Saturday Afternoon Hotrods.

 Now this is interesting,I haven't seen a bug built like this before. Kinda cool with the old school hotrod look.

 Ya,twin turbo mmmm.....lotsa power!

 I don't care if you have a hemi in that truck,it ain't big enough!

 Yup, that is a 1970 LS6 SS Chevelle. I haven't seen one this original in years.

70 Chevy truck anyone?

 If I remember this Turney Valley Trans Am has around 37,000 original klicks on it.

 This is what happens when some crazy nut in Medicine Hat gets a hold of a Camaro. This conversion is for sale at a cool $48,000. Now don't ya wish I could remember who it was that built it?

 Yup,that is a "Dog House" fuel injection unit on the original 283 in that Corvette.

 This is a 90' Chevy pick up that had a heart transplant from a small block to a 454 and even features some cool ghost flames that you pretty much have to rub your nose in to see.

 Now think of how cool it would be to stroke the TC in a 2000 C-series Corvette that looks like a 1960 Vette!

 This street rod features over 70 hand built pieces to the grill alone and yes,those are twin turbos!

Just a quik question...when was the last time you saw an RS Camaro that looked this good up on blocks with mirrors under it?

And the view from the windshield of your Mustang! Till next time...

The Small Block Chevy Still runs Hard!

It occurred to me the other day that the Small Block Chevy Engine isn't available in new cars and trucks anymore. This came after a buddy asked me why I still have so much technical information up on my blog about the Small Block Chevy. I thought about this for a few minutes and had to admit it's true. I also came to the conclusion that there is still a ton of parts for sale for these little engines. Not to mention that they're sold in thousands of Marine applications every year to boating enthusiasts. Although Marine applications are built differently,it doesn't stop guys like me from putting a 350 from a car into a boat!.

  The main reason I leave all the tech info up about the Small Block is that there was over 90 million of them built and installed in cars and trucks throughout the world. And still a pile of them on the road today. There are so many people interested in the engine platform that it just doesn't make sense to me to take away information they may need when they are looking for parts,checking compatibility or simply wanting to know more about what they have under the hood or what they're wanting to build for their hot rod or project. From trial and error I have used parts from one year of 350 on a newer one, albeit I was told by a "mechanic" that those particular parts wouldn't work together or they weren't compatible (spelling?).
That doesn't mean you should ignore someone with more expertise than you posses,it just means use some common sense and think about things while your questioning whomever about what you want to put together.

The Small Block Chevy has such a rich history and was used in more vehicles in both North America and around the world that its popularity will always be right up there. And if built right, yes I mean by following the rules so to speak,the small block will still compete with damn near any engine platform out there. After all there must be a good reason you can still buy them.

P.S. You won't believe this but I just googled 350 Chevy and the first image I saw was a 502!