Build Your Own Budget 355ci Small Block Chevy, Part 2
In Part 1 of our story on building your own small block Chevy, we outlined the plan and detailed the assembly of the short block that included the rotating assembly, […]
Build Your Own Budget 355ci Small Block Chevy, Part 1
The cost of even mild high performance engines is escalating—along with everything else in this post-Covid world. Even the traditional small block Chevy crate engines are no longer as kind […]
The Forgotten Warrior: Chevy 305 (5.0L) Small Block V8 Performance Upgrades
Try this experiment the next time you are sitting around the garage or online, talking about small block Chevy performance. When everyone is talking about DZ302s, 365 hp 327s, and […]
Ask Away! with Jeff Smith: Does My Mild Small Block Chevy Need a High Pressure or High Volume Oil Pump?
I am about to rebuild a 350 small block Chevy that originally came out of a truck. We’re going to add new forged pistons, better rods, and if I can […]
Long Rod Chevy 307 = Big Power
Chevrolet’s 307ci small block has long been viewed as a mild-mannered grocery getter. You’ve seen hundreds of thousands of them in Chevelles, Novas, Camaros, and untold other mainstream Chevys. We […]
Ask Away! with Jeff Smith: Investigating Irregular Block Wear Behind the Cam Gear on a SBC
I have a really nice, four-bolt main small block Chevy 350 that I’m about to build into a street 383 with a stroker crank with forged pistons and good rods. […]
The Muscle is Back: A New Line of Summit Racing Muscle Car Flat Tappet Small Block Chevy Camshafts
There was a time almost six decades ago when screaming, carbureted small-block Chevy engines with big carburetors and 11:1 compression rolled off the assembly line and roamed the earth as […]
422 Cubes of Small Block Thunder, Part 2: Oiling System, Valvetrain & Induction
In Part One of our 700 horsepower small block Chevy build, Mr. Mavrigian got into prep of the Dart SHP block and Scat/Icon rotating assembly as well as installing the […]
422 Cubes of Small Block Thunder: Building a 700+ Horsepower Small Block Chevy (Part 1)
Even though it’s a GM LS world, the Gen 1 small block Chevy remains a popular choice for many builders. We’re going to show you how to build a 422 […]
A Look Back at the History of the Corvette C1 (1953-62) Generation
On June 30th, 1953 the first production Corvette rolled off the assembly line. But despite the position it holds now as “America’s Sports Car,” the Corvette wasn’t exactly an instant […]