We're watching an impressive time-lapse video that shows a Chevy Small Block V8 being rebuilt, step-by-step.

Chevy's 350 small block V8 engine has quite the history behind it, but like many other popular engines, some years are far better than others.

For this exercise, we have one of the most common, and most affordable, engines on the planet: a 350-inch Gen I small-block Chevy.

Chevrolet's venerable 350 cubic inch small-block V8 has been supplanted by the LS family of engines, but there are plenty of vendors that sell it in crate form.

In this engine tech article HIGH PERFORMANCE PONTIAC performs a performance rebuild on a 350ci small-block V-8 engine from a 1969 Pontiac H.O. LeMans - High Performance Pontiac Magazine ...