Topping the short-block are a pair ported of Dart Pro 1 CNC ported 360cc aluminum heads secured with ARP fasteners. These high-flowing heads (over 400 cfm) are perfect for big-displacement engines and ...

Debuted at Daytona in early 1963, Chevrolet's big-block V8 was introduced to America as the Mark II "mystery motor. '' As a replacement for the division's venerable W-series 348 and 409 engines, the ...

The Ford and Chevy 427 big blocks sit at the center of one of performance history’s fiercest rivalries, yet the two engines followed very different paths from the dyno cell to the winner’s circle. I ...

I worked as a machinist in an automotive machine shop in the early 1980s before my career took me into the aerospace sector. The shop's high volume of mundane engine rebuilds and turning brake drums ...