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 ...
GM late-model performance enthusiastsare currently living through a new golden age of performance. Like what the original Chevy small-block engine did for engine builders duringthe previous 50 years, ...
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 ...
Produced from 1967 to 1969, the first-generation Chevrolet Camaro was offered with a selection of small- and big-block V8 engines. The latter did not exceed 400 cubic inches (6.6 liters) due to a ...
The L72 big-block was fitted in just three years in full-size Chevrolets, and only 568 were made in 1968; this 67k-mile ...
We recently scored a 1974 Chevy Nova barn find for just $1,500—a true time capsule that had been sitting untouched for decades. Now we’re turning this budget score into a street machine and heading to ...
The mid-engine C8 Corvette has been a major focus for performance shops ever since its release for the 2020 model year, and while aftermarket upgrades were at first relatively slow to appear, tuners ...
American carmakers in the 1960s chased trends like Metallica cutting their hair. Seemingly, every brand had to have a large displacement V8, even producing ...