Badly labeled or confusing fuel pumps turn a routine stop into a four‑figure gamble. When drivers grab the wrong nozzle or a ...

All-aluminum small-blocks have mystique. Even today, when production V-8s come with aluminum blocks straight from the showroom, there is still something magical about an all-alloy Gen I Mouse motor.

'The oddball, the anachronism, the redheaded stepchild-the Gen II small-block can be considered all these things. Conversely, it can also be regarded as the ultimate production version of the original ...

Hot rod builds a mouse trap and tries to catch a rat. Originally published in the August 1998 issue of Hot Rod magazine. To celebrate HOT ROD's 75th anniversary, we teamed up with CASTROL GTX to bring ...

Twenty years ago, the idea of ordering a complete engine for a vintage Mustang was pretty much absurd. First of all, it was a lot cheaper to rebuild or even have someone else rebuild the original ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Diesel engines help us accomplish a myriad of tasks every day. While it is true that diesel engines are more efficient than gasoline engines ...

Aaron, a 27-year automotive technician and lifelong car enthusiast, attended Specs Howard School of Media Arts and learned the fundamentals of digital video and editing, shot composition and writing.

Chevrolet is celebrating 65 years of the small-block V8 this year, and for those who want to retire the good old engine from their classic Chevy and swap it with a brand new one, the SP383 EFI could ...

The 6.2 liter V8 LT1 engine was produced by General Motors for use in performance vehicles and sports cars. It was part of GM’s Gen V Small Block engine family and was first introduced in the C7 ...

First, GM developed the new Impala SS exclusively for NASCAR Nextel Cup Competition. Now, it’s replacing the smallblock, second-generation (SB2) engine, NASCAR’s workhorse since 1998. Besides being ...