Chevrolet introduced the 402 CID for the 1970 model year when it was marketed under the 396 label in small cars and Turbo-Jet 400 label in full-size cars. The Chevelle could be optioned with the ...

Want your ride featured on HOT ROD?Click hereto find out how! At first glance, this might look like a garden variety 1971 Chevelle Malibu. Even the "400 Malibu" emblem on the fenders isn't certain to ...

Real-World Street Big-Block. We pull the 402 out of the AMD Chevelle and set out to build a realistic big-block for street and strip fun. Building a big-block these days is a far cry from what it was ...

Capable of producing massive torque with a proverbial yawn, the long-running big block from Chevy was born purely out of necessity in 1958, a few years after the small block. With cars getting heavier ...

Last month, we put together our 402's short-block with forged internals from Lunati and Wiseco, and went over how to set up bearing clearances, ring gaps, and other essentials for assembling an engine ...