Chevy Short Block Engines

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	Dart Short-Block Assembly - Heart Transplant Jersey Shore was once a great place to be. We promise, from first experience. In memory of those times, a '88 Monte Carlo... more


	Solid Roller Cam and Single Plane Intake Manifold Upgrade for a 427 Big-Block - L89 Version 2.1 Back in our January issue, we built our own version of the L89 big-block 427 using all aftermarket components. Our... more


	LS1 Carburetor V.S. Computer Performance Test - Retro Modern Motivation Who isn't a fan of the original 23-degree small-block Chevy? After all, it revolutionized the automotive aftermarket and... more


	509 Big-Block Engine Install for 1968-1974 Chevy Nova's - What A Drag, Part 2 When we introduced our street/strip Nova project in the February '11 issue, it received a new Total Cost Involved tubular... more


	Dart 540ci Mild to Wild Big-Block Engine Builds - Mild To Wild Big-Blocks Like the rest of the performance community, we were very excited when Dart announced its new Special High Performance (SHP)... more


	Rochester Carburetor Part Number - Code Remedy From 1967 through 1972, the venerable Quadrajet carburetor was used on many Chevelles ordered with standard performance... more


	Chevy Crate Engine Options - Powerful Decision To build or buy is one of the most important questions to ask yourself when it comes to engines and there are many... more


	Special High Performance Chevy Block - Progression In A Recession We believe without a doubt that the most popular engine in the world is the small block Chevy engine, but Dart has released... more


	Twin Turbo LSX Engine - Baddest Of The Bad GM Performance Parts recently released and rated their LSX engine with the claim of supporting 2,000 hp, and Brian Thomson of... more


	Small Block Chevy Engine Build - Swingin' On A Shoestring...Budget This '58 Truck goes through a small-block engine rebuild to get it back in running order, but with one catch we only have... more


	Powered Strength Howards Racing Components' powder-metal Forged Rods Come Darn Close To Unbreakable more


	Chevy 383 Stroker - Takin' Care Of Business The guys at Vrbancic Bros. Racing have carefully blue printed and designed, a crucial process in building any engine, a 700hp... more


	Using Compression to Make Horsepower in a Small Block Chevy - Danger Mouse Part 23 We have news on our latest Danger Mouse and compare the results with past tests showing the compression ratio taken for the... more


	LS6 427 Short Block - LS6 Super Stroker Scott has history in the engine world combined with experience in the computer world making him knowledgeable and comfortable... more


	383 Chevy Short Block - Torqbot After witnessing the kind of power Edelbrock made with their 383 crate engine, we were optimistic on building our very own... more


	Small Block Chevy Piston Rings - Danger Mouse Part 20: Total Power! Danger Mouse Part 20-Test 35 is the same as DM Part 19, except the only thing differentiating the two is that in our test... more


	Sonic Treasure Seven hundred and ten fuel-injected, street-drivable normally-aspirated horsepower from a 441-inch small-block Chevy hardly... more


	Tri-Power 427--Part 1 Big horsepower, high reliability, and stock-like driveability--in order, those three parameters define the ultimate daily... more


	Chevy 350 Small Block Build - Part 3 My First Engine Build Patrick spirits are high as he assembles the 350 short block using the Performance Automotive Warehouse kit and components... more


	Milodon Small Block Main Caps - Buff Bottom End Milodon makes a two-bolt to four-bolt main conversion kit that strengthen two-bolt main small-block Chevy 350s and 400s. more

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	1967 Chevy Chevelle 396 SS - Metal Mistress The Mojave Desert has seen a lot of things. It’s where America’s first jet aircraft flew in 1942.... more
	1956 Chevy Bel Air - Damn Yankee The DOT racers at Maple Grove Raceway and Richmond might wonder.... more
	1963 Chevy Impala - A 750-Horse Family Heirloom Brian Smith’s Great Aunt Emma bought this Impala new in Reno, Nevada, in 1963.... more
	Oval Port Big-Block Engine Build - The Ovalnator For this build up, we decided to go big on the performance side. What is big for a street engine?... more

	Home, Sweet Home We made it: 1,100 miles from South Jersey to Tampa in a 509-powered ’72 Nova. We burned more gas... more
	Can Someone Get A Paving Crew To South Carolina? Overdrive and air conditioning. These are the two modern conveniences we purposely left off the... more
	Sneak Peak: Go Like Hell! We’re so excited about the July 2013 issue that we’ve decided to give you a few hints at what to... more
	Scare Number 2 and Tracking Speed As we reported in our last blog, we hit a bird in Virginia with the SS509 Nova project just before... more

	California engine technician I'm not from california so i dont know the area that much, I,m looking for a place to have a 454... more
	Engine overheat My 09 GMC Sierra 6cyl is telling me I have an engine overheat problem while my temp gauge is... more
	1979 Chevy C-10 pickup...HELP I have a 79 chevy c-10. Pick-up and i am trying to pull the windshield withou breaking it how do i... more
	Billet grille Has anybody install one of these grilles? My 67 headlight door covers are attached with 4 screws... more

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