How Chevrolet's DZ 302, L79 327, and LT1 350 small-block V8s made big power through high compression, superior airflow, and RPM capability.

The Chevrolet Small Block V8 has enjoyed a 74-year journey, from its debut in 1955 to its latest sixth-generation engine.

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 ...

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 ...

GM’s Chevrolet LS engines redefined the pushrod V8 to give us one of the most dominant performance platforms of the modern era. What we refer to today as the LS family of engines usually refers to the ...

General Motors and heavy-duty trucks go a long way back. For the time being, the Chevrolet Silverado HD and its GMC-branded twin do the heavy lifting for the Detroit-based automaker. The Silverado HD ...

From intern to editor, Damian Adams' story reads like a well-written novel where he steadily worked to become the youngest-ever editor of South Africa's leading motoring publication, CAR Magazine. He ...

General Motors either has a naming problem or a deep sentimental attachment to the name "LT1". If you walk into a Chevrolet dealership today and ask for an LT1, you are looking at a 455-horsepower ...

There are engines that power cars — and then there are engines that power legends. The 1957 Chevrolet 283 V8 with twin four-barrel carburetors, rated at 270 horsepower, belongs to that second, ...

FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - General Motors is bringing production of its next-generation small block V8 engine back to Flint, where the iconic engine was first built more than 70 years ago. The new LS6 6.7L ...