If you’re a fan of Chevy big-block engines then certain numbers make you smile a bit when you hear them: 454, 396, and our favorite, 427. But these days, thanks to the aftermarket, you can go ...

I started learning to work on cars in the late 1970s by helping my stepdad turn salvaged mid-1960s Chevy Chevelles into street-stock-class race cars. Throughout that period, I had my hands on a number ...

Chevrolet is known for producing a lineup of powerful small block Chevy crate engines. However, the biggest Chevy crate engines include big block varieties as well. Chevrolet's largest displacement ...

A stock-based GM 4.3L V6 shocks the dyno with 1,400 horsepower at 33 PSI, proving this twin-turbo truck engine is far stronger than expected.

When the gearheads of the world get together to talk about the most powerful vehicles from the early muscle car era, those sporting the more notable big block engines of the day tend to take up most ...

If you want to make big power, an easy way to get there is by going with big displacement. You could also get there with a big dose of boost, but wouldn’t it just be better to do both? Yeah, a ...

There are quite a few rare Chevy V8s. I could go on about '56 Corvette dual-quad 265s with Duntov cams, ZL-1s, L88s, L89 aluminum-headed 396s, and L84 fuel-injected 327s. Rarer still is the Z-11 427 W ...

Chevrolet’s small-block V8 has outlived entire automotive trends, surviving turbo crazes, multivalve revolutions, and now the industry’s pivot to electrification. The constant through all of that has ...

The 1963 Chevrolet Impala 409 has never been subtle. Even among Chevrolet loyalists, the W-motor big blocks carry a mythic glow, the kind of powerplants that helped rewrite performance expectations ...