The big-block 454 V8 was designated the LS5. Chevy rated it at 360 HP and a whopping 500 lb-ft of torque, making it the highest-horsepower big-block available on the Chevelle Super Sport.

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 ...

Much of the fanfare was explicitly centered around the big block, or a V8 that typically uses a long ... are kept alive and well by custom hot rod builders and drag racers that have found ways ...