Sometimes, in order to appreciate where we are, we need to look back at where we were. 25 years ago, the crate engine world wasn't even close to what it is today. A 468 was a "big" big-block, and the ...

Last year Pete Walsh dropped in a 502 crate motor and swapped the gears in his eight-second Pro Street Nova (but left the twin 4-inch exhaust) and blasted it cross-country. Once the Tour was over, we ...

The Nova was born in 1962, and while many people were upset to only get lazy four- and six-cylinder engines, the lack of a V8 unit had a major contribution to what this nameplate eventually became.