The 1970 Ford Torino Cobra arrived at a turning point for Detroit performance, just as insurance companies and regulators ...

Oldsmobile’s 1970 442 W-30 arrived at the peak of Detroit’s horsepower wars with the attitude to match its name. Built around ...

Probably the single biggest reason for the Chevy small-block's popularity is its versatility. Even in its infancy, it proved a viable candidate for performance upgrades, and the innovations just keep ...

C.J. Baker details the exact combination of parts and modifications that he uses to make a reliable 650 hp from the 427 Chevy The engine is topped off with an Edelbrock C-454 aluminum intake manifold ...

American automotive performance in the 1950s was a simple recipe. If you wanted to go faster, you didn't optimize what you had; you just added more to it. More displacement, more iron, more horsepower ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...