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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Small-block V8 engines may not be as brawny or powerful as their big-block counterparts, but they completely revolutionized the car industry. However, since the V8 became a staple American power mill, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Do you ever get sick and tired of the same old full-size truck? It makes the roads a little more humdrum if you ask me. But back in the 1940s, the Wild West approach to the automotive landscape was ...

Officially known as CJ-8, the Scrambler can be considered the grandfather of the Gladiator that Jeep offers today. Essentially a CJ-7 with a long wheelbase and a removable half cab, the small truck is ...