The term big block in the General Motors world refers to engines with displacements higher than 366 cubic inches/6 liters. Small block Chevy engines range in displacement from 262 cubic inches to ...

Big block engines were the cream of the crop during the heyday of big displacement muscle cars, though today, they're a much ...

The 1965 model year brought numerous changes to the Chevy Corvette. This Nassau Blue 396 convertible will cross the Mecum ...

The 1965 Chevy Corvette was the first to offer an optional Big Block engine. ... side-mount exhausts could be ordered. 1965 was the final year for Rochester mechanical fuel injection, ...

Nobody buys a Chevy big block for its fuel economy. These engines were built to haul, race, or raise hell, not win efficiency awards. Still, if your fuel economy suddenly tanks or seems worse than ...

It’s a C8 Chevy Corvette with a direct-injected, 8.1-liter big-block running variable valve timing, all thought up by Larry Hofer—a General Motors performance guru who literally wrote a book ...