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.

Thus, the Chevy 454 big block, an engine that would reign for years, was born. The original 454 was a 7.4-liter, 454-cubic-inch V8 engine that produced 450 horsepower and up to 500 pound-feet of ...

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 ...

The car’s original livery, a two-year-only War Bonnet shade, was covered in primer and then hidden under a badly applied ...

The Stock 454 delivered ... on 67-72 Chevy Trucks reinforced the idea that the amount of desired horsepower depends on the effort an owner wants to make when working on the engine.

See All 50 Photos Nelson Racing Engines 454-Inch Supercharged LSX Sending copious amounts of power back to the Moser is a 454-inch LSX engine built ... Topping the big-inch LS is a 2.9L Whipple ...

If you showed me a picture of this 2017 Ford Super Duty and told me it had an engine swap ... Instead, it has a honkin’ 8.1-liter big-block Chevy V8 with a turbo strapped to it.