One of the simplest V8s ever built is also the most common, meaning that you'll never want for parts and support.

From trucks and RVs to boats, Chevy's 8.1L Vortec powered heavy-duty machines with massive torque. Here's what defined GM's ...

Chevrolet is known for producing a lineup of powerful small block Chevy crate engines. However, the biggest Chevy crate engines include big block varieties as well. Chevrolet's largest displacement ...

Racer Brown, HOT ROD’s tech editor, understood the intrinsic value of the small-block Chevy to such a degree that it changed his life. Despite the fact that more advanced cars in the same price class ...

Chevrolet’s 427 engine that set Daytona on its ear in 1963 and was appropriately dubbed the “Mystery V8” because the secrecy which enveloped the project has risen like the legendary phoenix from the ...

With more than 100 million produced by General Motors over the course of 70 years, this small-block V8 is highly popular for ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

With three years of experience in automotive journalism, Thomas is a UK-based writer and has written for a UK newspaper and Euronewsweek, covering everything from breaking industry news to the latest ...

During the era when muscle cars reigned supreme, GM's Chevrolet division developed some of the greatest big-block V8s of all time. Since the early 1960s, American carmakers started offering more ...

Justin Pritchard is a seasoned Sudbury, Ontario-based automotive journalist, producer, and technical writer. With a passion for cars and a talent for storytelling, he's established himself as a ...

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 ...

GM has redesigned the Silverado and Sierra 1500 trucks, including two brand-new gas V8 engines, while the updated HD lineup ...