The DZ 302 was Chevy's oversquare small-block V8, built to homologate the Camaro Z/28 for Trans-Am racing and rev safely to 7,000 rpm.

The Z/28 Camaro stormed onto the scene in the late 1960s, initially bringing with it a small-block engine that propelled the ...

For over 40 years, Chevrolet's small-block V8 engine has led the way as the classic internal-combustion engine for passenger cars. When Chevrolet chief engineer Ed Cole supervised the design of this ...

Outlines how to remove, dissassemble, recondition, rebuild and replace a small-block engine?all in step-by-step clarity. Covers models: 262, 265, 283, 302, 305, 307, 327, 350 and 400 cid engines.

Not to sound like a parody of Jerry Seinfeld here, but what's the deal with all these identical-displacement V8s from different manufacturers? We've talked about the Ford 427 vs. the Chevy 427 before, ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

Chevrolet is celebrating the 70th anniversary of its small-block V8 engine, a milestone for one of the brand’s most iconic powerplants. Scratch that—never mind Chevrolet's most iconic engine, try ...

The small-block Chevrolet V8 has powered over 100 million vehicles throughout the years, providing power for everything from high-horsepower muscle cars to workhorse pickup trucks. It's also one of ...

Throughout its illustrious history, Chevrolet has built many iconic V8 engines, of which these five became renowned not just for their power potential but also for their bombproof reliability. In the ...

GM’s Chevrolet LS engines redefined the pushrod V8 to give us one of the most dominant performance platforms of the modern era. What we refer to today as the LS family of engines usually refers to the ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

Both the Ford 351 Windsor and Chevy 350 small block V8s need no introduction — they're pretty much ubiquitous in the aftermarket scene. While forum users are almost always fighting over which past-era ...