Capable of producing massive torque with a proverbial yawn, the long-running big block from Chevy was born purely out of necessity in 1958, a few years after the small block. With cars getting heavier ...

Anniversary 427 Big-Block New for 2008, GM Performance Parts re-releases the vaunted ZL1 crate engine. Built off of the original (and restored) tooling, it's as close to the real thing that you can ...

If you could not agree more with the "no replacement for displacement" motto, Chevrolet has made a crate motor that you will appreciate. We are referring to GM's latest crate motor offering, called ...

America is the land of the free and of V8s. While turbocharging is great and all, most of us dream of a large, hunking V8 that sounds glorious, leaves unending skid marks, and offers the thrust of a ...

While there is some contention surrounding who produced the first muscle car, we can all agree that Chevrolet was certainly in the mix of it all during America's earliest muscle car days. In an effort ...

Chevrolet’s Big Block V8 engines, affectionately known as “Rat Motors,” have a storied history rooted in the high-performance ...

With 621 horsepower and 645 pound-feet of torque on tap, the GM ZZ572 is the perfect crate engine for car builders who want a big, powerful, old-school V8 in their classic, restomod or quarter-mile ...

In lockstep with the beating drum of “more power” is one of the top aftermarket automatic transmission rebuilders in the industry—Gearstar Performance Transmissions of Akron, Ohio. As breakthroughs in ...

Chevy had all sorts of exciting vehicles to show at this year's SEMA Show - from the hulking Chevy Beast concept to the creative Project X EV. Our favorite Chevy announcement from the 2021 SEMA Show, ...

Thomas has spent two years working in the auto journalism industry, contributing to a UK-based newspaper and writing for Euronewsweek. A full-time writer and lifelong engineering enthusiast, he now ...

We're used to the unexpected from World Products--things like 454-cube small-blocks and big-blocks with cylinders large enough to warrant their own ZIP codes. But this is something altogether new and ...

Mopar’s Hellcrate proved there’s a market for 700-horsepower crate engines, so General Motors, which had an equivalent lump in the C7 ZR1, decided to take the Hellcrate head-on. It seems GM’s 755-hp, ...