For many gearheads, the year 1970 represents the peak of the muscle car era — or at least the peak of the first muscle car era. A big part of what conspired to make 1970 special is that to remain ...

Oooh, two General Motors V8s within a cubic inch of each other! They have to be nearly the same engine, right? After all, the Chevrolet 454 and Pontiac 455 come from the same corporate parent, and ...

When it comes to classic American muscle cars, you'll hear the terms "small block" and "big block" thrown around quite a bit. As one might assume, it's in reference to the actual physical size of V8 ...

GM once sold three different 455 engines--a Buick, an Olds, and a Pontiac. All were stump-pulling torque monsters, but which has the potential to make the most power? Car Craft, in conjunction with ...

They don't build muscle cars like they used to. As cliché as it is, it's true on several levels. When the third-gen HEMI and the LS go to pasture soon, we'll say it ten times more. But to understand ...

Here we go again – back to when gas was cheap, cars were pretty, and America was the biggest carmaker on Planet Piston. Not only that, but it made heaps of cool machines every year, icons of the ...