Despite their diminutive-sounding stature, small-block V-8s have been the dominant engine for American performance cars.

While there have been some iconic big-block engines over the last few decades, it's difficult to argue with the success of ...

There is sort of a romantic notion that every muscle car in the Golden Age had either a 426 Hemi, 428 Super Cobra Jet, or 454 LS6 under the hood, but the reality is, those big block V-8s were rare ...