I have a 1971 Chevelle SS that I bought new. It is a 402 big-block, four-speed car with 3.31:1 gears and is stock. I want to freshen the engine up by increasing the compression ratio from 8.5:1 to ...

When most people think of cylinder heads, they're often daunted by the huge variety of offerings for the small-block Chevy. Although it seems like a good thing at first, research will soon reveal ...

The big-block Chevy has been in a constant state of evolution since the General rolled out the first W series in 1958, and the Mark IV engines that debuted in 1965. For the past 50-plus years many ...

I'm in the process of building a 348 Chevy stroker [W-series early big-block] engine with a 4-inch stroke crankshaft, 6.135-inch [center-to-center] H-beam stroker rods, a 0.030-inch overbore, and a 10 ...