In a world of "LS swap everything!" people often forget that, for a street car, it's still hard to beat the simplicity, cost, and smile-inducing performance that can be had from a traditional ...

When building a hot rod, sometimes the show is nearly as important as the go. Yep, contrary to what the rat rod and Roadkill fans would have you think, most of us want our rides to have a certain look ...

You can. Using a Dart Iron Eagle block with a raised cam and deck height (make sure to read the sidebar), we built a 450ci small-block by combining a 4.165-inch bore with a 4.125-inch stroke. A normal ...

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 ...

Internal combustion engines are commonly referred to by their displacements whether its old-school cubic inches or more modern CC and liter nomenclature. If you love cars, you've no doubt heard of the ...

Building engines and having the ability to pull them on the dyno is by far one of our cooler moments as automotive scribes. In this instance, rather than doing a single buildup we assigned each ...

Chad Golen founded Golen Engines in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1992, specializing in small block Chevy performance engines. Ten years of success allowed Golen to purchase the equipment, dynos, and ...

Introduced in 1964, some two weeks before the Ford Mustang, the Plymouth Barracuda tackled the then-emerging pony car market. The 1967 redesign brought a sportier rig into showrooms, but the Barracuda ...

Chevrolet enthusiasts are undoubtedly familiar with the custom 383 Stroker and stock 454 engines. The Stroker is a small-block, and is a favorite of any buyer wanting to get a power boost without the ...

The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution lineup will forever remain one of the starlets of the tuning scene. Now, thanks to HKS in Japan, Mitsubishi owners with cars powered by the legendary 4G63 engine just ...

All of this being said, there are truly a fantastic amount of crate engines and speed parts on the retailer’s website, whether or not you can actually go down to a Walmart to pick them up. Pretty much ...

Since first being wedged into the engine bay of the 1970 Chevrolet Camaro and Chevrolet Corvette as the "LT-1," Chevy's small-block wonder mill has only improved over the last 55 or so years. Now in ...