We’re moving right along with our Summit Racing 427-ci small-block Chevy build. We started with a bare SPC engine block, and we’re building it from the bottom up. We left off last time with an ...

We recently scored a 1974 Chevy Nova barn find for just $1,500—a true time capsule that had been sitting untouched for decades. Now we’re turning this budget score into a street machine and heading to ...

The small-block Chevrolet engine is 70 years old in 2025 and what better way to celebrate one of the most influential engines of all time than by building one? The Hemmings team is taking it one step ...

Nelson Racing builds a 427-inch stroker for a customer’s 1955 Chevy show car. With a solid-roller valvetrain, and the right parts, this big-inch small-block Chevy made over 600 hp on Westech’s dyno.

Over the years, the 427-cubic-inch crate engine has taken many forms. Originally, the 427 was offered as a big block engine by both Ford and Chevrolet. In the 1960s, Ford's 427 big block dominated ...

Let's define "small-block" so no one will get mad (people will still get mad). General Motors may call the Gen-III to Gen-V LS and LT V8s "small-blocks" in marketing materials, but even Chevrolet's ...