It came into being when the world was reeling from fuel shortages, and Chevy was downsizing its engines without giving up the ...

Car manufacturers around the world have used V8 engines for over ... But we wanted to find out which is the smallest V8 engine ever used to power a series production muscle car.

Of course, we're referring to the Chevrolet Small Block V8, an engine whose lifetime ... making it the most mass-produced automobile engine the world has ever seen. First produced in late 1954 ...