Developed around mid-decade, the small block Chevy grew by leaps and bounds to power icons of the muscle-car era. Displacements ranged from 265 to 400 cid, and right in the middle of that range ...

What he delivered in 1955 was the 265-cubic-inch V8 ... putting the engine in just about every car it could. The Chevy Small Block Was In Everything That’s not an exaggeration.

The current Corvette ZR1 features a midship-mounted, twin-turbocharged V-8 good for 1048 horsepower. That's not an expected ...

The Chevy II SS package would be offered beginning with the 1964 model year. In 1965, an optional 195-horsepower 283 cubic-inch Small Block V8 would be offered. The 1966 Chevy II would be the ...

Could the small-block Chevy be the most popular engine-build that HOT ROD has covered over its 77-year history? We don’t have a running tally, but in our expert guesstimate, that is probably true.

Derived from the LT1 small-block V8 that premiered in the C7-generation Corvette Stingray, the L87 is a truck engine that comes in free-breathing form exclusively. It currently powers the likes of ...