Who was truly the king of the small-block hill, Ford or Chevy? We test a bunch of engines to find out.
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Revisiting the HOT ROD Test Car Camaro with ported heads, a bigger cam, and long tube headers
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We test the new EZ-EFI from FAST
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There's nothing hugely heroic about this small-block, but that's kind of the beauty of it. It means anyone can bolt it together and get a decent 500 hp and 500 lb-ft.
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With only 187 miles on the clock, we take a brand-new Camaro to the trackand run it. Then we knock more than a second off the e.t. with bolt-on parts and some nitrous!
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Instead of painting a car, we wrap it with vinyl, complete with flames. Here's what you need to know about wrapping a car.
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In a few years every new engine will feature direct injection. Here's what it is, how it works, and why it's a good thing for hot rodding.
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We test Edelbrock's affordable cylinder head for small-block Chevys and Fords
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Nearly every new engine coming out of Detroit has variable valve timing. Here's what it is and how to deal with it.
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Bill Mitchell builds a Gen I small-block Chevy block that can mount late-model LS cylinder heads, allowing you to have the best of both worlds
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Gears and slicks take our junkyard Chevy pickup from mid-13s to mid-12s
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Cams and a supercharger turn the junkyard GM 4-banger into a 370hp mini killer
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Pickups have V-8s and rear-wheel drive, and they can still be had cheap, making them perfect hot rod material. We build one and race it, showing how to have fun with trucks.
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The day we knew would come is here, and it's an all-new ball game now that brand-new reproduction '69 Camaros are just around the corner. HOT ROD has the exclusive on the moment that will change street machining forever.
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The Car Craft Cheap Street '70 Chevelle has been a mainstay around our offices for about 10 years. The company handed it over to HOT ROD, so we rebuilt it and gave it away on Power Tour.
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Concentrating on the parts that matter for power, we build a dirt cheap 350 Chevy that makes respectable grunt
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Here's a combo you don't often see: a big chrome lung on top of a modern LS-series Chevy. This one makes 750 hp and can run three different kinds of fuel.
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We put better heads, cam, and intake on the most popular crate motor of all time, GM's ZZ4 350, and make more than 100 horsepower
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Last month we hopped up the most popular crate motor of all time, the GMPP ZZ4 350. This month we go for the gust and strap a supercharger to it for well above 500HP
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Using a 700hp 540 Chevy, we test a bunch of different headers to show how primary pipe and collector sizes make a difference in power.
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The Chevy 348/409 engine was a dead player in terms of today's performance, but it has a new lease on life with Edelbrock's cylinder heads and modern technology.
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The biggest, gnarliest crate engine thrash ever! We swap eight different GM Performance Parts crate engines into one car over four days and run each one down the track. Here's everything you need to know when it comes time to buying a GMPP crate engine.
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We install and test an Edelbrock Pro-Flo XT EFI system on a street/strip '71 Chevy Nova.
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Using its new small-block Chevy cast-iron street block, Dart Machinery screws together a simple and bulletproof small-block.
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We do a deep dive on the incredible 638hp engine in the new Corvette ZR1 with the men responsible for it.
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