A lot of people don’t know that the first-gen Chevy Colorado was sold with a five-cylinder engine. Nicknamed the Vortec 3500, it’s a member of the Atlas engine family that also includes inline four- ...

I started learning to work on cars in the late 1970s by helping my stepdad turn salvaged mid-1960s Chevy Chevelles into street-stock-class race cars. Throughout that period, I had my hands on a number ...

Daud Gonzalez is a lifelong car enthusiast and automotive writer with a specialty in modified and race-ready rides. He spends most of his time modifying his cars and ruining them in the process. He is ...