Monday, March 23, 2015

Salute to Chevy’s Iconic Small Block V-8 Engine

It was influential. So influential, in fact, that it created ripples that have touched practically every American driver.
The Chevy small-block V-8, celebrating its 60th birthday in 2015, is an automotive icon. Push brand loyalty aside, and it’s difficult to argue otherwise.
Introduced in 1955 (to the delight of hotrodders) as a much-needed upgrade to the under-powered Corvette, the small-block was actually the second V-8 in the brand’s history. The first was in 1917. Ten years passed before the engine was referred to as the small-block, only receiving the nickname because the big-block arrived in 1965...   READ MORE

Chevy Small-Block Rebuild Time-lapse

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