The Chevy 454 Big Block V8 is one of the most legendary powerplants in American automotive history. Known for its massive displacement and stump-pulling torque, it powered everything from muscle cars ...

Pontiac's 455 H.O. and 455 Super Duty V8s were built to beat the Chevy 454 LS6 and became legendary, short-lived muscle car engines.

Like all intermediates introduced in the 1960s, the Chevrolet Chevelle lost its high-compression V8 engines in the early 1970s. Chevrolet kept the nameplate in production through 1977, but the ...

The old saying goes, "There is no replacement for displacement." While modern engine technology proves that logic is fundamentally flawed, it's still fun to remember the inexpensive gasoline and ...

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, ...

"A choice. That’s what our 1973 wagons are all about." That's how Chevrolet tried to entice wagon buyers in 1973. The company was betting big on station wagons for this model year, and looking at this ...

Chevrolet has been building trucks for more than a century. Its first foray into that segment was the 1918 Model T, not to be confused with Henry Ford's iconic car of the same name. Chevy's Model T ...

Jim Homick, viaCarCraft.com: I am building a 454 Chevy with a D1SC ProCharger. It will be used primarily for the street, but I will be bringing it to the strip. Which style of cylinder head should I ...

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