Chevy 383 buildup? About $4,000. Ford SVO 514? Seven grand once you get it running. Same for the Mopar 500 show in this issue. Pretty spendy stuff, so we wouldn't feel like Car Craft if we didn't ...

As GM grew and flourished along with the U.S. auto industry in the middle of the 20th century, its divisions began building larger engines. Buick was the first automaker to use a V6 engine in a ...

For many gearheads, the year 1970 represents the peak of the muscle car era — or at least the peak of the first muscle car era. A big part of what conspired to make 1970 special is that to remain ...

With muscle cars slowly but surely transitioning to electric power, petrolheads love to reminisce about the glory days of massive V8s. However, many seem to forget the glorious 455-ci (7.5-liter) that ...

Jack Merkel Performance Engines is serious about Turbo Buick powerplants. "I saw that there was no one filling the engine demands for guys with 10- and 11-second cars," says Merkel. "I spent a lot of ...