Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie, and Springsteen all define American culture. For car enthusiasts, though, it's always been the V8 engine and the muscle car. Yet ironically, the V8 was never originally ...

From dry-lake hot rods to modern track-day missiles, a handful of American V8s have earned near-religious status among gearheads. These engines did more than make power, they reshaped racing, ...