Older cars frequently had colorful components under the hood, including more than a few brightly colored engine blocks. Can you still powder coat one today?

Last year Summit Racing Equipment released its SPC small-block Chevy block, and we finally got to check one out. Of course, the Gen IV/V LS/LT variants get most of the attention in today’s performance ...

The General Motors Flint Engine Operations plants is producing a sixth generation small block V8 engine to power the 2027 Chevrolet Corvette.

The first thing you should know about crate engines is that most manufacturers offer a variety of options to best suit the needs of their customers. You might think ...

The U.S. is known as the land of excess for many reasons. Take the automotive landscape, for example. You have big SUVs and even bigger engines. However, there was a time when engines in American cars ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. For much of the U.S., the concept of an engine block heater is a foreign one. Even areas like the mile-high city (Denver), which faces its ...

Could the small-block Chevy be the most popular engine-build that HOT ROD has covered over its 77-year history? We don’t have a running tally, but in our expert guesstimate, that is probably true. So ...

Stellantis’ star attraction at the SEMA Show is a Plymouth GTX electromod, but the company still has gas running through its veins. That’s clear today as they’ve announced two new crate engine blocks ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...