If you are a racing buff, gearhead, or DIY mechanic, then you're sure to have come across debates between big-block engines versus small blocks and other modern engines. Each big block engine has its ...

Engine development has taken thousands of small steps from the 1850s single-cylinder engine used by Carl Benz in the Patent Motorwagen to the 1,600-hp W16 in the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport. V8 engines ...

If big is good, then bigger is better. That's what we thought when we decided to rebuild our 440 Dodge block, instead of slapping in a 360 from a junkyard just to get down the road. While these ...

We'd all love to install a high-horsepower engine in our Mopar, and many of us do modify our engines with aftermarket parts in the quest for more power. In fact, there's never been a better time to be ...

In the '60s, America developed some cool, advanced engines, such as Pontiac's overhead cam inline-6 or the jet-turbine in the Chrysler Turbine Car. Still, when push comes to shove, our first love is a ...

[This story first appeared in the premier issue of MotorTrend Classic in 2005] If H.G. Wells Enterprises Inc. advertised time-machine test-drives tomorrow, it'd be tempting to hop in and twist the ...

If you ask a muscle car enthusiast to name Plymouth's most famous performance machines, most will rattle off the Hemi 'Cuda or the big-block Road Runners. But tucked away in Chrysler's 1969 lineup was ...

The U.S. is known as the land of excess for many reasons. Take the automotive landscape, for example. You have big SUVs and even bigger engines. However, there was a time when engines in American cars ...