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GM has built dynamite small-block V-8s for generations, but they blew up the platform with the supercharged LT5.

Chevrolet is making huge news today, revealing most all of the details about its new, fifth-generation Small Block V8 engine – dubbed LT1 – the very mill that will power the upcoming 2014 ...

Thanks to some time-lapse photography, watch as a Chevy small block V8 gets torn down and completely restored in just under four minutes. It's quite a sight. Chevrolet's famous small block V8 ...

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