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 ...

Ford announced the 7.3-liter ... Then there's the engine's shape and size. Despite being roughly the size of a 351 Windsor as the Godzilla platform weighs nearly 700 pounds, a small-ish blown ...

The Ford 351 Windsor engine is reliable but not indestructible; neglect can cause failures like in the disassembled engine. Despite being locked up, many components are rusted and beyond repair ...

With the era of big block V8s coming to a close by the end of the 1970s, mostly used in commercial vehicles like trucks and vans beyond this period, small block engines stepped up to the plate.