843de

It's taken 56 years, but the 100-millionth small block V-8 has been assembled. From its humble origins as the 265 cubic inch "Mouse Motor" in 1955 to the 638-horsepower supercharged LS9 in today's ZR1 Corvette, the small block Chevy has become the engine that others are measured by.

GM news release follows below, just click the link.....

http://media.gm.com/content/media/us...129_100M_Engin

Tyler Harvey

Nice!!!!

Snoopy

Great article, 843, thanks for posting.

But I have a question....

Reading down through the article, it mentions some V6 derivatives of the small block V8 AND indicates, if I understand correctly, they contribute to the milestone count.

If that is the case, isn't that "cheating" just a bit (probably just a bit when total number is 100M)?

843de

Yeah they fudged a tad by including the 4.3 V-6 in the total, but it used/uses some of the 350's tooling and it shares the basic block minus the first two cylinders, so I guess they can get away with it.

ChevyMgr

The V6 is a small "small block".

Greybeard999

^^^ This ^^^

Article doesn't state V8 as being the only "small block", it's the design features.....

843de

Since the small block Chevy is still called the "Mouse Motor", should we call the 4.3 a "Minnie Mouse"?

db/sb

Errr.......... OK.

843de

Memo to self, this is a tough crowd when it comes to rodent humor.

ChevyMgr

Don't post about turtles either. They get reported.