Though not on par with the popularity of Chevy's Rat, the big-block Ford has a lot going for it, including low cost, availability, and impressive displacement potential. Given the combination, it is a ...

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 ...

Two issues back, we subjected a 468-inch big-block Chevy to a variety of different oval-port cylinder heads, ranging from stock peanut-port-style heads to full CNC-ported versions (see “The Big O”).

Old-timers must look around at the proliferation of affordable and power-producing aluminum cylinder heads and think to themselves, “These young guys have it easy.” Back in the day, aluminum big-block ...

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

The 1960s were a time that saw muscle cars with the best names and automakers racing for horsepower supremacy. While drag racers often turned to large displacement big-block engines for power, others ...

The 1969 Camaro SS 396 crystallized what enthusiasts now think of as the classic big-block muscle formula, pairing brutal ...

To discuss the rat, we must first discuss the mouse. In 1954, Ford squeaked past Chevrolet in sales by a 2% margin (1,165,942 vs. 1,143,561), a reversal of the previous year when Chevy beat Ford by 7% ...

Chevy Corvette came with disc brakes and available Big Block power. This Nassau Blue copy will soon cross the Mecum Auctions ...