Let's get it out of the way early on – this article works on the popular assumption that the 1964 Pontiac GTO was the first ...

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From a few motors considered among the most iconic big block engines ever built, like the Vortec 8.1, to some of the most successful Chevys in the automaker's history, Chevrolet has always had a ...

The first production big-block, the W engine, was used in its larger cars and pickup trucks for the 1958 model year and continued through 1964. Chevrolet offered several variations of the 348 big ...

Rob Dahm is refining the unique 15.7-liter Y12 rotary engine, originally designed by Tyson Garvin as a twelve-rotor ...

Rob Dahm, notorious rotary-powered car builder, has firmly jumped into the deep end of the pool with his latest project: The ...

the all-alloy big-block remained as cool as an autumn breeze at the track and on the road. “The engine temperature never topped 180 degrees, even in stop-and-go traffic,” says Lohone.

The Big Block. Rat Motor. Call it what you will, we can now officially add a final epitaph to the long-running engine's gravestone: R.I.P. The final L18 big block rolled down the assembly line at ...

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It's been 50 years since Chevrolet last put a big block V8 in a Corvette from the factory. If you ask long-time engine tuner and full-time American muscle fanatic Larry Hofer, that's a shame.

A 383 V8 automatic takes on a 390 V8 four-speed, but the Mopar spews blue smoke all the way and goes slower with each of the three rounds ...