These durable, high-perfomance engines are available for far less than you might imagine, including the Chevy LS3, Ford ...

ANSWERBack in 1955, you (or your grandpa) might have posed a very similar question: "Why does that new-fangled small-block Chevy make more peak power and torque at a higher rpm than my trusty Flathead ...

General Motors' LS engines and Ford's small-block V8s are some of the most famous motors in auto history, but can you combine ...

General Motors is on the cusp of launching a new generation of its iconic Small Block V-8 engine. This next-generation powerplant, dubbed the Gen 6 Small Block V8, is set to be available in two ...

Engines that had either been fixed or replaced by General Motors keep failing, which prompted the NHTSA to assess the ...

When it comes to engine family branding, GM has a few different names kicking around. Some of the more notable examples include Duramax, used currently for The General’s diesel engines; Vortec, ...

Twenty years ago, the idea of ordering a complete engine for a vintage Mustang was pretty much absurd. First of all, it was a lot cheaper to rebuild or even have someone else rebuild the original ...

The 289 engine in our 1965 Mustang G.T. 350 clone sounded good and ran OK, but it just didn’t seem right. The bottom-end power was decent but as rpm rose, the 289 felt lazy. The guy we bought the car ...

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 ...

For decades, the debut of a new Corvette generation has coincided with the introduction of a new Small Block V8 engine. This tradition has held strong through the Vette’s fifth, sixth, and seventh ...

To sleeve or to bore your engine block? That's the several-hundred-dollar question (maybe into the thousands) as you ...