Remember my Corvette? The sad, 1985 grand tourer that I just couldn’t stop myself from buying last fall? If you’ve forgotten, ...

But there’s just something riveting about watching a solenoid engine work. If you want to build one of your own and see for yourself, [Emiel] aka [The Practical Engineer] has a great how-to.

In the case of the 383-cubic inch stroker, engine builders would modify crankshafts designed for the 400-cubic inch small block Chevrolet V8 and place them into modified 350-cubic inch Chevy blocks.