The 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 arrived in the middle of the horsepower wars, yet it did not rely on cubic inches to earn its reputation. Instead of chasing the biggest big block, Chevrolet built a ...

Few of us have ever considered the humble Yugo a dream car, but here’s one fantastic modified example that might make you reconsider. Not only is this 1986 Yugo GV engine swapped, but Ridetech ...

The Pontiac brand was established in 1926 by General Motors and was so successful in its early years that GM abandoned its similar Oakland division in 1933. Pontiac had begun to flounder by ...

While there have been some iconic big-block engines over the last few decades, it's difficult to argue with the success of the small-block engine. Small-block engines not only weigh less — allowing ...

Ford’s 427 and 428 FE V8s sit at the heart of some of the most mythologized American performance cars, yet even seasoned ...

This monstrous motor clocks in at over 10.3 liters of displacement and makes more than 1,000 horsepower on pump gas without a turbo or nitrous. Kyle Hyatt (he/him/his) hails originally from the ...

The 1967 Pontiac GTO received a mild facelift and bigger 400 cube V8. This Burgundy example will cross the Mecum Auctions ...

Why did they call musclecars factory hot rods? Because Detroit emulated the hot rodders by putting the biggest V8s at their disposal into some of the smallest/lightest passenger car bodies in their ...

Big displacement, big compression, and a big tank of e85 help make this stroker LS run wild on Westech's dyno. By now we all know about GM's wonder mill, the venerable LS platform, first launched in ...

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 ...