Scoggin Dickey Parts Center (SDPC) has been tinkering with an LV3 4.3-liter V6, the kind that was used in GM full-size pickups from model years 2014 to 2021, adding twin turbos. In 2022, SDPC’s ...

A head-to-head drag race sparks debate as a small block engine surprises everyone, highlighting performance, tuning, and competitive racing action.

The muscle car era was packed with big-block monsters, but these small blocks proved they could keep up.

GM revives the V8 with an all-new small-block engine set for trucks, SUVs, and the Corvette, including the Grand Sport ...

Let's say you're building a custom car, but you're on a strict powertrain budget. Around $5,000 is plenty enough for an excellent small block V8.

American automotive performance in the 1950s was a simple recipe. If you wanted to go faster, you didn't optimize what you had; you just added more to it. More displacement, more iron, more horsepower ...

Let's define "small-block" so no one will get mad (people will still get mad). General Motors may call the Gen-III to Gen-V LS and LT V8s "small-blocks" in marketing materials, but even Chevrolet's ...

BROCKVILLE, Ontario, Canada — A visit to Canada awaits the DIRTcar 358 Modified Series, as the top Small-Block Modified drivers in the Northeast prepare for their final battle of 2025. Brockville ...

Ford’s small-block Windsor V-8 first appeared in 1962 as a 221-cubic-inch workhorse designed to power smaller cars and trucks but quickly became the darling of Ford-centric hot rodders. Its ...

Do you ever get sick and tired of the same old full-size truck? It makes the roads a little more humdrum if you ask me. But back in the 1940s, the Wild West approach to the automotive landscape was ...