Last month, VETTE took you behind the scenes to GM's state-of-the-art Performance Build Center for the creation of the 100-millionth Chevrolet small-block. The milestone mill--a 6.2L LS9 rated at 638 ...

Birthdays are fun, but they also mark the passage of time. For the past50 years, Corvettes have sported a litany of small-blockengines--powerful powerplants that consistently offered the best bang ...

GM divisions Pontiac and Chevrolet each produced 400 cubic-inch small-block V8s with similar bore-to-stroke ratios. Ford made one as well, but its block was very different from Chevy's in nearly every ...

There comes a time when 9.5:1 compression and freeway gears just don't get it. Once you've over-come your fear of nitrous, race gas, deep gears, and loose converters, you're ready for a street fighter ...

ANSWERBack in 1955, you (or your grandpa) might have posed a very similar question: "Why does that new-fangled small-block Chevy make more peak power and torque at a higher rpm than my trusty Flathead ...