The 1966 Corvette arrived at the height of the horsepower wars, yet its real achievement was not just raw speed. Chevrolet ...
This overlooked gem features an engine with performance pedigree, but it goes largely unloved because of its badging.
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.
From the March 1965 issue of HOT ROD: The 396ci big-block Chevy had just dropped, and we were justifiably excited by its big valves, high-flow ports, and 425 horsepower. Chevrolet’s 427 engine that ...
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 ...
Chevrolet is known for producing a lineup of powerful small block Chevy crate engines. However, the biggest Chevy crate engines include big block varieties as well. Chevrolet's largest displacement ...
San Diego’s Larry Hofer is the proprietor of the Corvette Shop in South California. Like every shop owner, Hofer tries to serve his customers in quick time, a white Chevy Corvette C8 stayed on the ...
It’s alive! It’s aliiive! And it can be driven! Not that there was any doubt in the passion project that put an 8.1-liter big block into a C8 Corvette. If anyone was gonna make the ballsy pairing work ...
Introduced at the height of the muscle car golden age and produced until the mid-1990s, the 460 was never offered by Ford in a high-performance variant. However, thanks to its bombproof construction, ...
While they reached their performance zenith during the golden age of muscle, these legendary big-block V8s managed to thrive in different guises long before that exciting era was over. Combining a ...
Chevrolet General Manager Ed Cole was always “looking over the horizon” for new technology. In 1957, Cole commanded his engineers to start working on a line of 1960 Chevrolets that would all use a ...
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 ...