The Ford and Chevy 427 big blocks sit at the center of one of performance history’s fiercest rivalries, yet the two engines followed very different paths from the dyno cell to the winner’s circle. I ...

Some custom rides are subtle in their approach, hiding modifications and massaging custom work such that it takes a keen eye to spot the upgrades. This particular Chevy C10, however, is anything but ...

While there is some contention surrounding who produced the first muscle car, we can all agree that Chevrolet was certainly in the mix of it all during America's earliest muscle car days. In an effort ...

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.

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 ...

Unlike most of its competitors, the Chevrolet Mark IV Rat motor was designed from the beginning to be a high-performance race engine, with the initial Daytona "Mystery Motor" configuration merely ...

Famously featured under the hood of the 1970 Chevy Chevelle SS 454, the 454 V8 is a big-block engine that helped define the golden age of muscle cars. Very few engines ever came close to the power and ...

To discuss the rat, we must first discuss the mouse. In 1954, Ford squeaked past Chevrolet in sales by a 2% margin (1,165,942 vs. 1,143,561), a reversal of the previous year when Chevy beat Ford by 7% ...

American carmakers in the 1960s chased trends like Metallica cutting their hair. Seemingly, every brand had to have a large displacement V8, even producing ...