If you stop and think about it, one engine has made motorsports in the United States for nearly 50 years. The Offy was a great engine, as was the four-cam Ford. Who can forget the mighty Mopar hemis?

With how much ink LS engines are getting in other publications these days, we’re actually proud we’re going with a conventional small-block in our Hardtop Hellion Nova project car. The standard SBC is ...