During an era when a cast iron block was the main ingredient for building mass-produced internal combustion engines, General Motors' Buick division unleased an all-aluminum V8 that revolutionized the ...

The first Iron Age flickered out a millennium or two ago, but its automotive equivalent is still going strong. Well, if not strong, it's at least still going. Dodge, Ram, and other automakers still ...

The four-cylinder racing market is continuing to expand. From Bomber Stocks to Mini-Stocks to Limited Late Models, four-cylinder racing is the hot ticket these days. So it's no surprise to see ...

The Chevy 5.3 liter Gen III engine was installed in thousands of pickups and vans from 1999 through 2007. The majority of them were the RPO LM7 / VIN T engine with the cast iron block, but there were ...

That Chevy LS1 small-block V-8 sitting under the hood isn't too bad, but, of course, it would be nice to make some power improvements. Ahead lie the tools and procedures that will make this possible: ...

Over the years, General Motors has employed several eight-cylinder engine designs ranging from the inline "Straight-8" to the current LT1 V8. However, many agree that the small-block LS engines were ...