Hot rod builds a mouse trap and tries to catch a rat. Originally published in the August 1998 issue of Hot Rod magazine. To celebrate HOT ROD's 75th anniversary, we teamed up with CASTROL GTX to bring ...

YardstickThere is an old adage that you don't race dynos and flow benches. Manufacturers of test equipment use different standards and test procedures that will affect the results. This brings me to ...

The Corvette ZR1’s 5.5-liter LT7 twin-turbo V8 may actually produce nearly 1,200 hp. If the ZR1’s engine delivers that much power, the ZR1X could reach up to 1,350 hp. According to Chevrolet, the new ...

We put both engines on the dyno to see which made more horsepower and torque. It didn’t go as planned. Over the past year, we assembled two very mild small-blocks aimed at the typical hot-rodder ...

Bringing both a hybrid powertrain and a form of all-wheel drive to the Vette lineup for the first time in the Bow Tie sports car’s seven-decade history, the 2024 Chevy Corvette E-Ray offers meteoric ...

Officially, Chevy claims the 5.5-liter twin-turbocharged V8 in the new ZR1 produces 1,064 hp and 828 lb-ft (1,122 Nm) of torque at the crank. That output enables it to reach 60 mph (96 km/h) in a ...

We put together a budget 5.7L LS engine (327 cubic inches) to show that you don't have to go broke to enjoy the benefits of an EFI-equipped LS engine in your classic Chevy. The engine ended up making ...

According to Chevrolet, the new Corvette ZR1’s twin-turbo 5.5-liter flat-plane crank V8 delivers 1,064 hp and 828 lb-ft of torque. That’s enough to blast it to 60 mph (96 km/h) in 2.3 seconds and down ...