From trucks and RVs to boats, Chevy's 8.1L Vortec powered heavy-duty machines with massive torque. Here's what defined GM's final big block engine.

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Evan Duhamel transforms a rare French Renault Domaine into a budget-built hot rod, blending ingenuity, LS muscle, and authentic patina.

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Looking to improve your car's performance by swapping out the engine? These five crate engines will do the job ... and three of them cost under $10,000.

In the early 1970s, Chevrolet was redefining the pickup truck. The era marked a shift from purely utilitarian workhorses to ...

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This highly customized 1973 Chevrolet Corvette starred in Corvette Summer, a box office failure that actually made it famous ...

If you ask a muscle car enthusiast to name Plymouth's most famous performance machines, most will rattle off the Hemi 'Cuda or the big-block Road Runners. But tucked away in Chrysler's 1969 lineup was ...