Any engine builder will tell you how important cylinder heads are to power and performance, so enthusiasts looking to spruce up their budget Chevy 305 small-block (SBC), or the larger and more popular ...

You would think with as much attention as the small-block Chevy has received over the past 30 years there would be nothing left to say. Wrong. Techniques change over time, and some tricks that were ...

I worked as a machinist in an automotive machine shop in the early 1980s before my career took me into the aerospace sector. The shop's high volume of mundane engine rebuilds and turning brake drums ...

From the archives: Using a stash of parts and an old set of AFR 227 heads, see how this small-block combo got every last bit of power. To celebrate HOT ROD's 75th anniversary, we teamed up with ...