American automakers have made small-block and big-block V8 engines for ages ... which is a C-section frame with one side boxed off. This alloy big block is a legendary engine, which kicks out ...

Once a staple of the hot rod and modification scenes, the era of the big block V8 engines has largely ended thanks to technological advances in the 1980s and 1990s. The result was 340 horsepower ...

The resulting idea was to be called the W-43, an experimental engine design based on the existing Olds 455-CID Rocket big-block V8. Of course, it didn't have a multi-carbed design (there was ...

While big blocks were more popular in the performance and the "keeping up with the Joneses" side ... V8 is part of Oldsmobile ...

The 7.4-liter LSX454 V8 is a modern interpretation of the iconic 454 big block. The engine can be modified to increase its power output. With the single-plane carbureted intake manifold ...

Dodge didn't keep separate sales records for these engines, but we know the company sold 1,755 non-V8 Challengers. The figure includes 1,672 hardtops and 83 convertibles. But unlike the big-block ...