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The Ford small-block (aka Windsor V8) is a series of 90° overhead valve small-block V8 automobile engines manufactured by the Ford Motor Company from July 1961 to December 2000. Designed as a successor to the Ford Y-block engine , it was first installed in the 1962 model year Ford Fairlane and Mercury Meteor .
Early Small block V8 pattern. 221 V8; 260 V8; 289 V8 (made before August 3, 1964) - had five bolts holding bellhousing to block; Later Small Block V8 pattern. Note: this is commonly called the Ford Small-block V8 pattern, though it is used in some "big block"-sized V8's as well as some V6's and I6's.
4 cylinder. 1904–1906 Ford Model B (1904) engine. 1906–1908 Ford Model N /R/S engine. 1908–1927 Ford Model T engine. 1928–1931 Ford Model A engine (also see Ford Model A (1927-1931)) 1932–1934 Ford Model B engine (see Ford Model B (1932)) 1932–1962 Ford Sidevalve.
The 335-series V8s were overhead valve V8 engines that used a unique short-skirt engine block that was both longer and heavier than that of the existing Ford small block V8. The 335 series incorporated features used on the 385 big-block series, including the canted valve layout, the valve train design, and thin-wall casting technology.
The Chevrolet small-block engine is a series of gasoline -powered V8 automobile engines, produced by the Chevrolet division of General Motors between 1954 and 2003, using the same basic engine block. Referred to as a "small-block" for its size relative to the physically much larger Chevrolet big-block engines, the small-block family spanned ...
Ford Y-block V8. Successor. Ford 335-series engine. Ford 385-series engine. The Ford FE engine is a medium block V8 engine produced by the Ford Motor Company and used in vehicles sold in the North American market between 1958 and 1976. The FE, derived from 'Ford-Edsel', [1] was introduced just four years into the short-lived Ford Y-block engine ...
The General Motors LS-based small-block engines are a family of V8 and V6 engines designed and manufactured by American automotive company General Motors.First introduced in 1997, the family is a continuation of the earlier first- and second-generation Chevrolet small-block engine, of which over 100 million have been produced altogether, and is also considered to be one of the most popular V8 ...
A 292 Y-block engine in a 1955 Ford Crown Victoria Skyliner. The 292 cu in (4,778 cc) Y-Block was also introduced in 1955. The 292 shared the 3.3 in (83.82 mm) stroke of the 272 but with a larger 3.75 in (95.25 mm) bore. [8] It was used in the Ford Thunderbird, 1959-60 Edsel, Mercury, and some high-end Ford cars.