Detroit’s horsepower wars did not just create quick cars, they created engines that stretched factory displacement to the edge of practicality. As automakers chased bragging rights in the 1960s and ...

The 6th-gen Chevrolet COPO Camaro packed a 10.35-liter V8. Dealer-sold, race-only, and larger than any road-legal American ...

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 ...

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.

While in Detroit early last October, we stopped by the Plymouth factory to see what was being planned for 1958 and were shown a 1957 Plymouth sedan with an entirely new 350-cubic-inch V-8 engine under ...

In 1932, Henry Ford, the acknowledged all-time master of automotive mass production, dealt his competitors a severe blow and elevated the standard of middle-class transportation by introducing his new ...

There is just something right about a Chevrolet Corvette with a 7.0-liter V-8 engine. Whether it's a big-block car from the Sixties or a C6 Z06, the large-displacement engines have always brought a ...

However, Ford was thinking in another direction, deciding to focus on efficiency and balance. The result was the small-block V8, a compact, lightweight engine that proved you didn't need massive ...

GM V8 engines are world-famous for their inimitable blend of performance and reliability at an affordable price. However, one piece of the history of high-displacement GM engines that’s often ...

Peter earned a Bachelor of Archeology and Creative Writing from the University of Alabama and has since joined his love of driving and riding with storytelling. His voice is full of southern ...

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 ...