From the March 1965 issue of HOT ROD: The 396ci big-block Chevy had just dropped, and we were justifiably excited by its big valves, high-flow ports, and 425 horsepower. Chevrolet’s 427 engine that ...

Baseline tests on the stock manifold were done with a 650 Holley carburetor mounted on an adapter plate. Here, writer David Vizard sets the idle mixture being delivered by the electronic Holley. For ...

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 ...

During the era when muscle cars reigned supreme, GM's Chevrolet division developed some of the greatest big-block V8s of all time. Since the early 1960s, American carmakers started offering more ...

Introduced in 1970, the Chevy 454 — affectionately known as the Rat Motor – was the largest displacement Chevrolet engine to enter the big-block engine showdown of the muscle car era. At 454 cubic ...

Chryslerhas been making big-block engines for production cars since the 1950s. These huge mills with stellar horsepower helped make the 1960s the golden era for muscle cars, providing effortless grunt ...