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 ...

Racer Brown, HOT ROD’s tech editor, understood the intrinsic value of the small-block Chevy to such a degree that it changed his life. Despite the fact that more advanced cars in the same price class ...

However, Ford was thinking in another direction, deciding to focus on efficiency and balance. The result was the small-block V8, a compact, lightweight engine that proved you didn't need massive ...

FLINT, MI — More than 70 years after General Motors workers built the first Corvette in Flint, the city is about to start building the new powertrain for the 2027 Corvette Stingray, Grand Sport and ...

GM's small block V8 still stands as one of the auto giant's iconic engines even 70 years after it first rolled off the production line. GM celebrates its seventh decade on the market in 2024 with the ...

General Motors’ pushrod small-block V8, introduced in 1955, continues to power high-performance cars like the Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing. Despite most competitors adopting DOHC designs, its compact size ...

Some things are just fundamentally part of American culture. Baseball. Apple pie. Catchy ad campaigns. And small-block Chevrolets. For only the sixth time since the small-block arrived inside the ...

Thomas has spent two years working in the auto journalism industry, contributing to a UK-based newspaper and writing for Euronewsweek. A full-time writer and lifelong engineering enthusiast, he now ...

There are many ways that automakers, particularly American ones, categorize the V8 engines they produce. They can essentially be put into one of two categories: big-block engines and small-block ...

General Motors either has a naming problem or a deep sentimental attachment to the name "LT1". If you walk into a Chevrolet dealership today and ask for an LT1, you are looking at a 455-horsepower ...

If you are a racing buff, gearhead, or DIY mechanic, then you're sure to have come across debates between big-block engines versus small blocks and other modern engines. Each big block engine has its ...