From trucks and RVs to boats, Chevy's 8.1L Vortec powered heavy-duty machines with massive torque. Here's what defined GM's final big block engine.

This Chevy engine powered some of the world's highest-mileage vehicles over the years, and it keeps on hauling decade after ...

While there is some contention surrounding who produced the first muscle car, we can all agree that Chevrolet was certainly in the mix of it all during America's earliest muscle car days. In an effort ...

Introduced in 1970, the Chevy 454 — affectionately known as the Rat Motor – was the largest displacement Chevrolet engine to enter the big-block engine showdown of the muscle car era. At 454 cubic ...

Claim to fame: most powerful four-cylinder Chevy production engine. Until very recently, you would never equate the concepts of 310 horsepower and 420 lb-ft of torque with a four-cylinder engine.

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 ...

Outlines how to remove, dissassemble, recondition, rebuild and replace a small-block engine?all in step-by-step clarity. Covers models: 262, 265, 283, 302, 305, 307, 327, 350 and 400 cid engines.

Chevy's Vortec 8100 — AKA the L18, AKA the Vortec 8.1 — was the last of The General's big block V8s, a line of engines that traced its lineage clear back to the fire-breathing muscle cars of the '60s ...

Martin holds a B.A. in English and Creative Writing. Working full-time as an Avionics Technician on fighter jets, he travels using a variety of vehicles, to include: a Camaro ZL1, F-150 FX4, Jeep ...

All of this being said, there are truly a fantastic amount of crate engines and speed parts on the retailer’s website, whether or not you can actually go down to a Walmart to pick them up. Pretty much ...

One of the first modern performance trucks, the 454 SS was C1500 turned into a tire-shredding street weapon powered by a big-block V8 that was once available on muscle car legends such as the Chevelle ...