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 ...

Chevrolet Performance surprised us all back in late July when it unveiled its 572-powered COPO Camaro. Packing 9.4 liters of displacement, it was the biggest engine ever stuffed into a vehicle built ...

And given the outright hate we felt after doing an EV swap on Project X , we can see why people would think that. But they ...

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 ...

The Chevrolet big-block is the workhorse racing engine of the muscle-car era. The 427 W first showed up midyear as a stroked 409 for the 1963 Chevrolet Impala SS. However, a year before, ...

When Mopar announced a 1000-hp crate engine called the Hellephant, it was hard to hide our disappointment. Sure, a four-digit horsepower number out of the box sounds great, but it was hard not to ...

Chevy's prototype H.O.T. crate motor is based on the '96 Corvette 35Oci, 33Ohp LT4 small-block. A single-four-barrel manifold replaces the LT4's electronic fuel injection, and an aggressive ...

Back in 1967, this car would not have been able to perform such feats. That was then, this is now. Rich Barbara, owner of this '67 Camaro, definitely lives life in the now-and now is the time to turn ...

One of General Motors’ major headline-making announcements from this year’s SEMA Show in Las Vegas was the unveiling of the new ZZ632 crate engine – a massive 632 cubic-inch Big Block motor that ...

General Motors’ attempt at taking down the Dodge Hellcrate with the C7 ZR1-derived, 755-horsepower LT5 crate engine didn’t exactly go as planned. Sure, the LT5 was smaller, cheaper, and more powerful ...