Small block Chevy (SBC) cylinder heads are identified by raised casting marks located at the ends of the heads. While there are several head casting variations with different marks, the double ...

The engine was none too exotic, based upon a factory production GM No. 511 casting 400 block ... a little more power out of Ryan's small-block Chevy combo. Initially, the plan was to upgrade ...

Introduced in 1976, the smaller 305 was seen as a path to increased fuel economy while sharing a considerable amount of parts with the existing 350 small-block ... fitted with Chevy's tuned ...

Duntov is usually credited with the all-aluminum small-block Chevy, a deeper look tells a ... Between the strength of materials and the casting challenges, pouring aluminum into molds designed ...

As always, the small-block Chevy is powerful and packed with technology ... New innovations, such as greensand casting, meant the block could be cast upside down, thus reducing the amount of ...

The popular small-block Chevy 350 has long been one of the most ... With improved engine block and cylinder head casting methods, fuel delivery systems, and electronics, the newest SBC variant ...

I worked as a machinist in an automotive machine shop in the early 1980s before my career took me into the aerospace sector.