Chevy big block engines have a lot of character and history behind them. Does that make the hassle that can come with their ...

While those big-block competitors have fallen by the wayside, the Chevy 454 soldiered on in production ... forged-steel crankshaft and connecting rods, as well as forged-aluminum pistons.

Once a staple of the hot rod and modification scenes, the era of the big block V8 engines has largely ended thanks to technological advances in the 1980s and 1990s. The result was 340 horsepower ...