The most enduring engine in automotive history is about to change. The small-block Chevy is and will continue to be the most popular powerplant in the history of racing and high performance, but its ...

From the February 1970 issue of HOT ROD: Producing well over 1 hp per cubic inch, Ron Hoettels' home-brewed 283-based four-cylinder beat the legendary Chevy V-8 engine at its own game. Racing history ...

Thumb through the pages of any performance magazine and you'll find it all over the place--camshaft lingo. Lift, duration, base circle, dual-pattern, overlap, rocker-arm ratio; whether you're new to ...

Building engines and having the ability to pull them on the dyno is by far one of our cooler moments as automotive scribes. In this instance, rather than doing a single buildup we assigned each ...