The Ford and Chevy 427 big blocks sit at the center of one of performance history’s fiercest rivalries, yet the two engines followed very different paths from the dyno cell to the winner’s circle. I ...

Although it's more than half a century old, the L88 remains one of the mightiest V8s that ever powered a Corvette. For most people, there's nothing more American than apple pie, but for gearheads, ...

It seems impossible to believe, even 60 years after the fact, that General Motors (GM) banned all of its divisions from racing participation and development in 1963. Part of this silly rule included a ...

A standard Malibu built when GM's self-imposed 400-ci (6.5-liter) limit on intermediate V8s was still in effect, this 427 L72-powered, non-SS Chevelle became a reality through clever manipulation of a ...

Chad has been a muscle car and classic truck lover since he could walk. The classic vehicles from the '60s and '70s are the best in his eyes, but he is more than willing to give the new technology a ...

Even in the golden age of hot-rodding, the mid-'60s and early '70s, sometimes what GM was churning out, although cool, wasn't enough for the die-hard gearhead. They wanted more, and that pent-up ...

Many people think that GM’s LT2 engines are just a slight variation of the LT1 engine, like an LS2 is almost the same as an LS1, but that’s not the case. To make the LT2 work in the mid-engine ...

Bill Thomas and Dick Harrell are widely credited as being the progenitors of the big-block Camaro supercar. The 427 transplant was a concept Harrell constantly refined and redefined through his ...

More. Hot-rodding is all about the quest for more, especially when it comes to horsepower. A while back we told you the tale of how Lingenfelter Performance figured out how to stroke the LT2 from the ...