Ford's first V8 ushered in a new era. Here are some of the most interesting models it powered, from the '30s to the '50s.

Invented by Frenchman Leon Levavasseur to power airplanes, the mighty V8 has become ... Chevrolet 305? Each engine would make a fine small-block powerplant for your hot rod build, but one crucial ...

We could take the uneducated guess—in relation to camshaft, heads, and piston/rod relationship—that somewhere in this combination, volumetric efficiency is on the rise. “If this new engine ...

From the editors of HOT ROD and MotorTrend, V8: The Engine of America, a MotorTrend Documentary Special, explores the legacy of the V-8, its significance in American car culture, and the ...

Once a staple of the hot rod and modification scenes, the era of the big block V8 engines has largely ended thanks to technological advances in the 1980s and 1990s. The result was 340 horsepower ...

We’ve been living in the golden age of internal combustion, especially when it comes to the V8. At no point in history have V-8 engines, and the cars and trucks they are in, been more powerful ...

Jeb Greenstone, president, designer and lead fabricator of the custom hot-rod company Cutworm ... all built from scratch. The engine is a beastly 1967 Lincoln 460 V8 with a Built c6 transmission ...

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