If we had been asked in 1960 to name the most popular automotive engine of all time, we no doubt would have said the Ford flathead V8. In the years since 1955, though, the Chevrolet small-block has ...

I started learning to work on cars in the late 1970s by helping my stepdad turn salvaged mid-1960s Chevy Chevelles into street-stock-class race cars. Throughout that period, I had my hands on a number ...