HOT ROD recently partnered with Dart Machinery and JE Pistons to build the biggest big-block Chevy you can with off-the-shelf parts, and this is the beginning of that endeavor. Here is our 632ci big ...

Over the last few decades, one of the most important basic restoration references we attempted to compile and create was how to correctly refurbish, re-plate and restore all or most of the small, ...

Building an engine is a sort of rite of passage for motorheads, one that holds the power to provide a tremendous sense of accomplishment, though it can also bring the pain and frustration of failure.

Former NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon went to the Bowling Green Assembly Plant in Kentucky to help build the engine of his ...

Chevrolet has had many accomplishments over the years, from being the winningest brand in NASCAR Cup Series history to producing the world's first affordable fully automatic transmission. However, one ...

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 ...

This American power unit has a track-record unlike any other modern V-8 engine.

We’ve heard all the stories through the years about crate engines: Missing parts, poorly machined or bad castings, and even the hassle of having to replace a failed crate engine and fighting with the ...

The 2023 Corvette Z06 might be a bargain next to other supercars, but Chevy has come up with plenty of ways to help you inflate that $106,395 base price, including a $10,495 Visible Carbon Fiber Pack, ...

Chevrolet’s small-block V8 has outlived entire automotive trends, surviving turbo crazes, multivalve revolutions, and now the industry’s pivot to electrification. The constant through all of that has ...

When Goldilocks got a hankering to break into a house owned by bears, she didn't realize her name would forever be defined as "just right." Something in the "Goldilocks zone" means that it occupies a ...