Combine the latest Chevrolet aluminum block, a pair of rare factory aluminum heads, a host of aluminum aftermarket performance components and the engine-building skills of Keith Black, and some would ...

Chevy's small-block Vortec heads can be an engine builder's secret weapon, thanks to the improved flow and potential for ...

To understand and appreciate what Al Barnes has been able to accomplish, we should first examine some of the ingredients of a high-output small-block Chevrolet. This step will enable us to establish ...

The 1960s were a time that saw muscle cars with the best names and automakers racing for horsepower supremacy. While drag racers often turned to large displacement big-block engines for power, others ...

In the early-'90s, GM introduced the Second-Generation LT1 small-block. It featured reverse-flow cooling and an aluminum cylinder head with a new port configuration. In essence, the company created ...

All-aluminum small-blocks have mystique. Even today, when production V-8s come with aluminum blocks straight from the showroom, there is still something magical about an all-alloy Gen I Mouse motor.