Like the engine block, the MoTown 220 heads are based on the production small-block castings, but theyve got bigger water passages and some extra material to compensate for them.

It's Barry Kluczyk's look at a big engine that came in an unconventional (and very unassuming) package for the period: a 500-horsepower, 550 lb-ft Bill Mitchell 427-cubic-inch small block.

Bill Mitchell has a Sensible Alternative to Big-Buck Small-Block engines. Find all the details inside GM High-Tech Performance Magazine.

But most engine builders aren't like Bill Mitchell. For the past 35 years, he's made a business out of acting on the what if thoughts that pop into his brain, and that's led his Long Island, New ...

This Sting Ray is a 60-year-old championship winner with a Chevy small block that was one of the first engines to surpass the hallowed 1-hp-per-cube barrier.

Most of you hard-core gearheads know all about World Products Merlin heavy-duty Chevy Rat-motor blocks and cylinder heads, which combine performance and durability.

From billet blocks to rocker arms, Walden has made just about everything possible for a 409. His most recent venture has been to team up with Bill Mitchell at World Products to develop an aluminum ...

The first thing that Mitchell’s design staff did was to remove the 327 small-block and drop in one of the new 427 ZL1 all-aluminum Can-Am engines.

Bill Mitchell show cars all the way back to the Mako Shark I often had a periscope-like rearview mirror integrated into the roof. The Scirocco wasn’t just a static show car – it was a runner.

Lamar is arguably the most knowledgeable person on the planet when it comes to Chevy's 409 big-block—he designed the new all-aluminum 409 and 509 for Bill Mitchell's World Products—and he ...

GM's Styling Chief, Bill Mitchell, Terrorized The Streets Of Detroit In His Blown Custom 1962 Pontiac Grand Prix X-400 - Popular Hot Rodding Magazine ...