While many classic car manufacturers had two separate engine sizes -- small blocks and big blocks -- Pontiac only had a single V8 platform.

Ford's 300 straight-six made peak torque at zero RPM, could beat V8s off the line, and with mods could make 500+ horsepower ...

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 ...

While they reached their performance zenith during the golden age of muscle, these legendary big-block V8s managed to thrive in different guises long before that exciting era was over. Combining a ...

The Big Block motor that spearheaded the muscle car era. We dive into the details behind this impressive engine and its legacy. Debuted in 1970, the Chevy 454 Big Block became iconic for power and ...

Your car's internal combustion engine relies on a huge number of large, small, and oddly-shaped parts. One of the biggest and most important parts of your motor is the engine block or cylinder block, ...

The U.S. is known as the land of excess for many reasons. Take the automotive landscape, for example. You have big SUVs and even bigger engines. However, there was a time when engines in American cars ...

While in Detroit early last October, we stopped by the Plymouth factory to see what was being planned for 1958 and were shown a 1957 Plymouth sedan with an entirely new 350-cubic-inch V-8 engine under ...

The Internet has created a strange distortion field around stock engine blocks. Spend enough time watching dyno videos, dragstrip clips, and street-car glory-pass reels, and it becomes easy to believe ...

Thomas has spent two years working in the auto journalism industry, contributing to a UK-based newspaper and writing for Euronewsweek. A full-time writer and lifelong engineering enthusiast, he now ...