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 ...

During the 1950s, the automotive industry experienced a surge in the development of big-block engines, capturing the ...

The Chevy Impala bowed in 1958 as the flagship of the Bel Air line. This Impala Sport Coupe will cross the RM Sotheby's block ...

As projects often go around here there were some delays finishing our 348 and getting it on the dyno. Between John Beck's racing schedule, the demands of building Bonneville and El Mirage ...

In 1958, Chevrolet introduced the W-series engine. No, the General Motors division did not release a W-layout motor half a century before the VW Group, but a large V8 that laid the foundation for the ...

The debut of the Impala in 1958 propelled it to the top spot in the United States, and the graduation of the same series to a stand-alone lineup a year later helped it secure the king's crown for the ...

Engine development has taken thousands of small steps from the 1850s single-cylinder engine used by Carl Benz in the Patent Motorwagen to the 1,600-hp W16 in the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport. V8 engines ...