A teardown of a locked-up GM Vortec 350 reveals bent rods, destroyed bearings, a ventilated block, and why these workhorse engines go out with a bang.

Gilbert Smith is an automotive journalist with over five years of specialized research and writing experience. Before joining CarBuzz in 2024, he produced in-depth buyer’s guides and feature articles ...

General Motors has issued a new service update targeting a potential fault with the fuel pump power control module in certain 2025-2026 model year vehicles, including the Chevy Silverado and Chevy ...

Admittedly, this would be a much shorter article if we focused on the similarities of the Chevy 350 and the Pontiac 350 — because outside of their displacement, these are, for all intents and purposes ...

Vegemite — the thick, umami-ey, nearly inedibly salty spread from down under — is renowned across six continents for its awful taste and smell, despite Australians still maintaining that it's a ...

When Chevrolet introduced its 350 cubic-inch small block engine in 1967, it started a phenomenon that lasts even today. Pontiac's 350, introduced in 1968, never saw the same success and was phased out ...

I started learning to work on cars in the late 1970s by helping my stepdad turn salvaged mid-1960s Chevy Chevelles into street-stock-class race cars. Throughout that period, I had my hands on a number ...

DEKALB, Ill. (WLS) -- Should you use the manufacturer's brand when changing your oil filter and replacing other car parts? "I don't understand," said Tamya Washington as she listens to the rattling ...

A handful of Mercedes crossovers have been recalled stateside due to a deviation in the production process. More specifically, the wrong screws might have been used during assembly of the ...

To celebrate HOT ROD's 75th anniversary, we teamed up with CASTROL GTX to bring you some of the stories that exemplify the core of what HOT ROD is and reflect the brand's influence on America's car ...