Chevrolet introduced the 402 CID for the 1970 model year when it was marketed under the 396 label in small cars and Turbo-Jet 400 label in full-size cars. The Chevelle could be optioned with the ...

Want your ride featured on HOT ROD?Click hereto find out how! At first glance, this might look like a garden variety 1971 Chevelle Malibu. Even the "400 Malibu" emblem on the fenders isn't certain to ...

Building a big-block these days is a far cry from what it was 10, 20, and 30 years ago. Today, even a 454 is considered small when compared to all the 496 strokers, 502s, 572s, and so on. The 427s are ...

You could go big without going full luxe at the end of the 1960s and still satisfy your big-block craving at your closest ...

Flow. For an engine, it's the key to getting maximum possible output from your internal combustion horsepower-maker. Without it, your engine, whether it be a small- or big-block, is nothing more than ...

Capable of producing massive torque with a proverbial yawn, the long-running big block from Chevy was born purely out of necessity in 1958, a few years after the small block. With cars getting heavier ...

Want your ride featured on HOT ROD?Click hereto find out how! Funny things happen for those who actually lived through the muscle car era of the 1960s and '70s, vehicles that now are revered as icons ...