The Chevrolet 454 SS pickup started life as a short-lived, straight-line bruiser with a simple mission: put big-block power back in a half-ton truck. Three decades later, that single-minded formula ...

Chevrolet's 454 SS truck hit the streets in 1990. It was powered by a massive big-block V8, delivering up to 255 hp. On sale until 1993, the 454 SS made truck fans go oooh and aaah while the oil ...

GMC Syclone, Chevrolet 454 SS, and Ford F-150 SVT Lightning were the options for high-performance RWD pickup trucks during the early 1990s. Now, during the middle of the 2020s, the options are more ...

If anyone thinks automakers have been ducking it out on the performance truck front for a short while, let’s remember the days of the Ford F-150 SVT Lightning, GMC Syclone, and Chevy C1500 454 SS.

When Executive Editor John Baechtel first tested Chevy's '90 454 SS pickup ("Still Simmerin'," HRM April '90), he was less than stunned. But that was then. For 1991, it's a different story. The pickup ...

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Chevrolet's anxiously awaited 454 SS Pickup arrives just in time to tantalize us with the promise of real muscle-truck performance at a time when the market still offers very little to enthusiasts who ...

Chevrolet's 454 big block engine had a nice long life, first hitting the scene in 1970 for use in El Caminos, Chevrolet Corvettes, and Monte Carlos. Later iterations, like the L19 introduced in 1987, ...

As mechanics everywhere will tell you, car companies just don’t build ’em like they used to. In this case, “them” refers to pavement-pounding super trucks meant to wow the masses while still being ...

The Chevy 454 SS muscle truck debuted for the 1990 model year, the obvious result of designers’ study hall dreams brought to life. They started with the lightest full-size pickup they could get their ...

Chad has been a muscle car and classic truck lover since he could walk. The classic vehicles from the '60s and '70s are the best in his eyes, but he is more than willing to give the new technology a ...