The 350 cubic inch small-block V8 is one of the most popular engines Chevrolet has ever produced. During its long run, Chevy saw fit to drop the 350 into two generations of the beloved Chevy Corvette, ...

The first Chevrolet V8 engine to succeed commercially was the 1955 small block. But it wasn't Chevy's first V8. That came ...

When the powerplant is meager by design, the amount of mass it must service becomes the critical factor in the equation. Reducing weight and streamlining the envelope has the same effect as adding ...

While there have been some iconic big-block engines over the last few decades, it's difficult to argue with the success of the small-block engine. Small-block engines not only weigh less — allowing ...

Some folks take the whole automotive hobby thing pretty dang seriously, but at the end of the day, these four-wheeled contraptions are meant to be fun – especially when there’s a Big Block on command ...

Along, long time ago (actually, October '92) on a dragstrip far, far away (Los Angeles County Raceway in Palmdale), HOT ROD brought you "Title Bout," a winner-take-all clash of the factory small-block ...

Crate engines provide an excellent alternative to rebuilding a stock engine or purchasing a remanufactured long block to renew the HEMI power plant in your Mopar or swap it into your project vehicle.

The difference between a stroker engine and a regular engine lies primarily in the choice of crankshaft. In the case of the ...

It may not be a desirable Hemi Cuda, but this base-spec Barracura is very rare thanks to the convertible top and blue paint.

Built in fewer than 9,000 units from 1966 to 1971, the 426-cubic-inch (7.0-liter) HEMI V8 is Chrysler's most iconic and desirable engine. It's pretty rare, too, and many of the vehicles that got it ...

MIDI as a standard has opened up a huge world to any musician willing to use a computer to generate or enhance their playing and recording. Since the 80s, it has it has revolutionized the way music is ...