Chevrolet’s Big Block V8 engines, affectionately known as “Rat Motors,” have a storied history rooted in the high-performance automotive engineering that transformed muscle cars and hot rods. The term ...

Chevrolet introduced two new low-performance (hydraulic-cammed) engines earlier in this model year, both of 400-cubic-inch displacement. One is based on the small-block "mouse" motor, the other on the ...

Sometimes we are so close to the action that we don't really see what's happening. Case in point: the current and future direction of rat rodding. As entrenched insiders with decades of experience and ...