Since the dawn of the internal combustion engine, the search for power has been paramount in internal combustion engine development and advancements over the years. Ranging in all sorts of different ...

There are many ways that automakers, particularly American ones, categorize the V8 engines they produce. They can essentially be put into one of two categories: big-block engines and small-block ...

In automotive nomenclature, small-block V8 engines are typically physically smaller than their big-block counterparts, hence the nickname. With some exceptions, the piston bores, stroke, cylinder head ...

GM's L87 engine has suffered from more failures and recalls than the L86, but it also has slightly more MPG efficiency and ...

Back in the classic musclecar era when there was no replacement for raw displacement, octane was high, and fuel was cheap, Buick, Chevy, Mopar, Ford, Olds, and Pontiac each produced large-displacement ...

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 ...

I've got a 1974 GMC Sprint project car. It was originally a 350 small-block Chevy with a TH350 trans, but I sold the engine and trans and installed a 454 [big-block] and TH400 trans in it.

The next-generation small block could launch for the 2027 model year with displacements of 5.7 and 6.6 liters instead of the ...

While there have been some iconic big-block engines over the last few decades, it's difficult to argue with the success of the small-block engine. Small-block engines not only weigh less — allowing ...