The classic '55-'57 Chevy has become the quintessential symbol of hot rodding. And the quintessential swap is replacing the early 235 straight six or 265/283 V8 with 396, 427, or even 454 inches of ...
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How Chevy’s “Rat Motor” became a legendary big block
Chevrolet’s Big Block V8 engines, affectionately known as “Rat Motors,” have a storied history rooted in the high-performance ...
After graduating high school, Rodger Lee, of Bakersfield, California, decided to try his skills at building a rat rod. It sounded simple enough, he had grown up in the oil town located in the San ...
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Why Chevy big blocks are called rat motors
Chevy big-block V8 engines, affectionately known as “Rat Motors,” have left an indelible mark on the automotive world with ...
HIGHLAND FALLS, N.Y. - The Storm King Highway, a twisting two-lane ribbon carved into a mountainside here nine decades ago, hardly seemed the place to test the roadworthiness of a hot rod that looked ...
We knew it all along, but now the result of HOT ROD's reader survey back it up. The car most enthusiasts would like to see in HOT ROD Magazine is the '55-through-'57 Chevy in all its fine forms: Bel ...
There are all sorts of theories about this, some involving "mouse," "elephant," and "porcupine" engines. No one seems to ...
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