Let's get it out of the way early on – this article works on the popular assumption that the 1964 Pontiac GTO was the first ...

What's in a big-block V8? About 400 cubic inches of displacement. A V8 can come in three different sizes in terms of ...

Born with a 318-cubic-inch V8, this French Vanilla Mopar now rocks a 440-cubic-inch V8 topped by an eight-barrel carb setup.

Thanks to some time-lapse photography, watch as a Chevy small block V8 gets torn down and completely restored in just under four minutes. It's quite a sight. Chevrolet's famous small block V8 ...

That’s right – they didn’t build a special engine; they made it from what was already available: a 327-cube V8 block was mated to a crankshaft from a 283-cubic-inch V8. By combining the ...

Chevrolet debuted a new overhead-valve V8 engine in 1955 with a 265-cubic-inch displacement. It became known as the Small Block Chevrolet. The engine has been a favorite due to its simple design ...

Chevrolet is making huge news today, revealing most all of the details about its new, fifth-generation Small Block V8 engine – dubbed LT1 – the very mill that will power the upcoming 2014 ...

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The head of BMW R&D, Frank Weber, declares that the V8 engine is there to stay in the German automaker’s toolbox.

U.S. auto safety regulators have opened an investigation into complaints that General Motors vehicles equipped with certain ...

The V-8 engine is a muscle car necessity. Not a single one can be complete without it, and nobody did it quite like Chevrolet and its small block V-8 platform. What started out with humble ...

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