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 ...

When it comes to Chevrolet big-blocks there are lots of notable ones to choose from, such as L78s, L88s, and L89s, but none compare to the legendary aluminum 427 ZL1 big-block! The ZL1 owes its ...

In 1958, Ford introduced its new FE series of V8 engines (short for Ford-Edsel) to replace the short-lived Y-block — itself a replacement for the truly antiquated flathead V8s. The FE was a tremendous ...

Produced during the short-lived but exciting era when muscle cars reigned supreme, these high-horsepower motors ran their way to legendary status one quarter mile at a time. The muscle car era started ...

Over the years, the 427-cubic-inch crate engine has taken many forms. Originally, the 427 was offered as a big block engine by both Ford and Chevrolet. In the 1960s, Ford's 427 big block dominated ...

American carmakers in the 1960s chased trends like Metallica cutting their hair. Seemingly, every brand had to have a large displacement V8, even producing ...

The ZL1 is pretty much an aluminum version of the 427 L88 big-block with open-chamber heads and was originally planned for the Corvette. The aluminum block used cast-iron sleeves (retained with a 1/16 ...