Many crate engines are also built with new OEM-spec internal parts, as well. Paul Sergi founded Summit Racing in 1968 and opened his first retail location in a donut store basement the following year.

Summit Racing now has you covered from mild street small blocks, to all-out drag race stroker big blocks with ATK High Performance Engines. They've got crate engines or short blockassembliesfor ...

Given those facts, we decided to cap our spend for the V8 crate engines on this list at $6,500. And for those looking to ...

And it's one of the more fun race engine builds we've undertaken. We started this project by purchasing a no-longer-running Chevrolet 604 crate engine that had been pulled after blowing a head gasket.

When you buy from a reputable crate engine reseller like Summit Racing or BluePrint Engines, you usually get warranty ...