The full-size Bowtie goes where no other half-ton truck has in years by introducing next-gen V8 engines, but there's not much ...

Don Yenko-led projects were often great, but few had the charm of this particular small block V8.

Racer Brown, HOT ROD’s tech editor, understood the intrinsic value of the small-block Chevy to such a degree that it changed his life. Despite the fact that more advanced cars in the same price class ...

When Chevrolet introduced the Vega 2300 to the public in September of 1970, performance enthusiasts immediately scoped out the dimensions of the engine compartment and began speculating on the ...

GM is addressing reliability concerns with its small block V8 engine by introducing a new sixth-generation design.

The Chevy Vega was supposed to be GM's breakthrough compact car, but things went horribly wrong. It's now considered ...

The 6.6L and 5.7L V8s are more powerful and should be more fuel-efficient than the engines they replace. The 2.7L ...

Chevrolet is celebrating the 70th anniversary of its small-block V8 engine, a milestone for one of the brand’s most iconic powerplants. Scratch that—never mind Chevrolet's most iconic engine, try ...

American automotive performance in the 1950s was a simple recipe. If you wanted to go faster, you didn't optimize what you had; you just added more to it. More displacement, more iron, more horsepower ...

A custom 1967 Chevy Nova packs a twin-turbo 406 small-block, 600 rear-wheel hp, and a rare Promax body and chassis.

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 ...