Despite having similar displacements, the small-block Chevy 383 and the big-block Mopar 383 have some interesting differences ...

Nelson Racing builds a 427-inch stroker for a customer’s 1955 Chevy show car. With a solid-roller valvetrain, and the right parts, this big-inch small-block Chevy made over 600 hp on Westech’s dyno.

The Impala SS 427 sits at the crossroads of full-size comfort and big-block muscle, a short-lived factory package that turned ...

Outlines how to remove, dissassemble, recondition, rebuild and replace a small-block engine?all in step-by-step clarity. Covers models: 262, 265, 283, 302, 305, 307, 327, 350 and 400 cid engines.

American carmakers in the 1960s chased trends like Metallica cutting their hair. Seemingly, every brand had to have a large displacement V8, even producing ...

A standard Malibu built when GM's self-imposed 400-ci (6.5-liter) limit on intermediate V8s was still in effect, this 427 L72-powered, non-SS Chevelle became a reality through clever manipulation of a ...

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 ...

We're used to the unexpected from World Products--things like 454-cube small-blocks and big-blocks with cylinders large enough to warrant their own ZIP codes. But this is something altogether new and ...