To celebrate HOT ROD's 75th anniversary, we teamed up with CASTROL GTX to bring you some of the stories that exemplify the core of what HOT ROD is and reflect the brand's influence on America's car ...

The rivalry between the Ford 351W and the Chevy 350 is one of the most enduring debates in American performance culture, pitting two small-block V8s that shaped everything from muscle cars to ski ...

In the Aug. '09 issue, Ted Toki and the guys at Westside Performance stuffed a 4.00-inch crank into a 350 small block Chevy as an alternative to the same old 383 build. While the primary point of the ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

Thomas has spent two years working in the auto journalism industry, contributing to a UK-based newspaper and writing for Euronewsweek. A full-time writer and lifelong engineering enthusiast, he now ...

It’s hard to get one’s head around the longevity of the Silver Shadow. The full-size luxury car line was offered from 1965 to 1980 with very few changes to speak of, and as expected, all of them were ...

The small-block has now been around for 45 years. Yes, it has been through four generations of design, each with its own benefits for specific projects. The old-school group will always be a Gen I ...

We initially tossed the idea of comparing a stock LS1 with a conventional small-block 350, but after questioning the angle we later realized, what's the fun in that? And dare we say, it's already been ...

For car people, few things in life are more fun than the idea of stuffing a powerful engine into a much smaller vehicle than it was intended to propel. That is exactly the kind of fun you can expect ...

There's something about the late 60s and early 70s Chevy Novas that makes them profoundly different than American muscle car coupes from the day. Perhaps it's that in a generation where oversized cars ...