Engine Tech / 39 posts found
Top Pro Street Engines from the Car Craft Street Machine Nationals
Hot Pro Street engines were in plentiful supply at the 2014 Car Craft Street Machine Nationals this past weekend in DuQuoin, Illinois. Participants and spectators were treated to a dazzling display of top quality cars and engines...
Corvette LT4 Most Powerful & Drivable Production Small Block Ever
The all-new 2015 Corvette Z06 is the most powerful production car ever from General Motors and one of a few production cars available in the United States that delivers more than 600 horsepower. The Z06’s LT4 supercharged 6.2L V8 engine is...
540ci All Motor Pump Gas Brute
The new AFR cylinder heads are the central component of this remarkable piece; a real world engine designed to deliver off the hook performance without expensive power adders and in the face of fluctuating fuel quality...
622 HP Blown Street Small Block
Sometimes a simple straightforward combination is best for a particular application. No tricks, no overly exotic hardware; just regular hardcore speed equipment built around a standard Gen 1 small block for a traditional street rod or street machine. These are the bread and butter engines that any...
New Ford Aluminator 46x 5.0L Shortblock
The Ford Racing 46X Modular 5.0L Stroker shortblock is a great way to build modular power – from mild to wild – naturally aspirated or supercharged – 2 valve - 3 valve or 4 valve with forged Eagle steel crankshaft, forged Eagle H-beam connecting rods with floating piston pins, and forged Mahle pistons...
Ford Z460 Crate Engine Pumps Big Power
Ford Racing has taken its Boss Block to the max with the biggest small block Windsor crate engine ever – the Z460. With 575 horsepower and 575 Lb. Ft. of torque, Z460 packs a pump gas fueled punch that works well on the street and on the track. The foundation of the Z460 is the legendary Ford Racing Boss block topped off with high port/high flow Z-Heads. Premium components...
Ford Racing Performance Parts Announces New Z460 Short Block
Ford Racing Performance Parts has taken its line of Boss block based crate engines to the max displacement with the largest small block Windsor short block ever at a whopping 460 cubic inches! With that many cubes to work with, it’s pretty easy to assemble a 550+ horsepower street cruiser...
Chevrolet Expands COPO Crate Engines
Nov. 4, 2013, SEMA Show, Las Vegas Chevrolet Performance is expanding the COPO engine family with the addition of both 2014 COPO Camaro engines. The current lineup consisting of the popular 7.0L, 427ci and a pair of 5.3L, 327 cubic inch versions is now supplemented by the new COPO 350 and the COPO 396, both naturally aspirated and offering...
Hardcore Horsepower’s 692 HP 406ci Chevy
A 406 cubic inch small block is one of the most popular choices for Chevy powered sportsman drag racers seeking strong reliable power at reasonable cost. Careful planning and the right mix of parts can push the power close to 700 HP without exotic or costly components. Variations include the option to take the motor to 415ci, 421ci or even 434 cubic inches if so desired...
Summit Racing Engine Swap Specs
Summit Racing has published a handy list of common dimensions for the most popular engines selected for engine swapping. Engine swaps always go better when you measure everything in advance and plan accordingly....
American V8 Firing Orders
There’s nothing more frustrating than finishing up a build late at night and not remembering the firing order so you can install the plug wires and fire that baby up. Most of us naturally know the firing order for engines we are familiar with, but that doesn’t make much difference...
Finding Vintage Big Blocks
Vintage Big Blocks www.vintagebigblocks.com stands out with an easy to use web site that lists all the original blocks, cranks, heads, and manifolds they have collected for sale. Owner David Swartz (Swartz Enterprises) provides a well organized web site with listings by year...
Ford FE Engine Power Secrets
Ford built FEs from 1958 through 1976, in a wide variety of configurations. Displacements included 332, 352, 360, 390, 406, 410, 427, and 428. From a performance perspective the best known engines are the 427s found in the original 427 Cobras, Galaxies, Fairlanes, and Cougars, and the...
Ford 5.0L Aluminator NA V8
Ford Racing has taken the Mustang GT 5.0L 4V TiVCT engine and created another in its series of "Aluminator" crate engines built to deliver higher performance. The 5.0 Aluminator NA is built with extreme duty connecting rods and pistons designed specifically for...