I started learning to work on cars in the late 1970s by helping my stepdad turn salvaged mid-1960s Chevy Chevelles into street-stock-class race cars. Throughout that period, I had my hands on a number ...

While many car-crazed enthusiasts enjoy spending time researching the options necessary to create the ultimate engine combination, some of us don't have the time-or we don't know how. Fortunately for ...

Having the most popular performance engine ever built, Chevy small-block owners are lucky indeed. Despite the introduction of the LS engine family (see Modern Mouse elsewhere in this issue), the ...

When we lastleft our intrepid Chevrolet Performance Great Crate small-block we had bolted on the Edelbrock Performer RPM cylinder heads and managed to push the power to a smidge over 380 hp and the ...

Heavy compression, 87-octane gas, and huge power for $2,995! Slip into a new Camaro or Mustang and you'll be more than impressed with how smooth and silky these cars drive. Compared to the musclecars ...

Back in the heyday of the muscle car, just about every car company came out with a V8 engine. The big, gas-guzzling plants weren't terribly efficient or practical, but the ability to step on the gas ...

Chad has been a muscle car and classic truck lover since he could walk. The classic vehicles from the '60s and '70s are the best in his eyes, but he is more than willing to give the new technology a ...

Honda took boaters by ­surprise this past fall when it suddenly unveiled its biggest outboard to date: a 350 hp V-8, besting its previous flagship motor by 100 ponies. While some believed Honda would ...