Invented by Frenchman Leon Levavasseur to power airplanes, the mighty V8 has become an icon of American automotive history. Cadillac introduced America to the V8 motor in 1914, and the car industry hasn’t looked back. Big, beefy, and powerful, the smooth operation of big block V8s powered decades of innovation, but it wasn’t until the 1950s that the next evolutionary model arrived: the small block V8. The small block has been a mainstay of hot rodding and car modification
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