The camshaft is one of the most important factors in determining an engine's torque and powerbands, able to make or break an overall engine combination. On the street, hot rodders must tread a fine ...

When you get right down to it, there is really nothing wrong with a late-model Firebird or Camaro that an infusion of horsepower won't cure. GM engineers hit a home run with the styling and handling ...

Last month, we chronicled the buildup of a small-block 383 Chevy using a cast 400 small-block crankshaft, all with the goal of making 500 lb-ft of torque. If you will recall, our original goal was to ...

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 ...

If you are an aggressively jaded LS engine enthusiast, this is probably not ground-breaking or exciting information. But despite inroads by the LS family, the small-block Chevy lovers of the world are ...

In automotive nomenclature, small-block V8 engines are typically physically smaller than their big-block counterparts, hence the nickname. With some exceptions, the piston bores, stroke, cylinder head ...