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.

Chevy debuted its first small block V8 in 1955 with the 195-horsepower, 265 cubic-inch Turbo-Fire. It continually modified the engine to notable iterations like the 283-hp 283 Super Turbo-Fire and ...

“Gee, another iron small-block Chevy block? That’s hardly news.” If you are an aggressively jaded LS engine enthusiast ...

There once was a time, believe it or not, when even the idea of the LS engine platform hadn’t yet been conceived, and a ...

Chevrolet Performance keeps finding ways to upgrade the venerable Small Block V8. For the new ZZ6 350 crate engine that gets a full debut at the SEMA Show, valvetrain improvements help it reach ...