If you read a lot of magazines and listen to enough bench racing, you start to think that everyone has 540-inch big-blocks or twin-turbo LS engines under their hoods. Why? Because big horsepower is ...

“Quite simply the most powerful crate engine ever from Chevrolet Performance.” That’s the advertising copy for the LSX 454R that makes 776 hp and nearly 650 lb-ft of torque, according to Chevrolet ...

Perception is reality. Read enough online stories, and you would think every hot rod out there is rockin' a 700-hp high-end engine under the hood. The truth is that most cars are putting out anywhere ...

History has repeatedly proven that the most popular designs aren't always the best. While the big-blocks offered by Chrysler's crosstown rivals may have been manufactured in larger numbers, from an ...