Chevrolet’s introduction of big-block V8 engines in the Corvette marked a turning point for the model, bringing a significant ...

Size doesn't always matter when comparing Chevy small blocks and big blocks engines. Here's why Chevrolet had a good thing going with its small-block V-8s, introduced in 1955, but wanted to ...

The 1970 4-4-2 equipped with the W-30 455 was an epic muscle car but it could've been even better with the 32-Valve W-43 455 ...

Chevy's Vortec 8100 — AKA the L18, AKA the Vortec 8.1 — was the last of The General's big block V8s, a line of engines that traced its lineage clear back to the fire-breathing muscle cars of ...

If you drill down far enough, you can make nearly any car rare or special in some way, and people often go to extreme measures to make a rather plain car seem more special. Your ’84 Cadillac ...

Although it used a crate motor for over two decades, this 1969 COPO Camaro now features its numbers-matching L72 V8 mill.

Instead, it has a honkin’ 8.1-liter big-block Chevy V8 with a turbo strapped ... Ford pickup with a GM engine that was discontinued 15 years ago. “As for the truck and the idea, I had an ...

See All 22 Photos Currently, the Mustang is powered by a Boss 429-based 185-series 557-inch big-block Ford V-8 engine. On a recent chassis dyno session, the drivetrain put down over 735hp to the ...

Chevrolet Malibu, built by Hot Rods by Travis, is a standout classic muscle car with a 555 Big Block engine and top-tier ...

The 35-hp EH90 and 40-hp EH99 999cc big block V-Twin air-cooled gasoline engines offer temperature sensors on the engine heads that will shut off the engine to prevent damage from overheating due ...

The 1958 W-Series big-block V-8 really was a monster, with a dry weight of nearly 700 pounds. The engine block was made of cast iron, had a bore center of 4.84 inches, and featured a "side oiling ...

Once a staple of the hot rod and modification scenes, the era of the big block V8 engines has largely ended thanks to technological advances in the 1980s and 1990s. The result was 340 horsepower ...