In 1973, Chevrolet made the 454 V8 available for the Chevelle SS Malibu Wagon, creating a rare muscle wagon with just around ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Call him Karty B — as in, blocked. Joshua Karty went from automatic for the Rams — four straight field goals, including a 51-yarder — to being barely able to get his kicks off the ...

Speaking of advanced engines, Buick had, for a time, one of the most high-tech mass-produced big-block V8s ever made in the early 1970s. In those days, competition between GM subsidiaries was standard ...

It’s safe to say this tiny econobox nicknamed Crouton is the quickest Chevrolet Spark in the world. YouTuber Cleetus McFarland and his team have been preparing for the Burnout Rivals competition, and ...

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 ...

Few vehicle phrases roll off the tongue as beautifully as 'Chevy 454 big block.' This selection of words can and has put a smile on many a car enthusiast's face for decades, owing to how good the 454 ...

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 ...

Leave it to an American hot rodder to take a German personal luxury sports coupe and turn it into a straight-line acceleration monster powered entirely by screaming bald eagles. While this car would ...

Big block engines might have been a product of the golden age of the muscle car, but these robust designs outlasted their high-performance progenitors by shifting over to the truck world, where their ...

The act of building an engine is a rite of passage for many enthusiasts. The first startup, when something you created from parts comes alive and produces power on its own, is often an emotional ...