When it comes to engine building, cylinder heads are of utmost importance. Here's why Chevy's small-block Vortec heads could ...

In 1962, Chevrolet introduced double hump heads on its small-block engines. These helped shape the incredible power of small-block V8s for around 30 years.

I worked as a machinist in an automotive machine shop in the early 1980s before my career took me into the aerospace sector. The shop's high volume of mundane engine rebuilds and turning brake drums ...

American automotive performance in the 1950s was a simple recipe. If you wanted to go faster, you didn't optimize what you had; you just added more to it. More displacement, more iron, more horsepower ...

In a world of small-blocks where bigger is better, the 327 still gets a lot of respect. Compared to the original 265, the 327 was obviously larger and more powerful, but where the 327 fell short was ...

Class of 1968: We turn the clock back 50 years and build a small-block Chevy with only what was available in 1968 The Vietnam War was in full swing. It was an election year and a pivotal time for the ...

The Vietnam War was in full swing. It was an election year and a pivotal time for the nation. There were two world-changing political assassinations. The Earthrise image was shot from Apollo 8 on ...