When you find yourself in need of a new engine for your vehicle, you'll likely end up buying a remanufactured engine instead of rebuilding it or having it rebuilt. That decision depends on the type of ...

The reality is, it doesn't cost much more coin to build a stroker than it does to stay with the factory displacement. Last month (see "The Twister: Part 1") we detailed the combination of our build, ...

GM late-model performance enthusiastsare currently living through a new golden age of performance. Like what the original Chevy small-block engine did for engine builders duringthe previous 50 years, ...

Earlier this year we bolted a cam and headers on a 5.3L Gen III called Little Bro and made 458 hp at a screaming 6,600 rpm. That engine revealed the potential of a lesser-known family of iron-block GM ...

Building engines and having the ability to pull them on the dyno is by far one of our cooler moments as automotive scribes. In this instance, rather than doing a single buildup we assigned each ...

Crate engines aren't always the perfect solution. That's why BluePrint engines decided to start selling high-strength blocks ...

Not to sound like a parody of Jerry Seinfeld here, but what's the deal with all these identical-displacement V8s from different manufacturers? We've talked about the Ford 427 vs. the Chevy 427 before, ...

GM truck loyalists are lining up behind an old-school idea for the next small block V8: bring back thicker oil. After years ...

Let's define "small-block" so no one will get mad (people will still get mad). General Motors may call the Gen-III to Gen-V LS and LT V8s "small-blocks" in marketing materials, but even Chevrolet's ...

It's not every day that you can find an engine you know for a fact has never been used. This classic crate engine is still in ...