In the golden age of American muscle cars, three engine manufacturers dominated both NASCAR and the strets of the U.S. Here's ...

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 ...

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 ...

Not every Corvette generation is widely sought after, but those with the 454 big-block V-8 are particularly special. This remains the biggest-displacement engine Chevy ever put in a muscle car, and ...

Big-money engines are cool. We all drool over them, but the reality is that for a good street engine, there’s such a thing as too much power. For most working-class people, anything over 500 hp is ...

Chevy's 454 engine sets the standard for all other big-blocks. Most fat-block development centers around the popular Rat motor; cams, heads, and intake designs are developed for it first, then ...

When you think about classic Chevy muscle cars, there are two models that immediately come to mind for just about everyone - The 1969 Chevy Camaro and the 1970 Chevy Chevelle. What gave these cars ...

An authentic 1972 Chevrolet El Camino SS restomod, powered by a 454 big-block V8 and equipped with Wilwood brakes and modern ...

If there's one story that keeps being replayed in the story of the muscle car, it's how 1973 was the year the clock struck midnight. Through geopolitical tomfoolery completely divorced from the day-to ...

As strange as it may sound, the 1970 big-block Chevy 454-cube V8 LS6 was not, in fact, the Bowtie’s most destructive weapon for street or strip launched that year. It was just the one that actually ...