America's automotive identity was forged in cubic inches. The greatest American engines ever built did more than make power; ...

Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie, and Springsteen all define American culture. For car enthusiasts, though, it's always been the V8 engine and the muscle car. Yet ironically, the V8 was never originally ...

The Chevrolet small-block family is full of household names, yet one V8 spent years in the shadows before quietly becoming a ...

Truck buyers love talking about horsepower, torque and towing numbers. What they don’t love talking about is whether their new pickup’s engine will still be running 100,000 miles later. Unfortunately ...

V8 engines are the soul of auto passion, and displacement has always been the most sacred measurement of these powerplants. Indeed, some readers will probably recall the famous advertisements claiming ...

322 V8 engine under the hood of a 1956 Buick Century - Wikimedia Commons/Mr.choppers If you were to pop open the hood of any random automobile on the planet, chances are extremely strong that you are ...

What's the difference between V6 and V8 engines, and is a V8 better than a V6? As the names suggest, both engines are V-style engines, with two banks of cylinders arranged in a V shape, and which is ...