The Chevelle SS 402 occupies a strange sweet spot in muscle car history, living behind a more famous badge while quietly ...

The Chevy Apache fleetside V8 sits at the crossroads of style, utility, and early small-block power, which is why collectors ...

When power gets serious, a stock block might not be up to the abuse. At the 2025 SEMA Show, Summit Racing showcased its Street, Performance, and Competition series of engine blocks, engineered to ...

GM is developing an all-new sixth-generation small-block V8 family, with strong indications it will launch in two displacements: 5.7L and 6.6L. The 5.7L version is aimed at volume models like 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 ...

The automaker is developing a new generation of small-block V-8s, and they’re coming in two different sizes—5.7 liters and 6.6 liters. The first units are expected to appear in 2027 models, starting ...

New information has surfaced about GM’s sixth-generation small-block V8, which is expected to come in two sizes. Like Stellantis with its Hemi V8, General Motors has no intention of discontinuing the ...

Let's define "small-block" so no one will get mad (people will still get mad). General Motors may call the Gen-III to Gen-V LS and LT V8s "small-blocks" in marketing materials, but even Chevrolet's ...

There are engines that power cars — and then there are engines that power legends. The 1957 Chevrolet 283 V8 with twin four-barrel carburetors, rated at 270 horsepower, belongs to that second, ...

Thomas has spent two years working in the auto journalism industry, contributing to a UK-based newspaper and writing for Euronewsweek. A full-time writer and lifelong engineering enthusiast, he now ...