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 General Motors divisions started building V-8 engines for their cars in the early to mid-1950s, each division had its own line of engines. As a result, engines of the same displacement sometimes ...

In automotive nomenclature, small-block V8 engines are typically physically smaller than their big-block counterparts, hence the nickname. With some exceptions, the piston bores, stroke, cylinder head ...

One of the simplest V8s ever built is also the most common, meaning that you'll never want for parts and support.

Q: Greg, you often mention the 1955 Chevrolet 265 V-8 as one of the greatest engines ever developed. Didn’t Chevrolet really begin to hot rod that engine in 1956? Could you explain the development of ...

Downsizing has become familiar across the auto industry, with large naturally aspirated engines increasingly replaced by smaller turbocharged alternatives. General Motors is taking a rather different ...