Chevy 265 283 Manual V8 Musclegear & Hi-Po Engine Motor 283 301 Hot Rod On...

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100 Pages
200 Photos & Illustrations
Paperback
Black and White
Part of the Hot Rod Magazine Great American Engines Series
Musclecar & Hi-Po Engines Chevy 265 & 283
Straight from the pages of Hot Rod magazine come these tips & techniques to boost performance. For street or strip, squeeze more horses and performance from your muscle machine. Covering bolt on horse power, engine rebuilding, spec's, hotting up a 283 & restoration 301 speed secrets.
Hot Rod Magazine has from its inception in January '48 been performance orientated. The key to high performance is the engine, and Hot Rod's editors have for over forty years kept their readers' interest by commissioning articles on how to maintain, tune, repair, restore and modify the popular power plants of the period.
If ever there was a golden age for American engines it must be from the mid 50s when the small block Chevy made its debut to the early 70s when emission controls brought an end to the musclecar era. The three major manufacturers. GM, Ford & Chrysler each supported at least one big block and one small block engine during this period which subsequently went on to become automotive legends.
This book is one in the Hot Rod on Great American Engines series. Its purpose is to bring together a comprehensive selection of the best and most informative stories on one or one family of engines. It is targeted at todays younger enthusiasts with a view to letting them know what was written about their power units during this exciting period. If older readers enjoy a nostalgic trip through these pages, so be it.
The stories included here have been drawn from Hot Rod and Car Craft magazines and from other Petersen publications of the period. Brooklands is indebted to the Petersen Publishing Company for allowing the re-issue of these copyright technical articles in this way.
Table of Contents
Analyzing the Chevrolet V-8
Bolt on 83 Easy Horsepower
1955 Chevrolet V-8 Engine Specifications
229 Horsepower Chevy V-8
How to Make the Hotter One the Hottest
Big Valves Will Help
402 Inches for Your Chevy
Design & Development of the 265 V-8
The 265 & How it Grew
315 HP for '60
Chevy Small V-8
Chevy's Little "301" Giant
Z/28 your 283
Pick a Size for Chevy
How to Build Your First Engine
Basic Engine Rebuilding: Teardown & Inspection
Basic Engine Rebuilding: Assembly
Street Mods
Restoring a 270-Horse 283