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 ...

Iconic engines. Think Honda's K-Series, Toyota's 2JZ-GTE, McLaren F1's V12, to name a few. In the last century, America has been the home of several iconic engines, from the Willys "Go-Devil" that ...

Ron Strayhorn is an ambitious hot rodder. By day he's a mild-mannered executive running GM's western region service and parts operations, but when he's not on the clock, he's scheming new and more ...

When discussing engines with legendary longevity, few can match the Chevrolet small-block V-8's sheer lifespan. The LS-based Chevy small block V-8 was introduced in 1997. It will soon reach 30 years ...

There are many important tools you'll need before beginning to assemble your first LS1. You already have the majority of these, and they are so generic they don't merit a mention here (various metric ...

The classic small-block Chevy engine is one of Detroit's all-time great powerplants. It would be safe to say that SBCs have won more races than any other engine. But by the early '90s, a seriously ...

Choosing the right motor for your project car just got a little easier thanks to Chevy’s latest line of LS Long Block engines, the details of which are highlighted in the following brief video summary ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Few engine families go down quite so well in the history books as Chevrolet's iconic LS series. The family consists of powerful ...

The engine builders are clearly accustomed to visitors, cheerfully posing for photos while keeping the assembly process going. Check out our photo gallery at the bottom, as well as the video below, ...

We need not bore you with another diatribe about how the Chevy Vega was an unmitigated disaster vehicle for General Motors. But long story short, it's hard to market your cheap subcompact as a true ...