GM divisions Pontiac and Chevrolet each produced 400 cubic-inch small-block V8s with similar bore-to-stroke ratios. Ford made one as well, but its block was very different from Chevy's in nearly every ...

In the bad old days, Ford engine builders knew that Blue Oval power would always cost them at least 50 percent more than building a comparable Chevy. The reason for the price disparity was volume. A ...

When General Motors divisions started building V-8 engines for their cars in the early to mid-1950s, each division had its own line of engines. As a result, engines of the same displacement sometimes ...

Ford's effort to catch up with competitors in the overhead-valve V8 sweepstakes hit the market in 1954 and was called the "Y-Block." That's in reference to the engine block's deep skirting surrounding ...