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 ...

Allegedly capable of spitting out over 600 naturally aspirated horses, this experimental big-block V8 never got a proper chance to shine but still became an American engineering legend. During the ...

Big-block or small-block-pick your poison. This argument is as old as the hills and one that often crops up and divides the Car Craft staff. "Big-blocks make more power," claim the loyal big-inch ...

Fans of muscle cars believe there is nothing more exciting than this type of machinery and after the gavel banged on Friday, Jan. 15 at the Mecum Auctions in Kissimmee, Fla. over the 1965 Shelby 427 ...

Some pairings are just an inherent part of the American experience. Burgers and fries, arms and the right to bear them, and Chevrolet Corvettes with 427-cubic-inch V-8s are about as red, white and ...

Chevrolet offers a variety of crate motors, but the LS7 will no longer be one of them. Introduced with the C6 Corvette Z06, and then offered in the Z/28 fifth-generation Camaro, the LS7 V8 was a ...

Editor's note:The Chevelle you are going to read about has some unusual paperwork and a controversial background, with the owner and the estate of Dick Harrell arguing over exactly what it is. We are ...

Preassembled ready to run performance crate engines have become the predominant source of power for classic truckers and rodders over the course of the last decade or so-and for good reason. The ...

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 ...

The first-generation Dodge Viper was one of the most American cars ever built. At its core, it was an unforgiving, obscenely powerful roadster powered by an 8.0-liter V10 producing 400 horsepower.

For the price of the hybrid hot rodders love to hate, get four-figure performance potential in whatever you can stuff it in. The Hellephant is back! The massive, monstrous supercharged V-8 is having a ...