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Since its introduction in 1955, Chevrolet’s Small Block V-8 has carved itself a niche that could otherwise never be filled. Affordable, lightweight and offering great performance for its size, the Small Block is to the automotive world what the Apple iPad is to tech-heads.
- Chevy Small-block Celebrated With Strip And Rebuild Timelapse Video
There are few engines as prolific in North America as the Chevy small-block V8, which has now been in service for exactly sixty years. To mark the occasion, Hagerty Classic Cars put together a timelapse video of a tired old unit being stripped bare,...
- Ken Block Talks About His 650hp Ford F-150 Raptortrax
Ken Block is a man who has a lot of expensive toys to play with and the RaptorTRAX is probably the most shocking of all. As its name suggests, the RaptorTRAX features tracks instead of wheels, which allow it to go on tarmac, mud, gravel and, first and...
- Ebay Find: 1975 Datsun 620 Pickup Truck With Buick Small Block V8
While not on the radar of most collectors, vintage Japanese automobiles are slowly gaining followers in the States. Found on eBay is this 1975 Datsun 620 pickup truck that has been restored but not to its original condition - at least not mechanically....
- Video: Ken Block Flips His Fiesta Ahead Of Rally Of Portugal
Ken Block got off to a bad start before his third WRC event of 2011, crashing violently during the shakedown of the Vodafone Rally de Portugal yesterday. Even though the Ford Fiesta RS WRC was destroyed, lucky the American race driver and his copilot...
- 1955 Ford "beatnik" Bubbletop Custom Concept Going Up For Auction
Making its way down to Florida for RM Auction's annual Amelia Island event on March 2, is this 1955 Ford "Beatnink" Bubbletop custom concept inspired by futuristic design studies from the 1950s. Despite its name, the Beatnik is a fairly...
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Chevy Small Block V8 “Not Deadâ€, According TO GM Design System Engineer
Since its introduction in 1955, Chevrolet’s Small Block V-8 has carved itself a niche that could otherwise never be filled. Affordable, lightweight and offering great performance for its size, the Small Block is to the automotive world what the Apple iPad is to tech-heads.
Now, with ever-hardening CAFE regulations and overinflated fuel prices, one would think the Small Block’s time had finally come. Not so, according to Mark Damico, GM’s small-block design system engineer.
Though there’s been no official confirmation from GM itself, Mr. Damico swears that the fifth generation Chevy Small Block is currently under development. In fact, Mr. Damico claims that as much as US$890 million is being spent on its development.
Read more »- Chevy Small-block Celebrated With Strip And Rebuild Timelapse Video
There are few engines as prolific in North America as the Chevy small-block V8, which has now been in service for exactly sixty years. To mark the occasion, Hagerty Classic Cars put together a timelapse video of a tired old unit being stripped bare,...
- Ken Block Talks About His 650hp Ford F-150 Raptortrax
Ken Block is a man who has a lot of expensive toys to play with and the RaptorTRAX is probably the most shocking of all. As its name suggests, the RaptorTRAX features tracks instead of wheels, which allow it to go on tarmac, mud, gravel and, first and...
- Ebay Find: 1975 Datsun 620 Pickup Truck With Buick Small Block V8
While not on the radar of most collectors, vintage Japanese automobiles are slowly gaining followers in the States. Found on eBay is this 1975 Datsun 620 pickup truck that has been restored but not to its original condition - at least not mechanically....
- Video: Ken Block Flips His Fiesta Ahead Of Rally Of Portugal
Ken Block got off to a bad start before his third WRC event of 2011, crashing violently during the shakedown of the Vodafone Rally de Portugal yesterday. Even though the Ford Fiesta RS WRC was destroyed, lucky the American race driver and his copilot...
- 1955 Ford "beatnik" Bubbletop Custom Concept Going Up For Auction
Making its way down to Florida for RM Auction's annual Amelia Island event on March 2, is this 1955 Ford "Beatnink" Bubbletop custom concept inspired by futuristic design studies from the 1950s. Despite its name, the Beatnik is a fairly...