Is this the correct book for small blocks?

You should be able to pick up some performance "tweaks" from this book also. It's an old school book that gets into some heavy duty race stuff, but there are several pointers on honing, valve jobs and such that are beneficial to stock-type rebuilds as well. I don't know if it's still available or if it may have a different cover on it now.

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That may be the first book I ever got.