It all started with a phone call to Jeff Schwartz from Tony Certoma in Melbourne, Australia. You see, Tony had this crazy idea of having a custom muscle car built then driving the car across the ...

In the golden age of American muscle cars, three engine manufacturers dominated both NASCAR and the strets of the U.S. Here's hw the motors compare.

When Chevrolet decided it was time to replace the OBS with an all-new model at the end of the 1990s, it was facing a tough ...

When it comes to Golden Era muscle cars, few are as head-snappingly awesome as the 1970 Chevelle SS 454. Offering a no-nonsense approach to performance, this machine has it all: eyeball-grabbing good ...

Whether it's from a desire to maintain a traditional underhood appearance or an aversion to the perceived expense and complexity of dealing with a modified electronic engine management system, there ...

No matter what happens to the LS over the next decade, it's here to stay and will quickly replace the traditional small-block Chevy. I believe that the trend from Mouse to LS engines is happening much ...

Let’s be honest about it. The 1970 Chevelle was a great car, but the LS6 454 made it a beast that everybody absolutely loved. The Turbo-Jet engine developed 450 horsepower thanks to a four-barrel ...

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 ...

Chevrolet introduced the legendary LS V8 engine to the world way back in 1997 as the engine powering the new C5 Corvette. That first engine, the LS1, was a 5.7 liter, aluminum block, pushrod V8 that, ...

The Chevelle SS LS5 convertible has undergone a full body-off restoration and has a “laser-straight” body. No expense was spared on refurbishment of the beautiful convertible – even the undercarriage ...

Over the years, General Motors has employed several eight-cylinder engine designs ranging from the inline "Straight-8" to the current LT1 V8. However, many agree that the small-block LS engines were ...