Rats! They seem to be everywhere, infesting the streets with their special brand of colossal big-block horsepower and torque. Yet despite all their power and evil reputation, there's always been one ...

Continuing our look at late-model heads as a solution to lowering compression and making your motor compatible with today's gasolines, this month we'll cover the big-block Chevy. There are two ...

I worked as a machinist in an automotive machine shop in the early 1980s before my career took me into the aerospace sector. The shop's high volume of mundane engine rebuilds and turning brake drums ...