was made from the 1960s until 2004.The 366 used 4 rings on the pistons, as it was designed from the very beginning as a truck engine. The 366 was produced only as a tall-deck engine, with a deck taller than the 396, 402, and 454 short-deck Big Blocks. 396 and 402 The V8 was introduced in the 1965 Corvette as the L78 option and in the Z16 Chevelle as the L37 option. It had a bore x stroke of , and produced at 5600 rpm and of torque at 3600 rpm. The solid lifter version was capable of being operated in the upper 6000 rpm range, and when installed in the 1965 Corvette, was factory-rated at . Introduced in 1970, the was a bored out by . Despite being larger, Chevrolet continued marketing it under the popular "396" label in the smaller cars while at the same time labeling it "Turbo-Jet 400" in the full-size cars. Power rating(s) by year: 1965: // 1966: // 1967: // 1968: // 1969: (2bbl)/// 1970: / 1971: SAE gross; while SAE net was for dual exhaust and for single exhaust 1972: SAE net for dual exhaust and SAE net for single exhaust Used in: 1965 Chevrolet Corvette 1965–1972 Chevrolet Chevelle 1967–1972 Chevrolet Camaro 1968–1970 Chevrolet Nova 1970–1972 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, Chevrolet El Camino, GMC Sprint, Chevrolet trucks 1965–1972 Chevrolet Biscayne, Chevrolet Bel Air, Chevrolet Impala, Chevrolet Impala SS, Chevrolet Caprice 396 and 402 Production codes 396 L-34: produced 1966–9, 10.25:1 compression, Holley (Q-jet 1968–1969) carburetor, hydraulic lifters, oval port closed chamber heads, forged steel crankshaft, and two-bolt main caps. It produced . L-35: produced 1965–9, had 10.25:1 compression, Q-jet carburetor, forged steel (1965-1967) or nodular iron (1968-9) crankshaft, hydraulic lifters, oval port closed chamber heads, and two-bolt main caps. It produced . L-37: produced 1965 similar to L-78 except for having hydraulic lifters and slightly milder cam; 2-bolt main caps; designed specifically for the 1965 Z16 Chevelle L-66: produced 1969, rare two-barrel carburetor, 9:1 compression, nodular iron crankshaft, hydraulic lifters, oval port closed chamber heads, and two-bolt main caps. It produced . L-78: produced 1965–9, had a Holley carburetor, compression ratio 11:1, forged pop-top pistons, aluminium high-rise intake manifold, steel crankshaft, solid lifter cam (same as the L-72), rectangular ("square") port closed chamber heads, and four-bolt main caps. It produced in mid-size cars, in Corvettes. 402 LS-3: produced 1970–2, 10.25:1 (1970) or 8.5:1 (1971)