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#Big Block

Big-block V8 engines — the 396, 427, 454, and their legends.

Chevrolet Chevelle, modern bracket racing lanes at night
Car Features

Bracket Racing Chevelles Today

Patrick Walsh · · 6 min
1970 Chevrolet C10 -- small block 350 V8 engine bay
History & Heritage

Original Factory Engine Options, 1960–1987

Dan Reeves · · 6 min
1971 Chevrolet Chevelle SS454 - static car show display
Car Features

Did the Chevelle Ever Get the 1971 LS6? Busting the Myth

Dan Reeves · · 7 min
1971 Chevrolet Chevelle LS5 454, emissions-era engine bay
History & Heritage

Emissions Tightening 1971-72: The Slow Squeeze on Power

Tom Ramirez · · 6 min
Orange 1970 Chevrolet Nova SS 396 with black stripes on a drag strip at golden hour
Car Features

The 1970 Nova: Peak Muscle

Mike Sullivan · · 6 min
1968 Chevrolet Nova SS 396 in silver on display at a collector car auction
Car Features

Nova SS 396: The Big-Block Bruiser

David Mercer · · 6 min
1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454, hood up on a country road
Car Features

LS6 vs LS5: Chevelle's Two 454s

Dan Reeves · · 6 min
1970 Chevrolet Chevelle - 396 air cleaner badge close-up
Car Features

The 396 That Became a 402

Dan Reeves · · 5 min
Tubbed and blown Pro Street Corvette with huge rear tires in a moody garage
Car Features

Tubbed and Blown Pro Street Corvettes

Patrick Walsh · · 7 min
1969 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray coupe, parked in a race paddock
Car Features

The ZL1 Corvette aluminum 427: what the factory records actually show

Wayne Coburn · · 8 min
1970 Chevrolet Chevelle LS6 - period drag strip road test
Car Features

The LS6 in Period Road Tests

Dan Reeves · · 7 min
1980s Chevrolet Chevelle Pro Street, tubbed stance car show
Car Features

Chevelle Pro Street Culture: From Strip to Street

Patrick Walsh · · 7 min
Engine bay detail of a 1969 Corvette L88 427 big block V8 showing the massive Holley carburetor and chrome valve covers in dramatic workshop lighting
Car Features

Corvette big block 427 and 454: the factory record on America's most documented V8s

Wayne Coburn · · 8 min
A 1970 Plymouth GTX engine bay showing the 440 Six-Barrel with three two-barrel carburetors.
Car Features

The 440 Six-Pack Explained

Mike Sullivan · · 6 min
A 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS454 LS6 with the hood open showing its big-block V8 engine bay.
History & Heritage

The Rise and Fall of the Big-Block Era

Mike Sullivan · · 5 min
Pro Street car with bulging big block engine in a dim garage under work light
Car Features

The Big-Blocks That Defined Pro Street

Emily Chen · · 7 min
Pro Street muscle car with supercharged 454 big block at a dragstrip at dusk
Car Features

The 454 in Pro Street Builds

Patrick Walsh · · 7 min
Matte black pro street car with chrome supercharger blower rising through the hood
Car Features

Why Blowers Stick Up Through the Hood

Emily Chen · · 7 min