General Motors will spend nearly a billion dollars tooling up Buffalo for its sixth-generation of small-block V8 production.

T he well-known names in classic muscle car performance were almost always associated with big-block engines, be they Ford ...

Go inside GM’s Performance and Racing Center to check out the new 1,004-hp crate engine’s revolutionary cylinder heads.

Small Block engines displaced 327 cubic inches. As mentioned previously, the stock 327 produced 300 horsepower. RPO L79 produced 350 horsepower ... the 427 cube Big Block making 425 ponies.

This meant the 1970 El Camino could be had with the Super Sport package and the same selection of Big Block engines available with the Chevelle, including the 350-horsepower 396 cubic-inch rat ...

Like the previously mentioned small big-block V8 from Cadillac, this particular Chrysler engine also only lasted for essentially one year of production. That engine would be the Chrysler 350 V8 ...

The automaker offered the big block engine in three versions ... This meant that the most powerful 350 engine ratings plummeted by 150 hp. In 1975, the LM1, Chevy's most powerful 350 engine ...

Yes, you read that right, we are writing about a brand-new big-block engine from Chevrolet ... while torque sits just above the 350 (474 Nm) lb.-ft mark at that same engine speed.

As such, the customizer decided to swap the engine with a 460 from a 1996 Ford F-350 with 245 ponies on deck. Thanks to 410 pound-feet of torque as standard, the 7.5-liter behemoth is more than ...

One of the many great things about the small-block Chevy is its versatility. Think about it for a minute: The same basic powerplant has been used to power everything from a heavy-hauling farm ...