Last time you saw the Anvil, it was all dressed in EFI, respectable like. Now it's returning to glorious low-tech with a classic case of cam-and-intake shape-shifting of the power curve. Back in the ...

Periodically, you've been exposed to some notions in this column that were linked to an engine's individual cylinder tuning or optimization. In some instances, we've hinted about certain ideas while ...

This American power unit has a track-record unlike any other modern V-8 engine.

Building engines and having the ability to pull them on the dyno is by far one of our cooler moments as automotive scribes. In this instance, rather than doing a single buildup we assigned each ...

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 ...

When Goldilocks got a hankering to break into a house owned by bears, she didn't realize her name would forever be defined as "just right." Something in the "Goldilocks zone" means that it occupies a ...

When it comes to engines and our fiendish desire to make them more powerful, it's often easy to fall into a few traps. This is because there are a lot of wives' tales, myths, and misnomers out there ...

The Chevy Small Block V8 engine is one of the most iconic and important powerplants ever created, with countless iterations and applications offered since 1955. Now, we’re watching an impressive ...

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 ...

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, ...

The muscle car era was packed with big-block monsters, but these small blocks proved they could keep up.