In lockstep with the beating drum of “more power” is one of the top aftermarket automatic transmission rebuilders in the industry—Gearstar Performance Transmissions of Akron, Ohio. As breakthroughs in ...

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 ...

The Ford and Chevy 427 big blocks sit at the center of one of performance history’s fiercest rivalries, yet the two engines followed very different paths from the dyno cell to the winner’s circle. I ...

There's an old saying we remember that goes something like, "Horsepower sells cars, but torque wins races." Everyone brags about their humongous horsepower numbers, but when it comes to getting ...

To discuss the rat, we must first discuss the mouse. In 1954, Ford squeaked past Chevrolet in sales by a 2% margin (1,165,942 vs. 1,143,561), a reversal of the previous year when Chevy beat Ford by 7% ...

Chevrolet has had many accomplishments over the years, from being the winningest brand in NASCAR Cup Series history to producing the world's first affordable fully automatic transmission. However, one ...

Introduced in 1970, the Chevy 454 — affectionately known as the Rat Motor – was the largest displacement Chevrolet engine to enter the big-block engine showdown of the muscle car era. At 454 cubic ...

When you think about classic Chevy muscle cars, there are two models that immediately come to mind for just about everyone - The 1969 Chevy Camaro and the 1970 Chevy Chevelle. What gave these cars ...

American carmakers in the 1960s chased trends like Metallica cutting their hair. Seemingly, every brand had to have a large displacement V8, even producing ...