Chevrolet’s introduction of big-block V8 engines in the Corvette marked a turning point for the model, bringing a significant ...

If you’re going to build a big-block then going really big is the best game plan. This Dart-based 582 big-block Chevy mill made over 1,000 hp on pump gas and a healthy dose of boost.

The big-block V-8 is so synonymous with classic Chevrolet performance that it seems kind of weird that it wasn't introduced until almost the 1960s. Chevy had the D-Series for a brief period of ...

Chevy Malibu SS may be significantly lighter, but it's still not powerful enough to outgun a big-block-powered 1969 Chevelle.

Once a staple of the hot rod and modification scenes, the era of the big block V8 engines has largely ended thanks to technological advances in the 1980s and 1990s. The result was 340 horsepower ...

Chevrolet’s 454 big-block V8, in its LS6 tune-up, threw a gauntlet so heavy that not a single rival dared pick it up. 450 horsepower and 500 lb-ft remained unchallenged for the rest of the ...

Instead, it has a honkin’ 8.1-liter big-block Chevy V8 with a turbo strapped to it. It’s the work of Evan Thompson, who’s been known by his buddies to do this type of thing. “I also built ...