There are many ways that automakers, particularly American ones, categorize the V8 engines they produce. They can essentially be put into one of two categories: big-block engines and small-block ...

We've been working on bringing our 1960 Corvette back to life for the last year. The car was last used as a drag car with a 396 big-block under the hood; it then went into hibernation in a fellow hot ...

The Impala was still a relatively new presence in the automotive space in 1960, but it was already selling like hotcakes. It debuted in 1958 as a Bel Air version, only two years after the launch as 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 ...

Before the big-block V8 left the competition in its dust on the drag strip, it kicked up dust on farms hauling livestock and families. Introduced in 1958, the Chevy W-Series 348 big block was designed ...

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 ...