He installed the LS7 in the car in the late 1980's and ... It was a special high-performance 454-inch big block engine that I put into my 1972 Vega econo-funny car coupled to an ATI Turbo 400 ...

Again, the holy grail of big-block engines of the day ... Build Month – March25 = Assembly Day – March 25thXCH = LS7 454 crate engine Got a restoration question?Send it to: [ m ] Super ...

Let's take a walk back in time—in 1970, Chevrolet introduced the 454 big-block engine. Unfortunately, this was also when government regs were starting to tighten up, and only a few years before ...

He installed the LS7 in the car in the late 1980s ... It was a special high-performance 454-inch big block engine that I put into my 1972 Vega econo-funny car coupled to an ATI Turbo 400 ...

This is where the 454 comes in, an engine that, while no longer in production, was so good that the company fitted it in 14 vehicles. Chevrolet's big block engine family saw its infancy in 1958.

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.

And when it comes to vintage muscle, there's hardly a more Chevy-centric engine than the 454 big-block ... in place on the LSX block. If you need a reminder, the LS7 heads feature 2.200-inch ...

Enter the LS7 SB4 7.0, a modified General Motors LS7 big-block V8 that packs 750 ponies ... Retailing at $32,995 in turn-key form, the engine is supplied with a dedicated ECU, alternator, AC ...

Again, the holy grail of big-block engines of the day ... Build Month – March25 = Assembly Day – March 25thXCH = LS7 454 crate engine Got a restoration question?Send it to: [ m ] Super ...

He installed the LS7 in the car in the late 1980s ... It was a special high-performance 454-inch big block engine that I put into my 1972 Vega econo-funny car coupled to an ATI Turbo 400 ...

Thus, the Chevy 454 big block, an engine that would reign for years, was born. The original 454 was a 7.4-liter, ...