Ford small block engine

The Ford small block is a series of 90 degree overhead valve V8 car engines that Ford built from July 1961 to December 2000. It was designed as the successor to the Y-block and first went into the 1962 Fairlane and Mercury Meteor at 221 cubic inches, using thin wall casting and a short skirt block to save weight. Bores and strokes grew it to 260, 289 and 302 cubic inches, the 302 or 5.0 litre being the most common size from 1968, and a taller deck version reached 351. It also went into the Mustang, Torino, Maverick, Explorer and F-Series. Enthusiasts call the 351 version the Windsor to tell it from the Cleveland, and Ford phased in the Modular V8 from 1991 to replace it.