The Chevrolet 409 V8 had a significant, but brief moment in the history of American big-block, high-performance engines.

Although Chevrolet developed a V8 engine as early as 1917, the company really made its mark with the small block V8 in 1955. Just three years later the automaker introduced the powerful 348 ci engine ...

the 409 "W" Big Block V8 propelled Chevrolet's lineup of muscle cars to new speeds and dominated the drag strips. Debuting in the late 1960s as a factory-built racing engine, the Chevrolet L88 427 ...

The first production big-block, the W engine, was used in its larger cars and pickup trucks for the 1958 model year and continued through 1964. Chevrolet ... result was the 409-cubic-inch big ...

In this list, we're going to go over ten different engines that are overpowered and oftentimes end up in a classic Honda Accord or a better-suited Chevrolet Nova. We scoured the web to find the ...

Chevy is highlighting its new LT4 crate engine by stuffing one into a beautifully modified 1970 Camaro RS for the 2015 SEMA Show. It's just one of the latest additions into the Chevy Performance ...

Chevrolet Performance keeps finding ways to upgrade the venerable Small Block V8. For the new ZZ6 350 crate engine that gets a full debut at the SEMA Show, valvetrain improvements help it reach ...

In short, Chevy's been at it for so long that the automaker is bound to have some truly great creations under its belt. It's no surprise, then, to learn the most power-dense, mass-market engine ...

I spent the last quarter-century bouncing between walking the aisles of the Performance Racing Industry show and releasing engine calibrations ... what the engineers at Chevy have done here.

Thus, the 2025 Chevrolet Silverado is the most affordable full-size truck on sale in our market ... superior audio system at no extra cost. The engine lineup carries over, as the 2025 Chevrolet ...

the ZR2 model is Chevy’s own little Baja runner, with advanced off-road technology. The Colorado took a short hiatus before returning for 2015, just as the number of small pickups on sale began ...

Engine choices have typically been a V-6 and at least two V-8s. The Silverado 1500 shares mechanical underpinnings with GM’s other half-ton pickup, the GMC Sierra 1500. Chevrolet redesigned the ...