GM offers two crate engines for circle-track racing, the 602 and the 604. With such similar names, though, you may wonder how they differ. Here's the lowdown.

As car enthusiasts, we often believe that cars are more than just machines — that they carry a soul and even a part of us inside. We often draw parallels between a car's engine and the human heart, ...

Over the years, the 427-cubic-inch crate engine has taken many forms. Originally, the 427 was offered as a big block engine by both Ford and Chevrolet. In the 1960s, Ford's 427 big block dominated ...

Well, sort of. Except that by "green" we mean "saving a buck by tearing into a blown-up crate motor and using it as the basis for a Super Stock race engine build." Yes, that is a mouthful, but it's ...