Cadillac has never been shy about chasing excess, but one of its boldest engines never made it to the showroom. In the 1960s the brand developed an overhead cam V12 so large and complex that it ...

The two faces of Tornado. The engine is shown here is from the J-Series Wagoneer or truck configuration with the standard paper air filter and a generator fitted. Story by Jim Allen Jeep's ...

HOT ROD Editor Eric Dahlquist called it the "90-Day Wonder," but you know it as the Ford 427ci SOHC! The Cammer—for those close to this mythical motor's odyssey—was Ford's answer to the 426 Hemi. The ...

Larry Dillon is one of those devoted Pontiac fanatics whose mission in life is to discover sad and neglected high-powered Pontiacs and return them to the streets where they belong. It's something that ...

For years, Chevy's factory-backed Corvette race cars have been delightfully anachronistic, running old-school pushrod V-8 engines with cross-plane crankshafts. But this is the dawn of a new era in ...

Ford used pushrod V8 designs for many years before phasing them out in favor of Modular engines. Here are the differences ...

Ford fans do not argue about much more fiercely than they do about pushrod versus modular V8s, because that split defines not ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The Corvette has always been a vehicle whose character is defined by ...