Thus, it's smart to tackle the most important details first, and no detail is more critical and imperative than the engine ...

Sean is a JDM and off-road enthusiast of many years, and automotive photographer. He holds a B.A. in Literature and Writing Studies, A.A. in Communications, and an A.A. in English. He is published in ...

What would make a single engine worth more than a whole SUV? The team at Late Model Engines made a ton of changes to a Chevy ...

Dodge has become a major player on the crate engine scene, putting out some truly mammoth powerhouses. Whether you're ...

Finding a powerful crate engine for sale in its factory form is highly unusual, considering people buy them with specific plans in mind. And yet, they somehow became collectibles, being shuffled ...

The idea of ordering a mail-order engine would never occur to some hot rodders, any more than buying a finished hot rod would. For such people, building a car at home--including the engine--from ...

Crate engine. The term, derived from the wooden and composite containers an engine is shipped in from the manufacturer, is used to identify a complete, ready-to-go, cost-effective powerplant that will ...

It’s Halloween, so it’s fitting the gates of hell have opened and allowed the Hellephant C170 crate engine through. Set to go on sale early next year, the Hellephant C170 is the same engine that ...

Two years ago, Mike Goodwin of Ford Performance confirmed that a Godzilla-based powerplant will be added to the Dearborn-based automaker’s crate engine lineup. Three months ago, back on September 16th ...

General Motors could offer the new Corvette Z06’s 5.5-liter LT6 V8 as a crate engine, but high demand for the car may mean there aren’t enough left over to sell. Russ O’Blenes, GM’s Director for the ...

I can’t forget my first experience with the soon-to-be-gone Chevrolet LS7 V8 engine. I was only a few months into this whole “automotive journalism” thing and had gone to a media track day at the ...