The 1965 model year was one of several firsts for the Chevy Corvette, and a few lasts. It was the first year a Corvette was available with a Big Block V8, the 396 cubic-inch L-78 rated at 425 ...

The Ford and Chevy 427 big blocks sit at the center of one of performance history’s fiercest rivalries, yet the two engines ...

First appearing as part of the 1970 model year, the Chevy Monte Carlo was the first personal luxury car from the Bow Tie brand. Developed under the watchful eye of Chevrolet General Manager Pete Estes ...

Years ago, performance of all sorts (Corvette and otherwise) was gained by "bigger equals better." It was more or less a sledgehammer approach to making things work. The bigger the sledgehammer, the ...

The big-block Chevy first saw the light of day back in the '60s when it first appeared as a NASCAR powerplant known as the "Mystery Engine." Here we are some 45 years down the road, and getting real ...

Unlike most of its competitors, the Chevrolet Mark IV Rat motor was designed from the beginning to be a high-performance race engine, with the initial Daytona "Mystery Motor" configuration merely ...

Although it's more than half a century old, the L88 remains one of the mightiest V8s that ever powered a Corvette. For most people, there's nothing more American than apple pie, but for gearheads, ...

Few vehicle phrases roll off the tongue as beautifully as 'Chevy 454 big block.' This selection of words can and has put a ...

If we had a dollar for every classic GM Advanced Design light/medium-duty truck we've seen roll across the internet, we might have enough coin on hand to buy a really nice restomod example. You know, ...

Just inside the Indiana border and 24 miles southeast of Chicago, Dustin Fant is a high-tech guy by day (he’s a White Hat hacker who identifies security flaws to make technology safer) and a car ...

Some of the differences between the Ford 427 and the Chevy 427 include the fact that the Ford engine wasn't a true big block ...