The Yenko/SC 427 Nova packed big-block power into a tiny Chevy and became so extreme that some insurers refused to cover it.

Nelson Racing builds a 427-inch stroker for a customer’s 1955 Chevy show car. With a solid-roller valvetrain, and the right parts, this big-inch small-block Chevy made over 600 hp on Westech’s dyno.

1967 marked the final year of the second-generation Chevy Corvette. Known as the Mid Year Corvette, the second generation spanned from 1963 to 1967, and had seen the Corvette transition from a ...