450 Horsepower in 1970: The Chevy 454 Story

In nineteen seventy, the Chevrolet four fifty-four was the biggest, strongest engine you could buy in a showroom car. Then emission rules and the gas crisis cut its power, and it found a second life in trucks, boats, and motorhomes. This is the story of the Chevy four fifty-four big block. Sources: RM Sotheby's: 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454 LS6 Chevrolet Performance: Big Block Engines Timeline History Wikipedia: Chevrolet big-block engine Chevy Hardcore: Chevy's Mystery 427, a new big block heralded engines to come CorvSport: The 390 HP L36 and 425 HP L72 Image credits (resized and cropped for video): Maps: Natural Earth (public domain). --- Voiceover is produced with AI text-to-speech. Licensed photos are credited above; other photos are courtesy of their respective owners; archival film is public domain. #history #cars #RayStricklandCars