The Small-Block Chevy has not only become a cornerstone of American automotive performance but has also influenced countless ...

From the February 1970 issue of HOT ROD: Producing well over 1 hp per cubic inch, Ron Hoettels' home-brewed 283-based four-cylinder beat the legendary Chevy V-8 engine at its own game. Racing history ...

This is the story of an old 374-inch Hendrick Racing NASCAR small-block Chevy that wound up at Jeff Ginter Racing Engines in Artesia, California. It seems the old race engine was being freshened-up ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

Upgrading the camshaft in your small-block Chevy can transform how your engine feels, sounds, and performs. From street-friendly hydraulic flat tappets to aggressive high-lift rollers, matching the ...

Let's define "small-block" so no one will get mad (people will still get mad). General Motors may call the Gen-III to Gen-V LS and LT V8s "small-blocks" in marketing materials, but even Chevrolet's ...

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 ...

The 1957 Chevy Corvette SS, known internally at GM as Project XP-64, was developed under the watchful eye of Zora Arkus-Duntov, who would soon become Chevrolet’s Director of High Performance Vehicles.

In automotive nomenclature, small-block V8 engines are typically physically smaller than their big-block counterparts, hence the nickname. With some exceptions, the piston bores, stroke, cylinder head ...

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 ...