Go to build a big-block Chevy these days and you'll cough up something like $250-$500 just for a block core. Sounds cheap compared to the $1,900-$2,900 you can spend on an aftermarket block, but for ...

I needed to call AFR boss Rick Sperling to give him the great results I had just seen with a pair of his company's small-block Chevy heads on a 350. In a way, I was just bragging, because our ...