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

When it comes to high-output engines, cars with lots of cylinders — like ones sporting a V10, V12, or even W16 engine — are probably the first thing to come to mind. These powerful engines include the ...

As two of America's traditional 'big three' automakers, Ford and GM have a rivalry steeped in history. They've each offered similar types of products that fulfill the same purpose for buyers, be they ...

Listed in the Guinness World Records, this tiny electric motor needs a special kind of microscope capable of making out a ...

Our plan this month was to build a reliable pump gas street/strip motor centered on the new Enginequest EQ 23 50cc iron heads. These heads target "claimer" race classes that must use as-cast iron ...

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 ...

331CI SMALL-BLOCK CHEVY, 486 HP at 6,900 RPMJeff Latimer, Valencia, CAThere are certain engine combinations that just work. In the history of the small-block Chevy, the little 327 has been passed over ...

Joe is a classically trained journalist who’s been writing about the auto industry and car culture for 40 years, steering the editorial direction of prominent Canadian magazines such as World of ...

Velontra recently tested its hypersonic turbo-ramjet engine for the first time in Purdue University's Zucrow Laboratories in a High Pressure Combustion Lab. Air-breathing hypersonic powerplants are ...

GM introduced the small-block V8 engine architecture in the mid 1950s. Continuously improved over the next four decades, the biggest of the Big Three in Detroit had to replace the venerable powerplant ...