Big-money engines are cool. We all drool over them, but the reality is that for a good street engine, there’s such a thing as too much power. For most working-class people, anything over 500 hp is ...

Big-block engines have always traded on mythology as much as on dyno sheets, yet some of the most imposing cast-iron V8s deliver surprisingly modest output once you look past the badge. When I line up ...

The old adage of there is no replacement for displacement will always ring true, especially when the topic of a pump gas engine is the center of conversation. That cliché, unfortunately, gets lost ...

A torque-monster Chevrolet big-block with simple bolt-ons can make 550 lb-ft of torque with a yawn, and do it with low-octane fuel! Now, that's something an LS can't do. HOT ROD has proved it before; ...

The Chevy 454 Big Block V8 is one of the most legendary powerplants in American automotive history. Known for its massive ...

America is the land of the free and of V8s. While turbocharging is great and all, most of us dream of a large, hunking V8 that sounds glorious, leaves unending skid marks, and offers the thrust of a ...

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 ...

Chevrolet and Ford were the big guns of American car production in the postwar era, with the Bowtie coming out on top on most occasions – including in 1965 when the Mustang had its first full ...

This 1968 Chevrolet Camaro Restomod delivers everything a first-gen muscle car buyer wants: a 455-horsepower big block, the ...