If you stop and think about it, one engine has made motorsports in the United States for nearly 50 years. The Offy was a great engine, as was the four-cam Ford. Who can forget the mighty Mopar hemis?

From the archives: Using a stash of parts and an old set of AFR 227 heads, see how this small-block combo got every last bit of power. To celebrate HOT ROD's 75th anniversary, we teamed up with ...

Explore the rise of GM's iconic LS small-block engine, from its debut in the C5 Corvette to its impact on performance standards and enthusiasts today.

Don Yenko-led projects were often great, but few had the charm of this particular small block V8.

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 ...

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 ...

If you're not familiar with General Motors engines from the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, you might think that the 307 cubic-inch small block engines from Chevrolet and Oldsmobile had a lot in common. The ...

As Chevrolet celebrates the 70th anniversary of its small-block V8 engine, let's take a look at the engine's history. This year, Chevrolet is celebrating the 70th anniversary of its small-block V8 ...

Automotive engine technology has advanced many miles since Carl Benz put a one-cylinder gas motor in the Patent Motorwagen, creating the first car ever in the late 19th Century. A couple of decades ...

It's new, powerful, and packed with the latest technology. In 1955 those words described the first small-block Chevy, the 265, with its passenger car rating of 162hp. Soon after the first 265s hit the ...

The Cross-Fire engine used by GM in the early 1980s didn't get the best reputation. Here's why some critics have given it the nickname "Cease-Fire." ...