There are many ways that automakers, particularly American ones, categorize the V8 engines they produce. They can essentially be put into one of two categories: big-block engines and small-block ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When the gearheads of the world get together to talk about the most powerful vehicles from the early muscle car era, those sporting the more notable big block engines of the day tend to take up most ...

All of this being said, there are truly a fantastic amount of crate engines and speed parts on the retailer’s website, whether or not you can actually go down to a Walmart to pick them up. Pretty much ...

One of General Motors’ major headline-making announcements from this year’s SEMA Show in Las Vegas was the unveiling of the new ZZ632 crate engine – a massive 632 cubic-inch Big Block motor that ...

Dropping a big-block Chevy V8 into a late-model GM F-body (Camaro/Firebird) can be a rewarding but frustrating experience. There's no question that big-block power breathes new life into any swap, but ...

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.

Despite the muscle car the Chevy Chevelle would have become later in its life, the Chevelle of the mid-60s was what passed for a family-friendly car back in those days. Of these models, the base 300 ...

A few years ago, Sport Truck introduced a grandiose project, called "the small-block from hell." Remember that deal? Well we've taken It 10 steps further with a big block Chevy. We wanted a ...