Reddit reviews How to Rebuild Your Small-Block Chevy

This kind of depends on a few things. What kind of car(s)? What kind(s) of engine? One book that helps one enthusiast might be useless to another kind of enthusiast.

Coming from my experience with muscle-era cars, I've found these to be valuable:

Haynes or Chiltons manual for your particular car: Nothing too advanced here, but it gives you most of the general stuff like fluid volumes and, most importantly, torque values for the various fasteners.

Small-block Chevy Engines:

"How to Build Maximum Performance Small Blocks on a Budget" by David Vizard. This was my bible for a while. Tons of straight-forward, no-BS information, engine theory, and data on stock and aftermarket parts and how to get the most out of them. It obviously focuses on SBCs, but lots of the stuff is applicable to other engines, too. The link above goes to the edition I own, this one seems to be the one currently in print.

"How to Rebuild Your Chevy Small Block" is like a Haynes but for the SBC engine: Step-by-step instructions on how to disassemble and reassemble the engine with everything you ever needed to know included, with some performance and money-saving tips along the way.

Haven't done an SBC yet (still trying to decide whether to go big-inch SBC or save for LSx for my ride), but have a bit of experience with other engines. Some tips:

• Have a couple of clean, clear shelves to store parts as you pull them. Number the cylinders and keep associated parts with their cylinder (pushrod, rocker, piston, connecting rod, etc), unless you plan to replace EVERYTHING.
  
  
• Document your work at various stages of disassembly, this will make reassembly easier. I'd suggest taking plenty of photos, especially in any areas that give you trouble.
  
  
• Do research and plan the entire build before you start buying parts. Start by determining your intentions: is it just going to be a cruiser, or street/strip, drag, autocross, etc. as the intended use can start you in the right direction. For example, if you want an all-out drag racer, you'll want to build a high-revving engine with a mean cam that probably won't even idle below 1000rpm, and it won't be enjoyable at all on the street. If you want some suggestions or help, I'd strongly recommend the forums at TGO, they're some of the most knowledgeable people I've come across regarding the Chevy small-block and will happily offer some pointers and suggestions on the combo you're thinking of... just don't mention that it isn't going into a thirdgen F-body.
  
  
• Pick up a book on the subject. I'd recommend this, David Vizard is an automotive genius and, although this book is a bit dated in terms of parts recommendations, the procedures and torque specs still apply to all Gen-I smallblocks.
  
  
• On that note, buy or borrow a torque wrench and use it. Follow all the torque specifications for your engine.
  
  
  I'm sure I'm missing something, but that should be more than enough to get you started down the right path. Don't hesitate to shoot me a PM if you have questions.

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