General Motors tends to use very simiilar powertrains for all its vehicles nowadays, but it was a very different story more than 50 years ago. Why?

The Camaro Rally Sport 327 sits at a sweet spot in Chevrolet history, where pony car style met small block practicality. I am looking at when Chevrolet actually built these RS models with the 327 ...

A 427-cubic-inch Clevor hit the dyno, boosted by a TVS2650 supercharger. This Cleveland-headed small-block put down ...

Few of us have ever considered the humble Yugo a dream car, but here’s one fantastic modified example that might make you reconsider. Not only is this 1986 Yugo GV engine swapped, but Ridetech ...

Pontiac made more than its share of classic muscle cars during the brand's run from 1926 through 2009, including the classic GTO. Two Pontiac badges that don't often get listed with the GTO, Firebird, ...

With stump-pulling torque this naturally aspirated big-inch Ford is done right. No matter if it's Ford, Chevy, Mopar, or whatever, the universal truth that "there's no replacement for displacement" ...

In automotive nomenclature, small-block V8 engines are typically physically smaller than their big-block counterparts, hence the nickname. With some exceptions, the piston bores, stroke, cylinder head ...

This monstrous motor clocks in at over 10.3 liters of displacement and makes more than 1,000 horsepower on pump gas without a turbo or nitrous. Kyle Hyatt (he/him/his) hails originally from the ...

On episode 4 of Engine Masters, Roadkill host David Freiburger and friends beat-up some Hooker headers mounted on a 400-cubic inch V8 to see if the restricted air flow would hinder performance. What ...

Why have a big-block Mopar mill when you can have an even bigger big-block Mopar mill? Well, I think we all know the answer to that: In most all cases, bigger is better. This is especially true when ...

While there have been some iconic big-block engines over the last few decades, it's difficult to argue with the success of the small-block engine. Small-block engines not only weigh less — allowing ...