The 1969 Camaro SS 396 sits at the crossroads of big-block muscle, motorsport credibility, and modern collector money, which ...

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 ...

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 ...

Starting with a bored-out iron Dart Chevy block, a forged Crower Crank and a set of their rods mated to a set of Wiseco pistons were installed. When the math was done, they ended up with a pump ...

Collectors keep pushing 1967 Impala SS big-block prices higher, and the sharpest gains cluster around a few specific configurations. I focus on how those models moved from used muscle to blue-chip ...

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 ...

Capable of producing massive torque with a proverbial yawn, the long-running big block from Chevy was born purely out of necessity in 1958, a few years after the small block. With cars getting heavier ...

Hot rod builds a mouse trap and tries to catch a rat. Originally published in the August 1998 issue of Hot Rod magazine. To celebrate HOT ROD's 75th anniversary, we teamed up with CASTROL GTX to bring ...

Big-block builds come in many shapes and sizes, or more accurately displacements, but this build offers something special. While a 496 is a common displacement, this combination was designed with more ...

The build-off always starts off as a friendly staffer competition, but as the builds get closer to being complete, it boggles me how my cell phone will start ringing completely off the hook. What's he ...

Big Block of Cheese Day, a White House tradition made popular on an episode of The West Wing, happened again this week. According to a punny press release from the White House, Wednesday marks the ...

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 ...