Big-block engines sit at the heart of some of the most iconic American performance cars and trucks, yet the term is often ...

With LS swaps all the rage these days, it's easy to forget big-blocks are still alive and thriving. That's because when it comes to making big power and even bigger torque, building it with a ...

Doc Johnson Restorations makes a compelling case for pushrod power. He shows why Ford Performance’s Boss 351 crate engine is ...

Last year Summit Racing Equipment released its SPC small-block Chevy block, and we finally got to check one out. Of course, the Gen IV/V LS/LT variants get most of the attention in today’s performance ...

Hot rodders know them as V-8s, V-6s, in-lines, or even horizontally opposed, but no matter how they're configured the engine block in your car is the foundation of its power. For this month's "How it ...

The Ford 427 and 428 share the same FE big-block family badge, yet they were built for very different missions. One was engineered as a racing hammer that lived at high rpm, the other as a ...

In production since 2018, the 2.7-liter turbo inline-four engine referred to as L3B has been hit with a customer satisfaction program. As it happens, a handful of engines may feature cracked blocks.

Cummins diesel engines are highly regarded as being tough and reliable. However, the 5.9L Cummins 24-valve engines produced from 1999 to 2002 used engine blocks that are prone to cracking. While any ...

General Motors is showing some love to its 92 year-old Saginaw, Mich. metal casting operations facility to the tune of $215 million in order to properly retool the plant for future engine block and ...

This technology underlies an early success for Advanced Magnesium Technologies in the US car industry. The USCAR coalition of the big-three US carmakers, Daimler Chrysler, Ford, General Motors and the ...