Claim to fame: most powerful four-cylinder Chevy production engine. Until very recently, you would never equate the concepts of 310 horsepower and 420 lb-ft of torque with a four-cylinder engine.

In 1955 General Motors introduced its most successful engine ever. The small-block V-8 first appeared in a 265ci version and grew as large as 400 ci. This design lasted for 37 years and became known ...

Over the past year, we assembled two very mild small-blocks aimed at the typical hot-rodder looking for a solid street engine built on a budget. Once both engines were assembled, HOT ROD editor John ...

Chevrolet is a brand with many iconic nameplates, and LT1 is one of them. Rather than referring to a specific car, LT1 instead relates to a particular engine — of which three generations have been ...

Except for changes in engines and techniques, this is the same story that HOT ROD has been publishing for 75 years. This story never gets old because it's constantly evolving and improving the process ...

There’s a reason Chevy’s LS series small-block V-8s dominate the custom-car world. They're compact, lightweight, relatively cheap, and backed by seemingly infinite aftermarket support, making them an ...

That makes the L3B TurboMax engine the only engine available for the 2025 Chevrolet Colorado. This will include offering this engine in the WT and LT trims, the workhorses of the Colorado lineup.

For six decades, a small-block Chevy has powered the dreams of hot-rodders and Corvettes, and plenty of other cars, even a Ford Mustang. By Roy Furchgott In the great rivalry between Chevrolet and ...