General Motors has spent decades refining overhead-valve V8s while much of the industry pivoted to dual overhead cam designs, ...

If you stop and think about it, one engine has made motorsports in the United States for nearly 50 years. The Offy was a great engine, as was the four-cam Ford. Who can forget the mighty Mopar hemis?

Outlines how to remove, dissassemble, recondition, rebuild and replace a small-block engine?all in step-by-step clarity. Covers models: 262, 265, 283, 302, 305, 307, 327, 350 and 400 cid engines.

When General Motors divisions started building V-8 engines for their cars in the early to mid-1950s, each division had its own line of engines. As a result, engines of the same displacement sometimes ...

Flat-plane crank is just the tip of a racing-tech iceberg in the most powerful naturally aspirated V-8 of all time. There are virtually no parts shared with any other GM small-block V-8 and the ...

The popular small-block Chevy 350 has long been one of the most popular engine choices for General Motors automobiles. However, GM's venerable 350 cubic-inch V8 wasn't created overnight. Its roots go ...

In the 1960s and 1970s, Chevrolet and Pontiac both offered a pushrod V8 engine with an advertised displacement of 400 cubic inches. Considering that both carmakers are (were?) sub-brands of parent ...

In the 1980s, automobile manufacturers were coming to grips with increasingly stringent fuel efficiency and emissions regulations. Mercedes, for example, turned to turbocharged diesels for better ...

Ever since the first small-block V-8-powered Corvette rolled off the assembly line for the '55 model year, "Corvette heads" have been coveted by anyone building a high-performance small-block. In ...

The Chevrolet Performance division has revealed the biggest and most-powerful naturally aspirated V8 engine it has ever built, even as General Motors accelerates its transition toward electric power.

The 2023 Chevy Silverado 1500 introduces a few important updates and changes over the refreshed 2022 model year, once again offering four different powertrain options. Among these is the turbocharged ...