Jeff Gordon Didn’t Just Buy a Corvette ZR1X — He Helped Build Its 1,250-HP Engine

Reports say four-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon was the first to participate in the returning Build Your Own Engine program ...

Watch Jeff Gordon Build a Chevy Corvette ZR1X Engine

The LT7 makes 1,064 horsepower and 828 pound-feet of torque in the standard ZR1, but the ZR1X adds a hybrid system contributing 186 hp and 145 lb-ft, for a total of 1,250 hp and 973 lb-ft. The ...
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Chevy to resume engine-building program for 2015 Corvette Z06

Chevrolet will resume its popular Engine Build Experience for owners of the new Corvette Z06, starting in March of this year. One of Chevrolet’s most popular and unique customer features is set to ...
Hot Rod

Turning Tricks: Adding a Trick Flow Small-Block Chevy Top-End to Our Summit Racing 427 Stroker

We’re moving right along with our Summit Racing 427-ci small-block Chevy build. We started with a bare SPC engine block, and we’re building it from the bottom up. We left off last time with an ...
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The Short-Block Build: We Punch the Summit Racing SPC Block Out to 427 CI

Could the small-block Chevy be the most popular engine-build that HOT ROD has covered over its 77-year history? We don’t have a running tally, but in our expert guesstimate, that is probably true. So ...
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The GM engine family is so reliable it's still in production after 30 years

This American power unit has a track-record unlike any other modern V-8 engine.
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Why Chevy still sticks with pushrod engines

Chevrolet’s small-block V8 has outlived entire automotive trends, surviving turbo crazes, multivalve revolutions, and now the industry’s pivot to electrification. The constant through all of that has ...