Thus, it's smart to tackle the most important details first, and no detail is more critical and imperative than the engine ...

What would make a single engine worth more than a whole SUV? The team at Late Model Engines made a ton of changes to a Chevy ...

To that end, BluePrint has just announced two big developments of its own within the company’s premier, hand-built ProSeries brand: a 700-hp LSX-style 376ci V-8 and an 800-hp LSX-style 427ci V-8—both ...

Over the years, the 427-cubic-inch crate engine has taken many forms. Originally, the 427 was offered as a big block engine by both Ford and Chevrolet. In the 1960s, Ford's 427 big block dominated ...

Will joined the TopSpeed team over two and a half years ago, bringing his lifelong automotive passion, writing experience, and editorial expertise along with him. Whether classic or modern, American ...

We're used to the unexpected from World Products--things like 454-cube small-blocks and big-blocks with cylinders large enough to warrant their own ZIP codes. But this is something altogether new and ...

It all started with the LS1 in the then-stupendous '97 Corvette. The engine was like nothing we'd seen before with all the go-fast theories applied from the factory. The problem, if you could call it ...

General Motors began using LS V8 engines in its muscle car lineup in 1997 with the introduction of the 5.7-liter LS1, the first of its third-generation small block design. That first iteration, used ...