like the Vortec 8.1, to some of the most successful Chevys in the automaker's history, Chevrolet has always had a way of ...

The L29 454, also known as the Vortec 7400 ... it never really went away for good. Chevrolet produces two complete 454 crate engine variations and a short-block version, sold through GM ...

Chevy, on the other hand, continued its line of big blocks with the 454 and the succeeding Gen V-VII engine family, which included the Vortec engines. In the mid-1990s, the 454 V8 famously ...

The General Motors Vortec 8100 V-8 engine was introduced in 2001 fullsize Chevy and GMC pickup trucks ... GM simply took the venerable 454 big-block V-8 crankcase and gave it a shot in the ...

This is the exact problem with the 1997 Crew Cab Chevy 3500HD truck that is the ... And while it's not four-wheel drive (yet), it does have a 454 engine, a beefy transmission, and solid front ...

Chevy's Vortec 8100 — AKA the L18 ... Descended from the legendary big block 454, an engine that has powered countless muscle cars and hot rods throughout the decades, it debuted in 2001 ...

Chevy wanted in on the emerging performance pickup game in the early 1990s, so i's engineers took off-the-shelf parts and created the bad-ass Chevy 454 SS ... 8.1-liter Vortec V8 thatmade 320 ...

I bought this exact same crate engine in March of 1979, part #3965774, from RC Campbell Chevrolet in Shamokin, Pa. for $1497 total. It was a special high-performance 454-inch big block engine that ...

The outgoing 454 rated 290 hp and 410 lb-ft. This 2006 Chevy Avalanche's owner ... See All 21 Photos Perched on the engine stand, the completed 547-cube Vortec mill wears equal-length headers ...