Detroit’s horsepower wars did not just create quick cars, they created engines that stretched factory displacement to the ...

It’s alive! It’s aliiive! And it can be driven! Not that there was any doubt in the passion project that put an 8.1-liter big block into a C8 Corvette. If anyone was gonna make the ballsy pairing work ...

While they reached their performance zenith during the golden age of muscle, these legendary big-block V8s managed to thrive in different guises long before that exciting era was over. Combining a ...

The Chevelle nameplate did not stumble into legend by accident. It arrived at the exact moment American performance was ...

In the '60s, America developed some cool, advanced engines, such as Pontiac's overhead cam inline-6 or the jet-turbine in the Chrysler Turbine Car. Still, when push comes to shove, our first love is a ...

Starting with a bored-out iron Dart Chevy block, a forged Crower Crank and a set of their rods mated to a set of Wiseco pistons were installed. When the math was done, they ended up with a pump ...

Big-block builds come in many shapes and sizes, or more accurately displacements, but this build offers something special. While a 496 is a common displacement, this combination was designed with more ...

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 ...

Big Block of Cheese Day, a White House tradition made popular on an episode of The West Wing, happened again this week. According to a punny press release from the White House, Wednesday marks the ...

The build-off always starts off as a friendly staffer competition, but as the builds get closer to being complete, it boggles me how my cell phone will start ringing completely off the hook. What's he ...