The Mighty Mouse – not to be confused with another very famous cartoon mouse with the same initials – was an animated hero created by the Terrytoons studio for 20th Century Fox in 1942. Mighty Mouse ...

Jeff Latimer and I were kicking story ideas around recently in his shop when he came up with a winner. What if you decided to build a small-block Chevy for your Corvette using only what was available ...

Twelve years ago, then-Chevy High PerformanceEditor Jeff Smith happened to be at JGM Performance Engineering in Valencia, California, when Jeff Latimer had this large-journal 327 on the dyno for a ...

If you read a lot of magazines and listen to enough bench racing, you start to think that everyone has 540-inch big-blocks or twin-turbo LS engines under their hoods. Why? Because big horsepower is ...

For over 40 years, Chevrolet's small-block V8 engine has led the way as the classic internal-combustion engine for passenger cars. When Chevrolet chief engineer Ed Cole supervised the design of this ...

Chevrolet has been a cornerstone of American automotive innovation, particularly in the realm of engine development. While some of its achievements have become legendary, others have quietly faded ...

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 ...