Picking up where we left off last month, here is the remainder of potent powerplants neatly packaged in a crate. Crate engines have, for some time, fascinated rodders, and why not-they provide ...

Crate motors. We're sure as readers you've noticed those two words cropping up more frequently in magazine car features over the past few years. I know those of us writing the features have seen it.

Over the years, the 427-cubic-inch crate engine has taken many forms. Originally, the 427 was offered as a big block engine by both Ford and Chevrolet. In the 1960s, Ford's 427 big block dominated ...

Whether a high-revving four-cylinder like Honda's K20 or a mighty V8 like you'd find in the Corvette of the day, performance engines in the mid-2000s were largely untouched by forced induction. From ...

If you are a fan of late-model GM vehicles then no doubt-like me-you have dreamed of burning up the Milford Proving Grounds in one of GM's test vehicles. A location so remote and top secret that it is ...

High-output engines live in a world of brutal cylinder pressures, extreme temperatures and razor-thin safety margins, and the humble piston sits at the center of that storm. When power levels climb, ...