Introduced in 1970, the Chevy 454 — affectionately known as the Rat Motor – was the largest displacement Chevrolet engine to enter the big-block engine showdown of the muscle car era. At 454 cubic ...

The heart of a Conely maxi-mouse—in 440, 454, or 482-inch form — is the cylinder block. The standard blocks simply won't work for these sleeveless engines, so Conely uses the limited production ...

Big block engines might have been a product of the golden age of the muscle car, but these robust designs outlasted their high-performance progenitors by shifting over to the truck world, where their ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

Building the small-block chew into a fire-breathing monster of 440, 454 or even 482 cubic inches for any type of racing you want to do If you are a Chevrolet racer-bracket, roundy-round, or ...