Ford produced good small-block heads for a few years (1963-66) before altering them to meet emissions requirements. Most of these changes occurred in the exhaust ports, thus performance suffered.

You would think with as much attention as the small-block Chevy has received over the past 30 years there would be nothing left to say. Wrong. Techniques change over time, and some tricks that were ...

When it comes to engine building, cylinder heads are of utmost importance. Here's why Chevy's small-block Vortec heads could ...

In the 1980s General Motors shifted away from small holes in the cylinder head and pushrod guide plates instead to what they refer to as “guided” rocker arms. These stamped rocker arms use two small ...

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: ...

The 1960s were a time that saw muscle cars with the best names and automakers racing for horsepower supremacy. While drag racers often turned to large displacement big-block engines for power, others ...