When it comes to classic American muscle cars, you'll hear the terms "small block" and "big block" thrown around quite a bit. As one might assume, it's in reference to the actual physical size of V8 ...
When General Motors divisions started building V-8 engines for their cars in the early to mid-1950s, each division had its own line of engines. As a result, engines of the same displacement sometimes ...
Pontiac, the automaker – aka the Pontiac Motor Division of General Motors – not the Native American war chief, has left an unforgettable mark on the US automotive industry through models like the ...
When Chevrolet introduced its 350 cubic-inch small block engine in 1967, it started a phenomenon that lasts even today. Pontiac's 350, introduced in 1968, never saw the same success and was phased out ...
The Pontiac Ram Air V is a mythical engine that could’ve rewritten muscle car history, but to understand how, we must start from the beginning: Pontiac’s legendary Ram Air engine lineage helped keep ...
Everyone wants to build a better mousetrap. Some like to compete in the high-compression horsepower chase and some look to push the boundaries of the pump-gas combo. For this story, Tin Indian ...
As the saying goes, “Horsepower sells cars, but torque wins races.” It’s true, engines are all about torque, and horsepower is just math based on that torque number and rpm. But it’s about more than ...