When dealing with boost, a stronger block is always a good plan, so this build started with a Donovan aluminum HC 400 block. Best of all this priority-main block tips the scales at a scant 100 pounds!

The small-block Chevrolet has been the most popular V-8 engine since it was introduced in 1955 as a truly small displacement V-8 of just 265 ci. Physically small enough to fit in virtually any engine ...

At the same time the final fasteners were being torque down on the 100 millionth small-block Chevy V-8 - a 638-hp supercharged LS9 engine for the Corvette ZR1 - at the Performance Build Center in ...