Liters, cc’s and—my favorite—cubic inches are all terms you’ll hear when folks talk about engines. While these terms are all based on different increments of measurement, they’re all used to describe ...

There seems to be no upper limit to the capability of GM's versatile LS V-8 small-block engine family, both in terms of horsepower output and displacement. Throughout the 1960s, the distinction ...

There was a time not long ago when a real engine was thought of in cubic inches! We're not talking low-vacuum, 3.0-liter V6s or Turbo 1.8s, but beefy V8s with 500 cubic inches! Picture eight oil cans ...

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 ...

As gearheads, we love to remember numbers. Many can probably rattle off all sorts of specs from various cars and engines. Cubic inches, rearend ratios, and camshaft lift specs are a lot of the common ...

Many health officials have decried a generation of super-sized food and beverage portions as one of primary factors for America's obesity problem. Film director Morgan Spurlock examined this in his ...

Even by the standards of the late 1960s, nobody really needed a V8 engine with 500 cubic inches (8.2-liters) of displacement, 600 lbs (272.1 kg) of dry weight (without the accesories), and 400-plus ...