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 Suburban that carried Chevrolet’s biggest big-block was a short-lived, heavy-hitting answer to the early 1990s horsepower ...

Oooh, two General Motors V8s within a cubic inch of each other! They have to be nearly the same engine, right? After all, the Chevrolet 454 and Pontiac 455 come from the same corporate parent, and ...

Famously featured under the hood of the 1970 Chevy Chevelle SS 454, the 454 V8 is a big-block engine that helped define the golden age of muscle cars. Very few engines ever came close to the power and ...

In every car enthusiast, there is an underlying passion for power. Typically, that power is measured in an engine via horsepower. Though there can be some confusion as to how horsepower is calculated, ...

The age of muscle cars built up momentum for six years before erupting at the debut of the 1970s, and there was one particular motor that can righteously be called the epitome of that piston cataclysm ...

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When it comes to the 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle, nothing beats an SS 454 LS6. A one-year wonder, this muscle car was equipped with one of Chevrolet's greatest big-block V8 engines, the 454-cubic-inch ...