Back in 1955, General Motors gave birth to one of America's most iconic engines, the Chevy small-block V8. Among these, the LS series, also known as the third and fourth generations of small block V8, ...

Cylinder head porting is one of those garage mods that lives somewhere between speed-shop legend and flow-bench science. Also referred to as port and polish, the idea is simple: Open up the intake and ...

The teardown continues on my C5 Corvette LS1, and in this episode, it’s time to remove the cylinder heads. This crucial step gives us full access to the combustion chambers, pistons, and head ...

Fans of the recently-defunct MotorTrend series Roadkill (R.I.P.) will know that co-host Mike Finnegan named his Gen II Hemi-powered 1955 Chevrolet coupe "Blasphemi." As in the unholy marriage of Mopar ...

All things under the hood of a car have an inherent delicate nature and require special tools and knowledge to fix, but there are a couple engine components that carry the bulk of the responsibility ...

Modern internal combustion engines are under a lot of stress during normal operation. In particular, there's a lot of tension between the cylinder head and the engine block, especially in diesel ...

When Chevy dropped the 427ci LS7 on the performance world in 2006, it was the most powerful naturally aspirated V-8 powerplant ever put into mass production. A lot has happened in the interim, ...

BluePrint Engines has been creating crate engines for over 40 years. With that much experience under its belt, it’s no surprise that the Nebraska-based engine specialist will revel an interesting ...