The Ford and Chevy 427 big blocks sit at the center of one of performance history’s fiercest rivalries, yet the two engines followed very different paths from the dyno cell to the winner’s circle. I ...

The 1967 Chevrolet Corvette 427 arrived at a moment when American performance cars were getting bigger, faster, and more ...

From the March 1965 issue of HOT ROD: The 396ci big-block Chevy had just dropped, and we were justifiably excited by its big valves, high-flow ports, and 425 horsepower. Chevrolet’s 427 engine that ...

If you're a fan of early Camaros, or muscle cars in general, then some of your favorites have to be the Yenko-modified examples, built for those who wanted more than what Chevrolet was willing to ...

In 1963, a new Chevrolet big-block set heads spinning and lips flappingwhen Junior Johnson blasted around Daytona Speedway at the unprecedentedspeed of 166 mph. The powerplant that propelled Johnson's ...

To discuss the rat, we must first discuss the mouse. In 1954, Ford squeaked past Chevrolet in sales by a 2% margin (1,165,942 vs. 1,143,561), a reversal of the previous year when Chevy beat Ford by 7% ...

Before the 1968 Chevrolet SS 427 ever rumbled onto American streets, it was already something of an oddity—a secret muscle car hidden inside a full-size suit. Produced only from 1967 to 1969 as the ...

Initially introduced on two-door hardtop versions of the Chevrolet full-size in 1950, the Bel Air evolved into a complete lineup of body styles in 1955. In 1958, it lost its range-topping privileges ...

With the brand-new Mark IV big-block 396 replacing the veteran 409 in February 1965, what could Chevrolet Engineering possibly pull next from it superb bag of ultra-performance tricks? The solid ...

1967 marked the final year of the second-generation Chevy Corvette. Known as the Mid Year Corvette, the second generation spanned from 1963 to 1967, and had seen the Corvette transition from a ...