The art of deception plays a significant role in the hot rod world. Although most enthusiasts are straightforward and proud to disclose all the details about their car or truck's makeup, "sleepers" ...

The ex-NASCAR 374-inch small-block rocks an aluminum GM bowtie block with bores punched out to 4.125 inches. When combined with the 3.500-inch Callies Magnum forged crank and Ultra Billet H-beam ...

You could go big without going full luxe at the end of the 1960s and still satisfy your big-block craving at your closest Chevy dealership. The Chevrolet Caprice beckoned, and in an era before it ...

Introduced in 1970, the Chevy 454 — affectionately known as the Rat Motor – was the largest displacement Chevrolet engine to enter the big-block engine showdown of the muscle car era. At 454 cubic ...

In 1958, Chevrolet introduced the W-series engine. No, the General Motors division did not release a W-layout motor half a century before the VW Group, but a large V8 that laid the foundation for the ...

One of General Motors’ major headline-making announcements from this year’s SEMA Show in Las Vegas was the unveiling of the new ZZ632 crate engine – a massive 632 cubic-inch Big Block motor that ...

The inflation problem is nowhere close to being solved, but that doesn’t explain the MSRP of the Chevrolet ZZ632/1000 big-block V8. Retailing at $37,758.72 on GM Performance Motor, the monster engine ...

When it comes to classic American muscle cars, you'll hear the terms "small block" and "big block" thrown around quite a bit. As one might assume, it's in reference to the actual physical size of V8 ...