We’re moving right along with our Summit Racing 427-ci small-block Chevy build. We started with a bare SPC engine block, and we’re building it from the bottom up. We left off last time with an ...

Marvin McAfee of Marvin's Custom Engines (MCE Engines) is a dyed-in-the wool engine-building professional. He's outspoken, to be sure, but there's no bull going on here, just hard facts. He's been ...

The small-block Chevrolet engine is 70 years old in 2025 and what better way to celebrate one of the most influential engines of all time than by building one? The Hemmings team is taking it one step ...

Quality engine components are expensive. Especially the trick "hi-po" parts that are usually found reciprocating in a hot rod engine. That's why it's critical when assembling your engine that you get ...

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 ...

For generations of American car enthusiasts, the argument over small-block versus big-block V8s has stood in for a broader debate about what performance really means. Displacement and physical size ...

However, Ford was thinking in another direction, deciding to focus on efficiency and balance. The result was the small-block V8, a compact, lightweight engine that proved you didn't need massive ...