General Motors’ pushrod small-block V8, introduced in 1955, continues to power high-performance cars like the Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing. Despite most competitors adopting DOHC designs, its compact size ...

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 ...

The most enduring engine in automotive history is about to change. The small-block Chevy is and will continue to be the most popular powerplant in the history of racing and high performance, but its ...

GM's small block V8 still stands as one of the auto giant's iconic engines even 70 years after it first rolled off the production line. GM celebrates its seventh decade on the market in 2024 with the ...

GM divisions Pontiac and Chevrolet each produced 400 cubic-inch small-block V8s with similar bore-to-stroke ratios. Ford made one as well, but its block was very different from Chevy's in nearly every ...

Chevrolet is celebrating the 70th anniversary of its small-block V8 engine, a milestone for one of the brand’s most iconic powerplants. Scratch that—never mind Chevrolet's most iconic engine, try ...

General Motors is one of the companies that wants to completely transition its lineup to electric-only by 2035. That’s more than a decade away, though. Between now and then, we’ll be getting a ...

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 ...

The Mighty Mouse – not to be confused with another very famous cartoon mouse with the same initials – was an animated hero created by the Terrytoons studio for 20th Century Fox in 1942. Mighty Mouse ...

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 ...

When it comes to GM engines, the Chevy small block and LS motors get most of the love and attention. But there's another Chevy engine deserving of recognition for its legacy in the world of GM trucks.