The welds speak to their precision, resembling a knocked-over row of dimes. Up front is Fake Race Car’s beating heart, a 4.4-liter Volvo V-8 that began life in an XC90.

In this installment we fill the Summit Racing SPC engine block with a stroker kit as we build a modern SBC using off-the-shelf parts.

We turn to a set of Trick Flow cylinder heads and intake package in Part 2 of our Summit Racing 427 small-block Chevy engine build.