Big-block engines are awesome because they make it easy to put together some crazy big-inch builds. If you are in the "no replacement for displacement" camp—never a bad idea—a big-block is your golden ...

This adventure started with a $300 set of used aluminum cylinder heads from a trashed '87 Corvette. Several months later, not to mention about $8,000, I found just over 80 hp, and about 90 lb-ft of ...

Like it or not, cylinder head design is a subject that's very complex, and it's impossible to make it simple. Considering that no single component on an engine affects power output more than the ...