Perception is reality. Read enough online stories, and you would think every hot rod out there is rockin' a 700-hp high-end engine under the hood. The truth is that most cars are putting out anywhere ...

If your project car has a busted engine, you may be trying to choose between a new crate motor and a rebuild. Here's how to ...

To celebrate HOT ROD's 75th anniversary, we teamed up with CASTROL GTX to bring you some of the stories that exemplify the core of what HOT ROD is and reflect the brand's influence on America's car ...

The Chevy Small Block V8 engine is one of the most iconic and important powerplants ever created, with countless iterations and applications offered since 1955. Now, we’re watching an impressive ...

I started learning to work on cars in the late 1970s by helping my stepdad turn salvaged mid-1960s Chevy Chevelles into street-stock-class race cars. Throughout that period, I had my hands on a number ...

Many look at 60 as the age of retirement, but if we're talking about the Chevy Small Block, these two digits are just one amazing milestone that catches the V8 in the midst of a new horsepower race.

All small-block V8s we have today can trace their roots to the 350-cu.in. from the 1960s. Introduced under the L-48 codenamed in the 1967 Camaro, the 5.7-liter blunderbuss has been reimagined as a ...