular model remains overshadowed by its more ...

Ford's venerable FE series big-block has been around since Dwight Eisenhower was president yet we just can't get enough of this tried and proven Ford big-block. The FE is the mill that won Le Mans ...

Probably the single biggest reason for the Chevy small-block's popularity is its versatility. Even in its infancy, it proved a viable candidate for performance upgrades, and the innovations just keep ...

Oldsmobile’s 1970 442 W-30 arrived at the peak of Detroit’s horsepower wars with the attitude to match its name. Built around a thundering big-block V8 and a carefully curated package of drag-strip ...

Unless you lurk around the local IHOP on certain days of the year, there ain’t nothing in this world for free. That’s particularly true when it comes to building horsepower—and as the world of LS ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

Although Chevrolet developed a V8 engine as early as 1917, the company really made its mark with the small block V8 in 1955. Just three years later the automaker introduced the powerful 348 ci engine ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

Valley Performance and Machine Service, an engine shop in rural Ionia, Michigan, aims to change that perception, with an overbored 360 that spins beyond 7,500 rpm to take on more developed ...