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 ...

How fast you want to go is most often directly proportional to how thick your wallet is. The truth is, big, reliable power costs big bucks. Sure, you can toss a cheapo China turbo on a junkyard LS ...

During the era when muscle cars reigned supreme, GM's Chevrolet division developed some of the greatest big-block V8s of all time. Follow us: Since the early 1960s, American carmakers started offering ...

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 ...

Engine development has taken thousands of small steps from the 1850s single-cylinder engine used by Carl Benz in the Patent Motorwagen to the 1,600-hp W16 in the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport. V8 engines ...

Our previous two adventures with the Demon Low-Buck 454 were plenty successful. Part one demonstrated that the 400hp rating of the $2,650 Demon big-block was (if anything) a tad stingy, as the ...

Unlike their flashy intermediate and pony car siblings, these full-size coupes from the golden age of muscle donned a button-down look. However, under the hood, they hid some serious big-block muscle.

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 ...