The Corvette was exempt, but this certainly hampered Chevy's muscle car performance until the ban was lifted for the 1970 model year. For GM's full-size rides, however, big engines weren ... with an ...

Why did this engine become the best-selling car engine in history? Simple. The GM small block V8 was powerful but practical. Innovative but simple.

Chevy's Vortec 8100 — AKA the L18, AKA the Vortec 8.1 — was the last of The General's big block V8s, a line of engines that traced its lineage clear back to the fire-breathing muscle cars of ...

The Chevy big-block series of engines is legendary, but they don't all measure up the same. These are some of the most powerful big blocks ever built.

Chevrolet's big block family of engines has some famous powerplants, but there's a lot of history to miss if you only pay attention to the 396 and 454.

In 1970, Buick left their mark on the original muscle car era with a monstrous big block V8 that could produce more torque than any engine produced in the U.S.

This live photo gallery shows Chevy's new ZZ632 Big Block crate engine, which produces over 1,000 horsepower, on display at the 2021 SEMA Show in Las Vegas.

Check out a photo album of 2022 Chevy COPO Camaro pictures. This 2022 Chevy COPO Camaro wears a silver livery and has a Big Block 572 V8 engine.

A 632 big-block Chevy is about the biggest big-block you can build with off-the-shelf parts. Editor John McGann breaks it down for you.

To that end, we sourced a 454ci big-block core, which are still readily available at local wrecking yards, and treated it to a full performance revamp, including forged pistons; forged connecting ...

This bore and stroke formula is popular due to the readily available Dart big-bore block. The 4.600-inch bores dwarf what can be done with a production Chevy block, and it has the beef to handle ...

Weingartner Racing took this Chevy Big Block "Rat" Engine and added some major horsepower to it using off-the-shelf parts upgrades.