Though many regard the small-block Chevy as American as apple pie, it was Ford Motor Company that brought the V-8 engine to the masses with the flat head V-8 in 1932. By the early 1950s ...

The two carmakers seriously butted heads when each promised to produce a powerful small block V8 engine at an affordable price, resulting in the Ford 351 Windsor and the 350 Chevy. The 350 Chevy ...