Will joined the TopSpeed team over two and a half years ago, bringing his lifelong automotive passion, writing experience, and editorial expertise along with him. Whether classic or modern, American ...

Need a HEMI for your project? HEMI crate engines thankfully don't have to cost an arm and a leg, and you can get them for ...

Like I've mentioned before, making big power with my LS327 crate engine wasn't what we intended when the project began. Originally, it was only going to be a carbureted mild street engine. A couple ...

Dodge's Hellcrate and Hellcrate Redeye HEMI engines have some notable differences between them, despite the very similar ...

Antonio is a chemical engineering student pursuing his master's degree in chemical engineering and sustainable processes. Throughout his academic journey, he has gained substantial knowledge in areas ...

Our swap guide in the Sept. '09 issue showed some of the hardware and electronics available to execute popular engine conversions. Here we have assembled a cross-section of professionally built ...

I can’t forget my first experience with the soon-to-be-gone Chevrolet LS7 V8 engine. I was only a few months into this whole “automotive journalism” thing and had gone to a media track day at the ...

General Motors has discontinued the Chevrolet LS7 crate motor, according to a recent report from Road & Track. Part of Chevrolet's prolific series of Gen III small-block V-8 engines, the naturally ...

No engine family in history has played a bigger role in hot rodding life than the small-block Chevy. It's not necessarily the biggest or the most powerful or the most reliable, but itisthe gold ...

Wrenchers and fans of Chevrolet’s small-block V8s may need to spend a little time today mourning the death of two of the automaker’s popular engines. Reddit user bissellpowerforce first shared the ...

When General Motors rolled out the LS, the Ford Motor Company found itself between a rock and a hard place. Chevy squeezed out 345 hp and 350 lb-ft (475 Nm) from the LS1 of the 1997 model year ...

Cadillac rolled out the first mass-produced V8, the Ford Motor Company democratized V8s and fueled the hot-rod scene with the Flathead, but Chevrolet takes the crown for the most ubiquitous V8 of them ...