Chevrolet’s Big Block V8 engines, affectionately known as “Rat Motors,” have a storied history rooted in the high-performance ...

The Chevy 454 and Pontiac 455 V8 engines both came from General Motors. What are the biggest differences between them, and ...

Unlike most of its competitors, the Chevrolet Mark IV Rat motor was designed from the beginning to be a high-performance race engine, with the initial Daytona "Mystery Motor" configuration merely ...

Chevy's 454 engine sets the standard for all other big-blocks. Most fat-block development centers around the popular Rat motor; cams, heads, and intake designs are developed for it first, then ...

While there is some contention surrounding who produced the first muscle car, we can all agree that Chevrolet was certainly in the mix of it all during America's earliest muscle car days. In an effort ...

There are all sorts of theories about this, some involving "mouse," "elephant," and "porcupine" engines. No one seems to ...

Although it's more than half a century old, the L88 remains one of the mightiest V8s that ever powered a Corvette. For most people, there's nothing more American than apple pie, but for gearheads, ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

Chevy's Vortec 8100 — AKA the L18, AKA the Vortec 8.1 — was the last of The General's big block V8s, a line of engines that traced its lineage clear back to the fire-breathing muscle cars of the '60s ...

The Chevy Impala was all new for 1965, and sold over 1 million copies. This Mist Blue 396 Big Block copy will cross the Mecum ...

Typically, Teslas produce almost no noise at startup due to their EV powertrain. They're primarily designed for comfort and range, with the typical Model S capable of about 400 miles without a ...