Let's get it out of the way early on – this article works on the popular assumption that the 1964 Pontiac GTO was the first ...

Chevrolet offered several variations of ... 1961’s 409 produced 360 horsepower and rose to 380 hp in 1962. The big block 396. The W engine was replaced with the new Mark IV design in 1965.

The engine came out after a piston dropped a skirt; the owner has sold and bought back the car twice since 1972 but hasn’t ...

The Chevy 454 big block V8 is an iconic powerhouse in American automotive history, and it sat under the hood of some absolute GM classics.

This variant of the big-block 396 came with upgraded rectangular ... However, the engine was not officially offered by Chevrolet as an option for the Chevelle. Instead, dealerships were capable ...

The legendary Chevy 350 small-block V-8 is under the hoods of more vehicles than any other engine, including some of the ...

The first big block Chevy engine was introduced way back in 1958 ... Camaro and Corvette with displacements ranging from the venerable 396, 409, 427 and 454 to, finally, the 496-cubic-inch Vortec ...

Bowing for the 1959 model year, the Chevy El Camino was ... and the same selection of Big Block engines available with the Chevelle, including the 350-horsepower 396 cubic-inch rat motor and ...