The 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 arrived in the middle of the horsepower wars, yet it did not rely on cubic inches to earn its reputation. Instead of chasing the biggest big block, Chevrolet built a ...

Let’s make this simple. The world is divided into two kinds of people: those who drop $24K on a watch they’ll never wear in the rain, and those who spend it on 364 cubic inches of Shelby-sanctioned ...

While there have been some iconic big-block engines over the last few decades, it's difficult to argue with the success of the small-block engine. Small-block engines not only weigh less — allowing ...

This monstrous motor clocks in at over 10.3 liters of displacement and makes more than 1,000 horsepower on pump gas without a turbo or nitrous. Kyle Hyatt (he/him/his) hails originally from the ...

All race cars are powerful, but the NHRA’s Top Fuel dragster and Funny Car are the beefed-up Arnold Schwarzeneggers of the motorsports world. • Consider, a 358-cubic-inch V8 NASCAR engine delivers 750 ...

Engine builder Ken Duttweiler(right)and Dave Halderman are plenty pleased with the 2 horsepower-per-cubic-inch performance of their single 4-barrel Buick V6. Duttweiler found that torque readings and ...

Chevrolet is known for producing a lineup of powerful small block Chevy crate engines. However, the biggest Chevy crate engines include big block varieties as well. Chevrolet's largest displacement ...

Liters, cc’s and—my favorite—cubic inches are all terms you’ll hear when folks talk about engines. While these terms are all based on different increments of measurement, they’re all used to describe ...

The 2023 Chevy COPO Camaro is available now, offering drag racers a turn-key, purpose-built machine ready to hit the strip with confidence. Among the available powerplant options is the brand-new, ...

Why did they call musclecars factory hot rods? Because Detroit emulated the hot rodders by putting the biggest V8s at their disposal into some of the smallest/lightest passenger car bodies in their ...

Originally published in Sports Car Illustrated in February 1957. "There's no substitute for cubic inches." That's a popular theory among American auto enthusiasts which eight years of bigger and ...