General Motors is getting ready to roll out the sixth generation (Gen VI) of its overhead-valve small-block V8, and early ...

The Chrysler Corporation manufactured the last of its big block engines, the B-coded 400-cubic-inch V8, in the summer of 1978. The 400's disappearance ended a long run of Chrysler B-code engines that ...

Deep dive on a rare 1980s turbo V6 car that made more torque than big-blocks, its tech secrets, current values, and other ...

Chevrolet produced 37,502 Corvettes in 1974, the last year when a big-block (the big-block, in fact) was fitted to the iconic sportscar. The 454 was America’s Sportscar’s farewell to the era when gas ...

Chevrolet's Vortec series of engines is hugely popular. Designed with trucks in mind, Vortec engines prioritize low-end torque and durability over high compression ratios and high horsepower, unlike ...

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 '60s ...

For most drivers, the idea of having to replace an engine is the stuff of nightmares. Expensive nightmares. But for a certain brand of gearhead, getting a new high-performance V8 for their ride would ...