The Chevrolet 409 V8 had a significant, but brief moment in the history of American big-block, high-performance engines. While the 409 V8 may be best known as the title of a popular Beach Boys song ...

Let's clear it up right here. The Chevy 409 is no more of a truck engine than the Chevy small-block 350 or big-block 454. Just because GM used each of these engines in heavy-duty commercial ...

American muscle cars were typically rated by how fast they were in a straight line. This meant completing a quarter-mile run to boast impressive times. Most of these cars packed massive engines that ...

General Motors cruised through the 1960s with roughly half the share of the U.S. automobile market. Chevrolet led the pack for GM, regularly selling millions of cars each year. This 1962 Chevrolet Bel ...

The W-series engine broke new ground for Chevrolet as the company's first big-block. Introduced in 1958, and produced in displacements of 348 and 409 cubic inches, the W-motors achieved success in ...

Imagine being able to make 680 hp and 530 lb-ft of torque from a low-deck 289/302ci block. Most people would say this is impossible, but MPG Head Service and CamResearch in Englewood, Colorado, did it ...