With pieces like titanium intake valves and forged aluminum pistons, the LT4 crate engine comes ready to offer serious performance, but Chevy also ... the same Gen V small block architecture ...

The Pontiac brand and the gasser class are long dead, but Darren Brandow leans into the wind with his 1965 Tempest, one of ...

However, Chevy ... an all-aluminum block, a new crankshaft, beefier connecting rods, a high-lift camshaft, upgraded pistons, bigger exhaust valves, and an "open chamber" cylinder head design.

The L72's intake manifold was also made of aluminum to help save weight ... factory with the Trans Am-bred 302 ci small-block V8 engine. Chevrolet initially offered the Z/28 as a track-only product, ...

At first blush, the notion of a Chevrolet-Porsche pairing seems like an unholy matrimony sure to bring out purist pitchforks from both camps. But Hagerty member Mark Mrocca subscribes to no social ...

Engineers developed custom heads each with a single camshaft driving ... Injection Corvette 350 signaled the return of the small-block Chevy as a performance leader. It lasted unchanged until ...

Chevrolet is celebrating the 70th anniversary of its small-block V8 engine, a milestone for one of the brand’s most iconic powerplants.Scratch that—never mind Chevrolet's most iconic engine, try ...

First introduced in 1954 for the 1955 model year, the small-block has powered generations of Chevy Trucks, starting with the 1955 Task Force pickups and the limited-edition Cameo Carrier.

GM mounted the small block in the 1955 Chevy Corvette for 195 horsepower (198 metric horsepower). It may not sound like much by today's standards, but back then, that meant 25% more power than ...

Big block engines have more metal and more or larger cylinders. They tend to produce more power and torque because of their weight. Small blocks are just that — small or smaller than big blocks. While ...