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 ...

We're guilty of confirmation bias ourselves, as each staffer here at HOT ROD has a personal favorite. As a Mopar fan, your author has a more than passing familiarity with the Chrysler 440 Wedge and ...

Introduced at the height of the muscle car golden age and produced until the mid-1990s, the 460 was never offered by Ford in a high-performance variant. However, thanks to its bombproof construction, ...

Starting with a 460-inch big-block Ford, the bores were knocked out to 4.440 inches, and a 4.300-inch forged Eagle crank along with their matching 6.800-inch rods mated to a set of Mahle pistons.

Ford introduced the 385 big block V8 engine series in the late 1960s as it phased out the MEL (Mercury Edsel Lincoln) big block design. The 385 big block, named for the 3.85-inch crankshaft stroke ...

When it comes to raw power and street presence, big-block engines have always commanded attention. While many were designed ...

As the V8 engine peters out of existence in the mainstream, it threatens to end an era of American automotive excess that has come to define our country's car culture. But which American automaker is ...

Some things in this world are just better if they're bigger. Burgers and fries get super-sized. Lotteries hold no interest unless their jackpots are well into eight figures. Hot rodders know there's ...

Before forced induction and high-revving engines became common, engine displacement was, largely, what defined a car’s performance potential. Naturally, the first cars that come to mind are the ...

With so many players now in the Ford crate engine game, the market has grown by leaps and bounds. There's a larger selection of engines from a greater number of suppliers than ever before. For this ...

In the '60s, America developed some cool, advanced engines, such as Pontiac's overhead cam inline-6 or the jet-turbine in the Chrysler Turbine Car. Still, when push comes to shove, our first love is a ...