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 ...

GM divisions Pontiac and Chevrolet each produced 400 cubic-inch small-block V8s with similar bore-to-stroke ratios. Ford made one as well, but its block was very different from Chevy's in nearly every ...

The year was 1969, and the muscle car era delivered some of the best factory stock performance ever. A rivalry that began just a few years prior with the launch of the 1967 Chevrolet Camaro Sport ...

Last year, Popular Hot Rodding magazine (a sister publication to KIT CAR) launched a new competition designed to showcase the absolute edge of street engine performance. Called the Engine Masters ...

Going into the 2008 Jegs Engine Masters Challenge, we built on the foundations laid in the 2007 event, looking to refine and improve the previous year's contest. Certainly, the fundamental program ...

The 408 is one of the most popular small-block V-8 stroker combinations for Chevy, Ford, and Mopar. This time on Engine Masters presented by AMSOIL and supported by Earl’s Vapor Guard and Mr. Gasket, ...