It's long been known that the key to making power is having a good cylinder head. Although all of GM's divisions produced big-block-powered musclecars back in the day, most of which have gone on to ...

Psssst! Junkyard scrounging or rebuilding stuff can be overrated. Yes, we're admitting that dirty fact. Especially when it comes to the engine. There's probably no other part of your truck that can be ...

Chevrolet General Manager Ed Cole was always "looking over the horizon" for new technology. In 1957, Cole commanded his engineers to start working on a line of 1960 Chevrolets that would all use a ...

Like a lot of other segments in our hobby, the legendary 409 is enjoying a new heyday. The beginning was about 10 to 15 years ago when stroker kits hit the scene, punching displacement up to 482 ci.

General Motors has announced it will invest $890 million in its powertrain facilities, part of which will go towards development of a new generation of powerful and efficient small-block V8 engines.

Dodge has finally delivered on its promise with the arrival of the Hurricrate inline-six crate engines. The first of the Hurricrate series, the Cat 1, produces 420 horsepower and 468 pound-feet of ...

Big-block engines sit at the heart of some of the most iconic American performance cars and trucks, yet the term is often used loosely, as if it were just a synonym for “big horsepower.” In reality, a ...