The crate engine business has matured over the years, as choices for aftermarket internals have multiplied; we're well past the point where building a customized small-block Chevy 383ci stroker at ...

Blueprint Engines (a division of Marshall Engines) is in this position. As one of the largest independent engine builders in the country, Marshall builds a complete line of replacement engines. Under ...

The difference between a stroker engine and a regular engine lies primarily in the choice of crankshaft. In the case of the 383-cubic inch stroker, engine builders would modify crankshafts designed ...

But for every failed attempt there’s also a success story with a high so ceremoniously victorious that all travesties on the path to greatness are forgotten. Maybe it was an ever-elusive dyno number, ...

Attention all hot rodders and gearheads! Edelbrock has just given the classic 383-cube SBC crate engine from Chevrolet a significant modernization overhaul. And let's just say this bad boy is no ...

In the best Tim Allen tradition, the secret password around theoffices is: More Power! Back in the Sept. 99 issue, we started a seven-part Goodwrench Quest series) that eventually took us over 400 hp ...

Chevrolet is celebrating 65 years of the Small Block with a new fuel-injected SP383 V8 crate engine, a modern-day take on the classic 383 Small Block “stroker” motor. The SP383 V8 is based on ...