Chevy Corvette came with disc brakes and available Big Block power. This Nassau Blue copy will soon cross the Mecum Auctions ...

Dropping a big-block Chevy V8 into a late-model GM F-body (Camaro/Firebird) can be a rewarding but frustrating experience. There's no question that big-block power breathes new life into any swap, but ...

The Ford and Chevy 427 big blocks sit at the center of one of performance history’s fiercest rivalries, yet the two engines followed very different paths from the dyno cell to the winner’s circle. I ...

The big-block V-8 is so synonymous with classic Chevrolet performance that it seems kind of weird that it wasn't introduced until almost the 1960s. Chevy had the D-Series for a brief period of time in ...

Swapping in a new HEI, or even just pulling one out to service, is quite simple. All it requires is basic handtools and some background info on how the distributor works in conjunction with the engine ...

The age of muscle cars built up momentum for six years before erupting at the debut of the 1970s, and there was one particular motor that can righteously be called the epitome of that piston cataclysm ...

A Supercharged Big-Block Chevy Powers This Hot-Rod P-51 Mustang Replica Rod Bowers’ S-51 is a 70-percent-scale replica of a P-51 Mustang fighter plane. Its engine? An all-aluminum 540 big-block Chevy.

In the '60s, America developed some cool, advanced engines, such as Pontiac's overhead cam inline-6 or the jet-turbine in the Chrysler Turbine Car. Still, when push comes to shove, our first love is a ...

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 ...