With fewer than 7,000 units sold, 1972 was the worst sales year ever for the Plymouth Road Runner (as a stand-alone nameplate ...

Conceived not long after the first Chevy small blocks hit American streets, the RL10 was the type of rocket engine you could build a space agency around.

Building a mini V8 engine from scratch takes serious machining skill, and every step shows it. The lathe shapes the cylinders ...

Alina has been enthusiastic about vehicles her entire life, and even from an early age found herself itching to get behind the wheel. Through high school and college, she could be found reading ...

The V8 engine is a legend in American motoring folklore. Just the mention of a V8-powered classic American muscle car can get the hairs on the back of any gearhead's neck to stand up. From the 1955 ...

View post: I Tested the 2026 Kia EV9 GT-Line Long Range AWD by Putting My Toddlers in One. Here’s How it Went The General Motors 5.7 LS1 engine was a naturally aspirated small-block V8 engine with two ...

I'm not gonna pull any punches here: The little-bitty 260 Olds isn't worth hopping up. Size matters. Although a member of the Olds small-block V8 family, the 260's tiny 3.5-inch bore pretty much ...

Chevy's LT1 and LT2 engines are both V8s, but the LT2 has several changes such as a dry sump system and redesigned exhaust.

When it comes to engine family branding, GM has a few different names kicking around. Some of the more notable examples include Duramax, used currently for The General’s diesel engines; Vortec, ...

Fire up a fourth-gen Ford Mustang GT and you'll hear one of two distinctly different V8 soundtracks, depending on when it rolled off the assembly line. From 1994 through 1995, that rumble came from ...