How to Build Big-Inch Chevy Small
Blocks (Cartech) by Graham Hansen
The Best Book Ever!
Have you been bitten by the big-cube bug? The quest for big cubes doesnt
have to lead to a big block anymore. Now you can add cubic inches to your
current power plant without having to swap intakes, headers, motor
mounts, and other accessories all at once. By building a big-cube small
block, you can have all the additional torque and horsepower of a big
block, without all the extra weight, expense, and effort. In this book,
Graham Hansen takes a step-by-step approach to selecting the best OEM
or aftermarket block, crank, rods, and pistons to construct your big-inch
short block. He also discusses how to select the best heads, cam, and
induction and exhaust systems, specifically for a big-inch engine. In
addition, the final chapter includes seven different combinations for big-
inch power, complete with dyno graphs!

Personal Review: How to Build Big-Inch Chevy Small Blocks
(Cartech) by Graham Hansen
Part of this book's title, "big-inch, small-block", reminds me of oxymorons
like "jumbo shrimp", "pretty ugly", "mandatory option", or "open secret".
That put a little smile on my face before I even opened the cover.
Besides his presumed appreciation of the oxymoronic comedian, George
Carlin, author, Graham Hansen has been a hard-core Chevy fan all his life
and has been building high-performance Chevy engines for more than 25
years. From this book, you'd think his knowledge of Chevy engines is
nearly encyclopedic.
How to Build Big-Inch Chevy Small Blocks is just an outstanding book,
right there with of some of the best of the automotive, how-to/technical
genre. The only thing wrong with it is, in fact, the title. Oh yeah, it covers
large displacement Small-Block V8s and does that well, but the book really
is a comprehensive discussion of putting together any high-end, street or
racing Chevy "SBV8," not just engines 377 cubic inches or larger. The
most popular big-inch Small-Block has to be the 383 and that combination
is addressed in detail. The author spends time on 406es and the really-big,
Small-Block, a 454-cuin. monster which makes over 600-hp.
One of the most powerful parts of How to Build Big-Inch Chevy Small
Blocks is at the end. The final chapter, called "Power Packages", is a
database of seven different, big-inch SBV8s. Each engine is listed by
major parts, engine dyno data (both graphic and numerical) and a brief
description of each engine.
Other sections which are worthwhile for anyone building a high-
performance Small-Block are Chapters two (on the theory of stroker
motors), seven (camshafts) and nine (cylinder heads).
No doubt, Hansen's How to Build Big-Inch Chevy Small Blocks is a top-
notch information source and a great read, even for those looking for
general performance engine information rather than big-inch SBV8
specifics. It's taken a prominent spot on the book shelf in my shop.
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